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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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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 ...
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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Post-Brexit conformity marking and designated standards; how the new rules affect you
With new regulations around UK construction products having come into effect on 01 January 2021, you may be confused about exactly how this will affect you.
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12 Days of Digital Construction
This Christmas, after such a transformational, innovative and challenging year we’re bringing you the 12 things we’ve learned about digital construction.
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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 ...
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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.
Over recent years, one of the most popular requests for improvements from construction professionals who use NBS has been the request for prominent evidence of third-party certifications regarding ...
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Permalinks with NBS Source
Within NBS Source, each item (whether it is a product, a company, a case study or a PDF) has a short, permanent hyperlink. Within NBS, we are calling these short, permanent hyperlinks ‘permalinks’.
Design and Specification
Enhanced Data with NBS Source
With the launch of our new platform, NBS Source, we at NBS have enhanced the data structure for manufacturer products and systems within our listings. We’re calling this ‘enhanced data’.
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Business Continuity Survey Results
The current situation caused by coronavirus is unprecedented and affects everyone working in the UK construction industry. At NBS, we want to better understand how it is affecting manufacturers and ...
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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 ...
