Performance-based partition filtering now in NBS Source
Publication Year
2025
Document Status
Current
Abstract
NBS Source is a library of hundreds of thousands of products from construction product manufacturers, including over 1000 Gypsum board partition systems. This article explains how NBS collaborated with manufacturers to transition qualitative specification guidance into standardized, high-precision digital data, enabling specifiers to directly compare and select systems based on duty rating, thickness, and certified performance.
Document History
Published August 2025.
Publisher Information
NBS
NBS are committed to offering distinctive, innovative specification and information solutions to construction industry professionals and are proud to be leading the construction industry in its digital evolution. Their roots lie in the UK's National Building Specification and for nearly 50 years has been helping the construction industry build better and with lower risk. Their future lies in cloud-based technologies and connected data, as they fast become the information marketplace for the global construction industry.