Latest CPD
Here are the latest CPD materials to have been assessed and approved by the RIBA. These include both brand new and newly-revised CPD materials.
An information-packed presentation that covers current trends in the wet room market, the value of what sits below those expensive tiles, and how to avoid common pitfalls in order to achieve that perfect wet room installation.
On The Level (Showers), otherwise known as OTL, is a dedicated UK manufacturer of wet room products that include concealed formers, tanking (waterproof) systems, and drainage products – including a wide range of traps, gratings and channels. On The Level has a dedicated team of wet room experts and helpdesk advisors.
Approximate duration excluding time for questions/answers: 35-40 minutes.
A guide to design-safe access: to the roof, through the floor, and other areas. Access must provide safe working areas to comply with safe practice. Escape, using either the roof or floor in emergency, needs to be planned and designed at early stages, including smoke ventilators as access. This seminar also discusses how to access maintenance areas safely, incorporating safe emergency escape routes.
Bilco delivers high quality and warranted solutions from standard stock to bespoke, the support of technically trained personnel, and a website that offers design assistance with CAD, BIM and downloadable material. A worldwide specialist access provider, Bilco prides itself in providing safe solutions to accessing and negotiating roof areas for maintenance and emergency escape.
Approximate duration excluding time for questions/answers: 45 minutes.
This presentation outlines the correct procedures for cleaning, sealing and maintaining porcelain and ceramic floors and walls to ensure longevity of the surface, both in terms of performance and aesthetics. It examines the various cleanings stages, and highlights potential issues and solutions. It also presents product options and other key topics, including sustainability, health and safety, and lifecycle costs.
FILA is a market leader in surface care solutions. Its products are recommended by over 220 leading manufacturers of porcelain and ceramics, and are designed to provide high performance, while protecting natural surface characteristics. Its product range encompasses everything from pre-grouting protectors, detergents and sealants to after-care maintenance and stain removal solutions. They’re designed for the treatment of porcelain, ceramics, marble, granite, natural stone, terracotta and wood.
Approximate duration excluding time for questions/answers: 30 minutes.
A seminar designed to show specifiers how there is more to the humble kitchen sink than meets the eye, from different materials to design options. Create the perfect solution for your client.
Blanco has over 90 years’ experience producing market-leading kitchen products. Today, having sold over 50 million sinks, it is one of the most successful manufacturers in the world. Blanco stands for excellent craftsmanship, first-class materials and unbeatable designs.
Approximate duration excluding time for questions/answers: 45 minutes.
A detailed overview of modular and demountable steel partitioning: its advantages over traditional methods, its place in the construction and building specification marketplace, and its use. This seminar reviews the various types of steel partitioning that are readily available and how they can be used in a variety of environments, as well as the advantages of using steel partitioning within both professional office and factory/warehousing environments.
Troax is a world-renowned manufacturer with over 50 years’ experience of modular steel partitioning and mesh machine guarding. It offers competitive solutions for factory division, office creation, warehouse division, cleanroom creation and attic/car park storage, for a vast array of applications and use within a broad range of industries. Troax has representation in 31 countries, and manufacturing facilities in both the UK and Sweden.
Approximate duration excluding time for questions/answers: 45 minutes.
Outlining the key considerations when designing a standing seam roof or façade, this CPD seminar provides a detailed analysis of the technical aspects of a complex system. It also offers a comprehensive overview of the flexibility and major benefits of standing seam.
BEMO is a global brand, specialising in the design and manufacture of standing seam and façade systems, creating out-of-the-ordinary buildings and exceptional solutions for roofs and façades. By employing patented manufacturing technologies and the best 3D modelling platforms, BEMO enables planners and designers to create shapes and forms that cast off the shackles of convention.
Approximate duration excluding time for questions/answers: 50 minutes.
Learn how to select fit-for-purpose and robust soft and hard flooring. This tried and tested approach to specifying flooring materials such as rubber, oak, broadloom carpet, carpet tiles, vinyl and vinyl tiles, avoids the need for future changes and time wasting value engineering.
Chroma is one of the UK’s largest suppliers of standard and bespoke soft flooring solutions. Working globally, Chroma is committed to responsible design. It supports industry initiatives BREEAM, LEED and SKA by encouraging the use of flooring products and practices that have a significant impact on quality and sustainable design.
Approximate duration excluding time for questions/answers: 40 minutes.
This seminar covers the impact of noise on educational environments and explains how specifying the right type and quantity of acoustic treatments can bring the reverberation time down to acceptable levels, as outlined by BB93. It also examines the important considerations when specifying acoustic treatments: type of room, application, acoustic requirements, reverberation times, finishes, fire rating, fixing details and best practice installation. Information is supported by relevant case studies.
Accordial Wall Systems is expert in the field of acoustic treatments. It designs, manufactures and installs high-quality, decorative absorption panels. Its products range from fabric-wrapped panels and high-quality drilled and slotted absorption boards to solid timber-slatted panels that can be wall or ceiling hung. Accordial manufactures all products in the UK, providing bespoke flexible solutions as standard.
Approximate duration excluding time for questions/answers: 45 minutes.