Your one stop resource for free content to help you on your journey to specification
Sustainability
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.
Latest articles
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 ...
Sustainability
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 ...
How to Create Specification-Led Content
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 SpecificationSales and marketing
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 ...
Design and SpecificationSales and marketing
Subscribe for updates
How to Create High Quality BIM Objects
Dive into the NBS BIM Object Standard and learn how to create the best BIM objects to showcase your products to specifiers on NBS Source.
Design and SpecificationDigital Transformation
Making Specification Safer: The BBA and NBS
See how a partnership between the BBA, RIBA & NBS helps heighten safety standards from the earliest stages of specification…
Design and SpecificationPartnerships
Latest Product Developments in NBS Source
At NBS, we’re committed to continuous improvement, ensuring our platform evolves to meet the needs of manufacturers and specifiers alike. Our 2024 Product Development Updates bring a host of ...
Design and Specification
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.
Top Five Takeaways from the NBS 'Unlocking the Secrets of Specification' event
At the end of January, architects and construction product manufacturers gathered for an insightful session at our Unlocking the Secrets of Specification event.
Design and Specification
Understanding the specification process: A specifier’s perspective
Get an inside perspective into how NBS software supports specifiers during projects and how manufacturers can better ensure they are seen, selected and specified.
Design and Specification
How manufacturers can support specifiers – roundtable event
NBS recently hosted a roundtable discussion in London to talk to manufacturers about industry trends, and how these may impact the world of specification. Manufacturers that provide systems and ...
Design and SpecificationSales and marketing
The role of a specification in ensuring design intent
Manufacturers who strive to better understand and facilitate an architect’s design process will be more likely to win work from the specification stage. One important concept is that of design ...
Design and SpecificationDigital Transformation
15 reasons why specifications are still important
Digital tools have transformed the specification process. Manufacturers who can understand and adapt to these changes can win more work at the specification stage and improve sales.