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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 ...

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    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 ...

Oral contracts and adjudication

The one mantra that aptly describes the intention behind the introduction of statutory adjudication is 'pay first and argue later'. It captures the intention of parliament to ensure that cash flow in ...

Contracts and LawTendering
NBS-LCA

Reduce embodied carbon from the start

Measure, compare and reduce upfront embodied carbon using trusted UK data and pre-built assemblies.

Payments under the amendments to the Construction Act

In a keynote speech to a DTI conference in 2005, the Hon Barry Gardiner MP commented on a report in the press which claimed that SMEs spent the equivalent of more than 14 years chasing payment.

Contracts and LawThe Construction Act - One year after

Journey to the amendment of the Construction Act

'Everybody has won and we all must have prizes...' Dodo - Alice's Adventure in Wonderland In December 2011 we were completing the update of our industry leading NBS Contract Administrator to ensure ...

Contracts and LawThe Construction Act - One year after

Survey on amendments to the Construction Act

The Department of Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform had estimated in 2008 that it would take approximately three years after its commencement for the amendments to the Act 'to bed down and to ...

Contracts and LawSurveys

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