Making Specification Safer: The BBA and NBS
24 March 2025
See how a partnership between the BBA, RIBA & NBS helps heighten safety standards from the earlie...
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Top Five Takeaways from the NBS 'Unlocking the Secrets of Specification' event
13 February 2025
At the end of January, architects and construction product manufacturers gathered for an insightful session at our Unlocking the Secrets of Specification event.
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In September 2021 NBS hosted the Construction Leaders’ Summit: Building Better, which covered pro...
Post-Brexit conformity marking and designated standards; how the new rules affect you
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With new regulations around UK construction products having come into effect on 01 January 2021, ...
Third-party certification with NBS Source
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Over recent years, one of the most popular requests for improvements from construction profession...
Enhanced Data with NBS Source
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With the launch of our new platform, NBS Source, we at NBS have enhanced the data structure for m...
Review: 'Building a Safer Future'. The governments response and reformed building safety regulations.
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The UK Government has published their response to the ‘Building a Safer Future’ consultation. Thi...
NBS Source - a new future for manufacturer product information
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At NBS, our vision is to be the information platform for the construction industry. Our mission i...
What is The Golden Thread?
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In the construction and architectural field, there's a lot of discussion around the 'golden threa...
NBS Source and Industry Standards
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NBS Source, the new platform for construction professionals was announced in February 2020. Dr St...
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...