Launching soon:
The Green Building Specification

Introduction

The Green Building Specification is a service that responds to the rapidly growing environmental agendas associated with construction such as waste, sustainable materials, the performance of components and new methods of construction. It will address the needs of those designers and specifiers designing to evolving ‘green’ standards such as those associated with BREEAM and the Code for Sustainable Homes.

The Green Building Specification is designed to operate in parallel with the NBS. It will provide complementary clauses that enhance existing NBS work sections as well as providing wholly new preliminaries and work sections that address environmental issues not covered by the NBS.

Over the coming months a comprehensive library of specifications will be built up through a series of ‘releases’ of groups of specifications…..

The first release of work sections will include:

(Key: * new work sections)

A Preliminaries / General / Conditions

  • A32 Management of the Works
  • A33 Quality standards/control
  • A36 Facilities/temporary work/services
  • A38 Construction waste management / minimisation*
  • A39 Packaging resource efficiency*
  • A90 Performance specification

C Existing site / buildings / services

  • C13 Building fabric survey/Pre-Demolition/Alteration audit*
  • C20 Demolishing structures/Deconstruction resource recovery*
  • C40 Cleaning masonry/concrete
  • C90 Alterations - spot items
  • C91 Alteration: Resource recovery/Waste minimisation*

D Groundwork

  • D20 Excavating & Filling Resource Recovery/Waste Minimisation

F Masonry

  • F23 Bolder and turf hedgebank walling

G Structural/Carcassing metal/timber

  • APP FSC Appendix: FSC Timber
  • APP FSC Appendix: FSC Suppliers and Manufacturers
  • G20 SA M&S LAM Appendix: Laminated Manufacturers & Suppliers

H Cladding / Coverings

  • H21 Timber Weatherboarding

K Linings / Sheathing / Dry partitioning

  • K10 Plasterboard Dry lining / Partitions / Ceilings

M Surface finishes

  • M60 APP BMA Appendix: British Museum Approval

P Building Fabric sundries

  • P22 Sealant joints

Q Paving / Planting / Fencing / Site furniture

  • Q29 Landscape resource recovery/Waste minimisation*

W Communications and security systems - domestic

  • W21 Projection
  • W21 APP M&S Appendix: Projection: Manufacturers & Suppliers
  • W21 APP A&I Appendix: Projection: Applicators & Installers

Z Building Fabric Reference

  • Z10 Purpose Made Joinery
  • Z11.0 Purpose made metalwork: Generally
  • Z11.1 Purpose made metalwork: Mild Steel
  • Z11.2 Purpose made metalwork: Aluminium
  • Z11.3 Purpose made metalwork: Austenitic Stainless Steel
  • Z20 Fixings/Adhesives
  • Z22 Sealants
  • Z34 Hot Dip Galvanized
  • Z34 APP A&I Appendix: Galvanizers
  • Z40 Glazing

Appendices

  • APP DoEM Appendix: Declaration on excluded Material
  • APP DofC Appendix: Declaration of conformity
  • APP EACD Appendix: Enquiry about Contract Documents
  • APP SoMR Appendix: Statement of Manufacturer’s Review
  • A38 APP ADV Appendix: A38 Advisory organisations & websites
  • APP AREWM Appendix: Approaches to Resource efficiency & Waste minimisation
  • APP ASR Appendix: Architectural salvage recovery
  • APP EWC Appendix: European Waste Catalogue
  • APP FFEI Appendix: Furniture, Fittings, Equipment & IT Salvage & Reuse
  • APP LDN Appendix: Logistics distribution network
  • APP MEW Appendix: Material exchange websites
  • APP MRR Appendix: Materials for Recovery and Reuse
  • APP PPBC Appendix: Pallets/Pallet boxes/Crates
  • APP PPR Appendix: Packaging producer responsibility
  • APP ROMP Appendix: Recycling operations: materials & packaging
  • APP SDOE Appendix: Site & design office expendables
  • APP SWMP Appendix: Site waste management plan checklist & datasheets
  • APP TBS Appendix: Take back schemes
  • APP SPDQ Appendix: Schedule of pre-demolition quantities
  • APP WSC Appendix: Waste segregation containers