Stay up to date with the latest NBS news, company updates, and developments shaping specifications, construction products, and the wider built environment.
Update on the global PHP security vulnerability
This week, a critical security vulnerability was disclosed in PHP, a programming language that runs a large share of the world’s websites and web applications. National cybersecurity agencies, including the UK’s NCSC and the US agency CISA, have urged organisations everywhere to act quickly.
BusinessProduct update
Update on the global PHP security vulnerability
This week, a critical security vulnerability was disclosed in PHP, a programming language that runs a large share of the world’s websites and web applications. National cybersecurity agencies, ...
BusinessProduct update
New NBS LCA platform to transform construction project carbon reporting
Launch of practical LCA platform addresses major market pain points as carbon reporting surges.
Design and SpecificationSustainability
BIM comes of age in construction as most professionals now consider it a collaborative project information management process
The Digital Construction Report 2025 reveals maturing understanding of BIM, with big drop in professionals viewing it as simply ‘3D Models with Data’.
ReportsDigital Transformation
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AI adoption surges as digital anxiety grips the construction sector
The Digital Construction Report 2025 reveals a dramatic shift in industry mindset, with AI now a daily tool for many.
ReportsDigital Transformation
Construction industry accelerates digital transformation with GS1 UK and NBS partnership
NBS announces a landmark partnership with GS1 UK to embed globally recognised product identifiers across the construction sector.
Partnerships
Specifiers demand better embodied carbon data from manufacturers to achieve net zero
92% of specifiers say manufacturers need to provide more sustainability performance information about their products. Nearly half of specifiers (46%) and 52% of architects will only select ...
Sustainability
Ignoring sustainability in early planning is a missed opportunity, say architects
NBS’ latest sustainability survey reveals two-thirds of architects say sustainability is often sidelined in strategy and briefing stages.
Sustainability
NBS launches its back-to-basics industry guide for specification writing
Free, customisable resource addresses industry pain points and supports evolving building safety landscape.
Design and Specification
NBS and BSI’s Product Certification Division announce strategic partnership
NBS announces plans to strengthen ties with the product certification division of BSI, a global organisation defining and certifying standards for quality, safety, and efficiency.
Design and SpecificationPartnerships
NBS announces legal entity name change
In a strategic move to align with our global growth and evolving market presence, NBS is pleased to announce our legal entity name change.
Business
The best engineering projects of the century, according to the pros
Construction professionals rank the UK’s greatest engineering feats.
