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Milliken

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Milliken is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of floor coverings for corporate, public space, retail, hospitality and leisure environments. Our floor coverings bring together the spirit of innovation and engineering excellence of our parent company with the creativity and inspiration of our local design teams. By combining design with proprietary technologies and unique market insights, we make floor coverings that are as functional and sustainable as they are inspiring and original. Milliken offers full range of modular floor covering solutions. In addition to a vast portfolio of award-winning carpet design collections, we also offer a range of high performance Luxury Vinyl Tiles as well as innovative entrance matting solutions. Sustainability is at the core of Milliken’s philosophy to ‘do good’ for the world. We believe that a healthy enterprise and a healthy earth are vitally linked and we hold ourselves accountable to the highest ethical standards. We derive greatest sati...

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CPD Material (14)

Seminar
Designing for Neuro-inclusive Workplaces: A Focus on Flooring
This seminar provides design considerations when specifying floor coverings for neuro-inclusive work environments.
The presentation starts by explaining what neurodiversity means and the challenges and opportunities neurodivergent employees present for the workplace. It goes on to review the legislation relating to neuro-inclusive design and key sensitivities that architects and designers need to be aware of when designing and specifying floor coverings for a neurodivergent workforce. With example installations, the seminar illustrates how floor coverings can best support the design of neuro-inclusive workspaces.

By the end of this CPD delegates should:

1. Understand what neurodiversity means and why it matters for designing workplaces.
2. Know the relevant standards and legislation relating to the design of neuro-inclusive interiors.
3. Be aware of the factors that should be considered when specifying floor covering products for a neurodiverse workforce.
4. Know how the floor plane can best be used as part of a neuro-inclusive interior.
5. Have a better understanding of how thoughtful design can improve the comfort, focus and efficiency of neurodivergent employees.
Knowledge level:
General Awareness
Material type: Seminar
Multiple CPD formats
Climate Change as a Force for Innovation
By providing qualified data and real-world examples, this CPD will help architects and designers develop a better understanding of how specifying materials for the built environment impacts climate change. It goes on to provide valuable insights for adopting positive specification practices that minimise carbon emission and the impact on our world for the future.
RIBA Core Curriculum:
Knowledge level:
General Awareness
Material type: Online Learning
Material type: Seminar
Multiple CPD formats
How to Specify an Effective Entrance Flooring System
This seminar examines the role and importance of entrance flooring systems, considering regulatory, safety, health, well-being and financial factors. It goes on to explain how effective systems work, explores the various entrance flooring forms and materials available and how they should be used. The presentation concludes by reviewing some common causes of entrance flooring failures and provides some examples of effective entrance systems. By the end of the CPD you should have a greater understanding of:

- The importance of entrance flooring systems to a building’s statutory and regulatory compliance, its safety, cleanliness, and to the health and well-being of its occupants
- The financial impact that effective entrance flooring can have on the operation of a building
- The various types of entrance flooring products available, how they work and strategic considerations for their specification
- How to avoid entrance flooring system failures
- How to specify an effective entrance flooring system for your next project

This CPD can be delivered to you live and remotely.
Knowledge level:
General Awareness
Material type: Online Learning
Material type: Seminar
Multiple CPD formats
A Technical Guide to Specifying Luxury Vinyl Tile (LVT) Flooring Products
This CPD presents a comprehensive guide to the key construction, performance, safety and aesthetic factors that should be considered when specifying Luxury Vinyl Tile (LVT) for a commercial interior project. It goes on to provide examples of how LVT can be used for a range of different commercial environments. By the end of the presentation you should have a greater understanding of:
- What LVT is and how it compares to other hard and resilient flooring products
- The important performance, safety and design aspects to be aware of when specifying LVT
- How LVT products are tested for performance and safety, and how to interpret the technical specification data
- How LVT can best be used in a commercial environment

