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Introducing NBS LCA
Discover a powerful carbon platform built for everyday projects. In this webinar, we’re sharing an exclusive first look at NBS LCA – a new platform developed by NBS to help construction professionals understand, compare and report on lifecycle carbon more efficiently. Join the session to see the new platform in action and hear from sustainability experts from BDP and Knauf UK & Ireland about their approach to carbon decisions.
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Design and Specification
How to Create Specification-Led Content | NBS
Learn how manufacturers can create specification-led content that supports real design decisions, from technical data and certifications to case studies and BIM assets in NBS Source.
Design and Specification
Manufacturer Marketing 101: How to Speak a Specifier’s Language
Connecting with architects is key to a manufacturer's success, but many businesses target them too late. In fact, the specification process offers manufacturers opportunities to collaborate with ...
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Our Top Webinars in 2025
Whether you missed these sessions the first time or want a second viewing, this round-up highlights our most-watched webinars from 2025. Each session focuses on the issues construction manufacturers ...
Manufacturers, RIBA CPD and the RIBA health and safety test
Find out more about the health and safety test that the RIBA has just launched and the opportunities it brings for manufacturers to educate the RIBA members on the various topics it covers through ...
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NBS Source & NBS Chorus - one connected solution
NBS has been placing manufacturer’s products, systems and materials in front of specifiers since the 1970s. The past 5 decades has seen continual evolution of our platforms which most notably ...
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Five reasons why getting specified is important for manufacturers
In this article, NBS Head of Manufacturer Solutions Lee Jones takes a look at five key points that re-enforce why getting specified is important for manufacturers, and key to being a player in ...
Design and Specification
Become part of the specification
Lee Jones, Head of Manufacturer Solutions at NBS, explains how as manufacturers you can work directly with specifiers on project specifications by offering spec-writing services.
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What the RIBA Plan of Work 2020 means for manufacturers
The RIBA Plan of Work, first developed in 1963, has become the standard for organizing construction projects. In 2013, RIBA Plan of Work had a complete overhaul, and again in 2020, significant ...
Design and SpecificationRIBA Plan of Work 2020
Turn technical expertise into specification influence
Educate architects through RIBA-approved CPD, strengthen your industry credibility and position your brand earlier in project decision-making.
Review: 'Building a Safer Future'. The governments response and reformed building safety regulations.
The UK Government has published their response to the ‘Building a Safer Future’ consultation. This outlines the coming changes to the regulatory system for building safety. Lee Jones, Head of ...
