What Specifiers Want 2017 articles
Here we share some of the articles that feature in What Specifiers Want 2017.
We review progress on Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) and Building Lifecycle Analysis (LCA) and eye future potential.
2016 will see the mandatory use of Level 2 BIM on all public-funded projects. In this 10 part series we explore how your business can become BIM-ready. This time, creating a business audit (part two).
U-values measure how effective a material is an insulator. We look in detail at terminology and core concepts when it comes to thermal performance.
01 February 2015
| by NBS
We love to hear about how our customers use our products across their projects. Here, as part of our series of case studies, we look at how Sheffield City Council used our specification product NBS Building on the multi-million pound redevelopment of the city's Botanical Gardens and its plans to implement NBS Create.
When disputes arise mediation is one mechanism, among many others, available to help parties resolve their differences.
01 February 2015
| by NBS
We consider the use of BIM across the project lifecycle.
We investigate whether a new concept in refurbishment help to alleviate the UK’s serious shortage of warm, sustainable and affordable homes.
2016 will see the mandatory use of Level 2 BIM on all public-funded projects. In this 10 part series we explore how your business can become BIM-ready. This time, creating a business audit (part one).
A review of the new BCO ‘Guide to Specification’ – written by the industry, for the industry – with five emerging themes for sustainable office buildings picked out.
We review the risks to both property and construction activities, how to reduce those risks, and what to do in the event of wind damage.
A report by the BIM 2050 group explores what an interdisciplinary scope of work might look like as construction technology develops to BIM Level 3 and beyond.
Despite their seeming simplicity, the design of a car park on multiple levels – whether above ground or below – involves the consideration of a number of significant requirements.
