National Building Specification
NBS (National Building Specification) is a
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Until 2018, NBS was owned by the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) via its RIBA Enterprises subsidiary.[3] In June 2018, the RIBA announced it was selling a £31.8 million stake in RIBA Enterprises, to LDC, the private equity arm of Lloyds Bank.[4] In November 2020, NBS was sold to Byggfakta Group, a Sweden-based information services provider.[5] In early 2021 the RIBA received £113 million from the sale of its stake in NBS.[6]
Products
NBS maintains and updates Uniclass 2015, a unified classification system for all sectors of the UK construction industry originally released in 1997.
In 2012, NBS launched the National BIM Library, featuring a range of generic and proprietary construction elements suitable for
In 2019 NBS released NBS Chorus, a fully online specification platform for construction.
In 2020 NBS released NBS Source, a new online tool, incorporating the National BIM Library, that created a single source for product information.
References
- ^ Building Contract Dictionary By David Chappell 2001
- ^ Constructing Excellence 8 January 2006
- ^ The NBS
- ^ Jessell, Ella (12 June 2018). "RIBA sells £31.8m stake in its commercial arm to Lloyds Bank". Architects' Journal. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
- ^ Whitfield, Graeme (27 November 2020). "Newcastle tech business NBS sold to Swedish group in major deal". BusinessLive. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
- ^ Ing, Will (1 October 2021). "RIBA to shed staff and sell property to close £8m deficit". Architects' Journal. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
- ^ "National BIM Library launches this week". New Civil Engineer. 19 March 2012. Retrieved 3 August 2012.
External links
- Official website
- The National BIM Library
- https://www.thenbs.com/nbs-source
- https://www.thenbs.com/nbs-chorus