12 Days of Digital Construction
18 December 2020
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It’s all about trust
28 September 2020
Anna Hern, Managing Director at Ridgemount PR, shares her opinion with us, on CPD and how manufac...
What the RIBA Plan of Work 2020 means for manufacturers
26 August 2020
The RIBA Plan of Work, first developed in 1963, has become the standard for organizing constructi...
Third-party certification with NBS Source
15 May 2020
Over recent years, one of the most popular requests for improvements from construction profession...
Permalinks with NBS Source
14 May 2020
Within NBS Source, each item (whether it is a product, a company, a case study or a PDF) has a sh...
Enhanced Data with NBS Source
14 May 2020
With the launch of our new platform, NBS Source, we at NBS have enhanced the data structure for m...
Business Continuity Survey Results
20 April 2020
The current situation caused by coronavirus is unprecedented and affects everyone working in the ...
Review: 'Building a Safer Future'. The governments response and reformed building safety regulations.
06 April 2020
The UK Government has published their response to the ‘Building a Safer Future’ consultation. Thi...
NBS Source - a new future for manufacturer product information
30 March 2020
At NBS, our vision is to be the information platform for the construction industry. Our mission i...
What is The Golden Thread?
12 March 2020
In the construction and architectural field, there's a lot of discussion around the 'golden threa...
NBS Source and Industry Standards
01 February 2020
NBS Source, the new platform for construction professionals was announced in February 2020. Dr St...
Digitising manufacturers' product data
31 May 2017
As a construction product manufacturer, what should be at the heart of your digital strategy?
Specification is at the heart of construction information
31 March 2017
We are pleased to release the findings of our Specification Survey for Manufacturers. The finding...
Specifications - the views from the manufacturing industry
30 March 2017
Following the launch of What Specifiers Want 2017, we asked four specifiers from a variety of pra...
How NBS can help manufacturers build lasting relationships
30 March 2017
NBS Research Manager, David Bain, explores how NBS can help manufacturers build lasting relations...
The legalities behind specifications
04 March 2017
Sarah Wilson and Bal Manak, from Construction Law firm Watson Burton LLP, explore the role of a s...
A manufacturer's guide to BIM object creation
03 January 2017
The construction industry is increasingly looking to product manufacturers to provide high qualit...