This CPD can be delivered to you live and remotely.
Knowledge level:
General Awareness
Material type: Online Learning
Material type: Seminar
Seminar
The WELLv2 Building Standard and How Floor Covering Impacts Health and Well-being
Health and well-being is becoming an increasingly important consideration for architects when designing new spaces. This seminar explores this theme and the significant role that the WELL Building Standard is playing in progressing health and well-being for the built environment. Delegates will learn about the Version 2 enhancements of the Standard and about the impact floor covering can have for projects aiming to achieve the WELL v2 Standard. By the end of the CPD you should have a greater understanding of:
- The key reasons for designing spaces with a primary focus on human health and well-being
- The WELL Building Standard and the key features and ways to certify your next project
- How the WELL Living Lab is contributing to future WELL Building Standard features
- Ways that floor covering can contribute to the WELL Building Standard and how to design spaces with a focus on human health and well-being
Knowledge level:
General Awareness
Material type: Seminar
Factory Visit
Showroom Tour: A Journey to WELL Platinum Certification
This CPD reviews the criteria required for achieving the International Well Building Institute’s WELL Building Standard and presents Milliken’s journey to achieving Platinum Certification for its London Showroom space.

Delegates can book onto the CPD by calling the Milliken London Showroom Manager on: 027 336 7290
Knowledge level:
Detailed Knowledge
Material type: Factory Visit
Seminar
The Impact of Noise on Well-being and Productivity: How Floor Coverings Can Provide a Solution for Managing Acoustics in the Built Environment
"This CPD explores the importance of a building’s acoustics on the well-being and productivity of people in the workplace and in education. Topics covered include factors to be considered whilst evaluating floor coverings for acoustic performance, measuring sound in relation to floor coverings, how particular floor coverings can positively contribute to a building’s acoustics, and how floor coverings are measured and certified by the WELL v2 Building Standard for their acoustic impact on well-being.
By the end of the CPD you should have a greater understanding of: -The negative impact that high ambient sound levels can have on well-being and productivity in the workplace and in education
Knowledge level:
General Awareness
Material type: Seminar
Seminar
Specifying Carpet for an Inclusive Environment
This seminar will help the architect develop an understanding of inclusive design, the requirements of the Equality Act and ways in which flooring (carpet) can be used to meet these requirements.
Knowledge level:
General Awareness
Material type: Seminar
Seminar
Sustainability, Environmental Impact of Carpets
Learn how the Building Research Establishment (BRE) Environmental Profiles can be used to measure the environmental impact of building materials. Discover how this can be reduced by specifying low-impact materials.
Knowledge level:
General Awareness
Material type: Seminar
Seminar
Luxury Vinyl Tile: Looking Beyond Aesthetics
This presentation provides an insight into the types of luxury vinyl tile products available and considers these in terms of performance and functionality. It underscores the various areas to focus on, beyond aesthetics, when specifying a LVT product for a commercial installation. It also provides information on ingredients typically used and relevant quality standards. By the end of the seminar you should have a greater understanding of:
- The growing LVT flooring category within the context of the broader contract floorcoverings market
- The various types of LVT flooring products with respect to performance and functionality
- The key areas to focus on when specifying LVT including product construction, the interior environment in which it will be installed and design
- The environmental attributes of LVT flooring
- The various ways in which LVT can be used in commercial installations, with examples
Knowledge level:
General Awareness
Material type: Seminar
Seminar
End of Life Disposal of Interior Finishes: A Focus on Carpet Tiles
This seminar will provide delegates with an understanding of the broad drivers for recycling of interior materials, with a specific focus on carpet. It reviews the options for disposal of carpet and opportunities for recycling of broadloom carpet and carpet tiles. The presentation goes on to explain a new closed loop carpet tile recycling process, which Milliken has recently developed, giving an insight into how the technology works, its capabilities, the challenges it presents and how architects and other users can engage with this process. This CPD will help you to understand the following topics:
- The factors affecting the drive to increase carpet recycling
- The complexities and options available for recycling different types of carpet
- Closed loop recycling and a new process for turning old carpet into materials for manufacturing new carpet tile
- The challenges that are being addressed to increase the rate of closed loop recycling for carpet tile
Knowledge level:
General Awareness
Material type: Seminar

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