Showcase featured CPD
The following CPD materials have all been assessed and approved by the RIBA.
A presentation on coloured SMA (stone mastic asphalt) utilising a clear binder, blended with complementary aggregates and pigment to achieve durable coloured surfaces. This seminar explains how SMA (available in a wide range of colours) offers faster installation times than non-bituminous alternatives, and how it delivers a smooth finish that removes the risk of tripping.
Tarmac is one of the UK’s leading sustainable building materials and construction solutions businesses. The company has over 150 years’ experience and offers a diverse range of products and services to the construction sector – solutions that span aggregates and asphalt, cement, lime and powders, recycling services, building products and concrete.
Tarmac also operates one of the UK’s largest contracting and highways services companies.
Approximate duration excluding time for questions/answers: 30 minutes.
Starting with a short history of glass and its place in architecture, this seminar focusses on how recent advances in the manufacture, engineering and understanding of glass have extended its use as a construction material in a very practical way. Many project examples are featured, together with sufficient detail to help the specifier understand the parameters that need to be considered when designing with glass.
Cantifix was founded in 1986 and is a pioneer of ‘architectural glazing’. Today it remains a market leader and constant innovator of products and services. Uniquely, all design, engineering, manufacturing and installation is done by people directly employed by Cantifix.
Approximate duration excluding time for questions/answers: 45 minutes.
Focusses on glass performance criteria, covering manufacturing of glass, fire performance tests and criteria, acoustic performance in dB protection against falling and DDA regulations. Includes interesting movie clips showing fire and impact tests being carried out.
Established in 1979, Planet manufactures, supplies and installs all its own partition systems and architectural glass solutions. The company operates from five regional UK offices, offering a single point warranty and technical design support service. All Planet partition products are tested at independent UKAS-accredited centres, are available as Revit BIM objects, and can be specified via NBS Plus.
Approximate duration excluding time for questions/answers: 45 minutes.
Laundry rooms in care environments require careful planning to minimise the risk of infections spreading. Air flow, access and room for safe working are all paramount. This seminar discusses how to design an ideal laundry room in a care home and how to make it future-proof.
Miele has been designing and manufacturing laundry equipment for 119 years. The Miele Professional division manufactures commercial machines for a wide range of sectors, including care homes, housing associations and hotels. Miele is at the forefront of innovation and all products are designed around the company’s motto Immer Besser – Forever Better.
Approximate duration excluding time for questions/answers: 40 minutes.
An exploration of premium kitchen production technologies and materials, offering an insight into how best to plan individual kitchen living spaces.
Bulthaup delivers a service that is truly unmistakable: the design of living spaces that are planned holistically, based on the architecture of the room and the individual needs of the customer. For Bulthaup, precision means superlative expertise and quality, allied to technical perfection.
Approximate duration excluding time for questions/answers: 50 minutes.
Explains how chimneys work, and discusses new chimney design, chimney construction materials suitable for new build and renovation projects, details of appliances and fuels, ventilation requirements, chimney terminals and fan systems.
Kompozit’All UK Ltd has a network of installers throughout the UK, all of whom are specialists in chimney engineering. All Kompozit’All installers receive updated training each year and are then re-certified to ensure quality work and first-time fix. The company has a panel of technical experts to ensure the most suitable and cost-effective solutions are recommended. Products carry a full 25-year guarantee against manufacturing faults (including replacement costs).
Approximate duration excluding time for questions/answers: 45-60 minutes.
We all see adverts for new cars that quote carbon emissions and fuel efficiency figures, and are similarly aware of the recent emissions scandal surrounding a major car manufacturer and its diesel engines. Disparities such as this, on any scale, point to a performance gap.
There is an increasing body of evidence that our built environment suffers a similar problem. Various studies examining differences between the energy efficiency of buildings ‘as designed’ and the actual ‘as-built’ performance have shown that, in extreme cases, heat losses from both domestic and non-domestic buildings are as much as three times greater than anticipated.
This seminar discusses effective ways in which to reduce that performance gap.
Driven by a culture of innovation, technical competence and flair, Recticel Insulation is dedicated to raising the quality standard of insulation products in the UK. Based at a state-of-the-art facility in Stoke-on-Trent, Recticel Insulation is part of a Belgium-based international group of companies: one of the world’s largest producers of PIR products.
Approximate duration excluding time for questions/answers: 45 minutes.
Provides a detailed insight into the performance requirements, design considerations and drawbacks to be followed or avoided when specifying lockers and cubicles for leisure and sports projects. Includes information on: appropriate glass and laminate specifications to achieve aesthetic and product performance; locker and cubicle configurations to suit style and performance requirements; identifying and avoiding common leisure specification pitfalls; anti-peep and privacy considerations; BREEAM/Leed and sustainability; Building Regulations, including DDA, and; BIM.
Prospec has 40 years' experience designing and installing high-quality cubicles and lockers in UK leisure and sports facilities. Prospec products are the first choice of leading leisure operators, and all products are designed and installed to stand the test of time in demanding environments.
Prospec invented the squash court glass wall in 1969, and its glass and fittings are still approved and referenced by the World Squash Federation.
Approximate duration excluding time for questions/answers: one hour.
Examines how high-quality sound solutions may be included in aesthetically-sensitive projects with zero visual intrusion. The VPT (Vibrational Panel Technology) used allows speakers to be made as flat panels and installed into walls or ceilings and then rendered invisible by covering them with either a plaster skim, wood, leather, or other materials.
Amina Technologies designs and manufactures invisible loudspeakers from its base in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire. The company invented the plaster-over loudspeaker in 2001, working closely to meet the requirement of a major German bank. In subsequent years, that product evolved into the high-quality room-filling sound solution now available, which can be used behind a multitude of wall finishes.
Approximate duration excluding time for questions/answers: 45-50 minutes.
A visit to the Vitsoe London showroom, where Dieter Rams’ ten principles of good design are explained and visualised, as applied to Vitsoe's shelves and furniture. This is an opportunity to understand and discuss the system thinking and modular aspects typical of Rams’ designs, and how Vitsoe also applies these principles to business in general. As an alternative to visiting the showroom, the same keynote presentation can be delivered at your practice.
Since 1959, Vitsœ has created and evolved longer-lasting furniture that allows its customers to live better with less. Vitsœ is renowned for its single-minded commitment to good design, as well as its continuous production of Dieter Rams’ original furniture designs, for which it holds an exclusive worldwide licence. Vitsœ only sells directly to its global customer base, ensuring a seamless process that nurtures lifelong relationships.
Approximate duration excluding time for questions/answers: 45 minutes.
A practical guide to gym design, within the home or hospitality setting and beyond. Covers safety considerations, room requirements, machine placement, equipment options and typologies, matching user requirements and how to maximise available space.
Technogym is a world-leading international supplier of technology- and design-driven fitness products, including award-winning commercial gym equipment and a range of home equipment created in collaboration with renowned interior designer Antonio Citterio. Technogym offers a full gym design service and has supplied, designed and installed gyms in over 65,000 wellness centres and 200,000 private homes since the company was founded.
Approximate duration excluding time for questions/answers: 45 minutes.