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Choosing the right products to deliver a project that’s cost-effective, visually exciting and will stand the test of time is a balancing act.

Find out how Church Lukas – an architecture, design and management practice – use NBS Chorus and NBS Source to support them with their key areas of focus - building safety and sustainability.

At architectural practice, Maber, speed, and accuracy are the name of the game when crafting specifications. Balancing design and construction for multi-million-pound projects demands precision, expertise, and above all, lightning-fast turnaround.

Valuable insights into the priorities and perspectives of professionals in the industry, covering various aspects of sustainability such as sustainable outcomes, barriers to achieving sustainability, the role of specification and project information, and the future of sustainability policy.

Our latest white paper, driven by a comprehensive survey of hundreds of construction professionals, highlights a concerning lack of consensus and clarity among industry leaders. The findings reveal that half of industry professionals remain unclear on the responsibilities of duty holders for the Gateways defined for higher-risk buildings.

Design for construction is undergoing rapid change, which manufacturers need to be aware of. Catch up on recent innovations from the ‘Rethinking
Design and Construction’ presentation by Jaimie Johnston, MBE, at the Construction Leaders’ Summit 2023.

Understand how building designers and contractors use CIS on construction projects today.

Our 12th report on digital construction and BIM to find out the latest technology trends among construction professionals. See how your experiences and views compare with your contemporaries, and how people are using digital tools and approaches to address industry challenges.

Our latest research is about construction product information, which we have not researched for several years. We have always been keen to monitor trends in information formats that specifiers find most useful: particularly the trend towards digital forms of data. This is covered in this research, but there are bigger themes underlying this, which have taken on particular significance in the past few years: namely, building safety and environmental sustainability.

We look at how to construct an action plan for sustainable housing development.

Understand how a digital plan of work that follows the RIBA Plan of Work can be produced. Links are provided to RIBA resources, providing guidance and a Microsoft Excel template ‘Toolbox’.

Classification of ‘things’ is an integral part in the successful delivery of interoperable data, allowing information to be organised and easily retrieved. To support the industry in assigning classification, NBS and the Government Industry Interoperability Group have undertaken an alignment exercise between Uniclass and IFC, removing the need to work through a manual decision process and improving consistent selection within the industry.