Health, Safety and Wellbeing
The following CPD materials fall within the ‘Health, safety and wellbeing’ RIBA Core Curriculum topic area.
Offers practical guidance on the use of low surface temperature steel panel radiators for space heating. Includes information on working principles, the requirement for safety in public, healthcare and education applications, and relevant regulations and standards. The ideal seminar for anyone wanting to know more about the efficient use of low surface temperature radiators in the healthcare, education and other public sector environments.
Founded in 1936, Stelrad Radiator Group offers a comprehensive selection of steel panel and designer radiators, alongside towel rails and market-leading low surface temperature radiators. Stelrad maintains a stock of more than 300,000 radiators at its Mexborough manufacturing plant and distribution centre – and is therefore always ready to supply the UK market via your merchant partner of choice.
Approximate duration excluding time for questions/answers: one hour
Provides an understanding of noise and how to address sound reduction via windows and doors. Discusses the intricacies of noise, how it’s measured and its effects on our health and wellbeing, as well as the importance of creating quiet spaces. Also explores how to design out noise, the impact of glazing, and the importance of specifying tested and certified whole window acoustic performance.
Bereco Group is one of the UK’s leading suppliers of windows and doors. Bereco recognises the immediate and continued need to build sustainable, healthy and happy homes. It prides itself on supplying products that only positively impact the built environment. Bereco windows and doors are more than just ‘standard’: they are carbon negative – made from sustainably sourced FSC 100% certified timber. With Uw values starting from just 0.8W/m²K, all Bereco windows and doors are certified to PAS24:2016 and 33dB rating.
Approximate duration excluding time for questions/answers: 25 minutes
Covers: what entrance matting is designed to achieve and how to select the right one; how recent BRE, BS and Equality Act guidelines affect the choices available to specifiers; environmental and health and safety considerations applicable to the manufacture, installation and maintenance of entrance matting, and; examples of best practice (with specification examples).
Quantum Flooring Solutions manufactures and supplies the contract flooring market with a wide variety of flooring accessories. Its complete range includes stair nosings (stair edgings), flooring accessories, transition profiles and entrance matting.
Approximate duration excluding time for questions/answers: 35-45 minutes