A wide range of interesting articles that help you make informed decisions and deliver the best projects for your clients authored by our team of NBS subject specialists and construction industry contributors.
Sustainability
A specifier’s guide to BREEAM New Construction V7
Discover how specification can support BREEAM New Construction V7, with practical guidance from NBS and BRE on assessment requirements, evidence and more sustainable project outcomes.
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Designing sustainability into construction – proof over promises in sustainable construction
With tightening regulations and growing client demand, the construction industry is under increasing pressure to demonstrate measurable progress against carbon reduction targets. For specifiers, that ...
Construction Products
Dulux Trade launches new solution for high-humidity spaces
Because of how they are used, kitchens and bathrooms experience more moisture, more contact, and more ongoing maintenance. Standard emulsions are not designed for this level of use. Over time, ...
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The hidden cost of compliance: why architects are demanding a new era of product transparency
Few pieces of legislation have reshaped the UK construction industry as significantly as the Building Safety Act 2022 (BSA). Introduced to improve accountability, traceability and safety standards ...
Starting out in practice: Social media monitoring
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Reduce embodied carbon from the start
Measure, compare and reduce upfront embodied carbon using trusted UK data and pre-built assemblies.
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Starting out in practice: Telecoms and VOIP
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Starting out in practice: Digital storage
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Starting out in practice: Hardware and software
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Starting out in practice: Premises
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Starting out in practice: The business case
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Starting out in practice: The proposition
At the start of 2015 there were a record 5.4 million private sector businesses in the UK according to the government – up 146,000 on the previous year, and almost two million more than at the turn of ...