What Specifiers Want 2017 articles

Norway is set to break records for tall-timber construction with a new structure in a town just north of Oslo. Mjøstårnet will be more than 80 metres tall - 30 metres higher than what is today considered the world's tallest timber building.

Part one of a four part series exploring the different phases of industrial revolution.

Autodesk's President and CEO, Andrew Anagnost, kicks off AU 2017 with a unique perspective on automation and the Future of Work. Passionate about the topic, Andrew's presentation is designed to give you the confidence to embrace this new future. There's even a staring role for the NBS Online Viewer in this year's keynote.

Construction projects benefit from an aerial vantage point and thanks to drone technology it's quicker and easier than ever to get an eye in the sky that is able to collect video, photos and data that you can put to work on a project. We explore the benefits of unmanned aerial vehicles or UAVs for the construction industry.

Energy-wasting homes mean higher bills and climate-warming emissions. With UK homes some of the most expensive to heat in Europe, why did an ambitious plan to make all new homes 'zero carbon' fail?

The NBS Manufacturers' BIM Report 2017 provides a snapshot of the changes the industry has been going through since the BIM mandate was implemented in April 2016 and shows what manufacturers are making of the opportunities on offer. Download our full, free report today.

Drew Wiggett, head of product information at NBS, explores the benefits of structured product information when it comes to product selection and specification.

Richard Waterhouse, CEO, NBS introduces the NBS National BIM Report for Manufacturers 2017.

Laser scans are a quick and easy way to collect extremely accurate data about on-site conditions. We explore some of the advantages of the "Scan to BIM" process, what laser scanning entails, and how point clouds can be used to deliver 3D parametric models.

Lee Jones from Ideal Standard shares his thoughts on the company's BIM journey.

The team at David Miller Architects share their experience using high-quality BIM objects as part of their project design workflow.

In this class from the Forge DevCon strand of Autodesk University Las Vegas, Dr  Stephen Hamil from NBS looks at how project teams can collaborate to develop information on a BIM project.