A wide range of interesting articles that help you make informed decisions and deliver the best projects for your clients authored by our team of NBS subject specialists and construction industry contributors.
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.
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Our series on considerations when starting your own practice continues by exploring your options when it comes to telecommunications. Do you need a landline or a mobile? Should you route calls over the telephone network or the internet? We won't keep you hanging.
We set out to construct a playlist for the construction sector. Here's the list of your suggestions made via social media that will help build our #nbsplay Top 40.
Our series on considerations when starting your own practice continues by exploring digital storage. How much will you need? What hardware will suit you best? Should you store files on-site or off? What should you consider on security and access rights?
At NBS we are committed to supporting open standards for BIM. Furthermore, we have been one of the most active organisations in the UK involved in developing these standards and encouraging their use. Here we explore just what that means in practice.
Find BIM daunting, confusing and seemingly overly-complicated? Don't worry. Ralph Montague cuts through the jargon and gets back to key principles. It's BIM de-mystified.
Our series on considerations when starting your own practice continues by exploring IT. What hardware and software should you invest in to run your business now and to set you in good stead for the future?
With the Rio 2016 Games just days away we muse on how to secure a sustainable future for Olympic venues. How did London 2012 fare and how has Brazil risen to the challenge?
How do we redefine the rural in a globalised urban world? That's the question Designing the rural: A global countryside in flux - part of the Architectural Design series - sets out to explore.
A newly published BRE report, New insights into air conditioning in the UK, sheds important light on electricity usage by air conditioning in UK offices and retail environments.
Our series on considerations when starting your own practice continues by exploring the practicalities of securing premises for your fledgling business.
NBS's head of Product Information explores the opportunities for product manufacturers to deliver information that can easily be incorporated into BIM projects.
