Showcase featured CPD
The following CPD materials have been assessed and approved by the RIBA.
Petersen is a magazine about interesting architectural projects that use brick, and about the various technical developments within the process of making and building with bricks.
Petersen Tegl, founded in 1791, has been run by the same family ever since. The brickworks exports to the USA, Japan, Russia, Australia and many European countries.
Petersen Tegl produces the 100% handcrafted Kolumba and Petersen Cover, and is one of the few brickworks in the world to have mastered the art of firing bricks using coal as fuel.
Approximate reading time: one hour
This seminar aims to provide an understanding of what stretch ceiling are, their benefits, and how and when to apply stretch ceiling technology. It covers how stretch ceilings are installed, how to create shapes with stretch ceilings, sound absorption, lighting effects, hygiene, marine use, maintenance, costs and applications.
Established in 1988, Stretch Ceilings is a world leader in stretch ceiling installations. From its 4,500 sq ft factory unit close to Heathrow Airport, Stretch Ceilings offers a nationwide and worldwide sales, installation and backup service, built on its vast experience and specialist skill in managing stretch ceiling projects.
Approximate duration excluding time for questions/answers: 45 minutes
This seminar examines the role composite technology now plays within the construction industry. It explores the increased freedom that composite materials allow when designing rainscreen systems – while addressing key issues that specifiers must take into consideration, such as environmental factors, functionality, longevity, practicality and aesthetics.
Steni is a leading manufacturer of rainscreen panels. Since 1965, Steni has produced and delivered over 48 million sq meters of high quality panels to new-build and renovation projects in the education, housing, healthcare and retail and leisure sectors.
Approximate duration excluding time for questions/answers: 45 minutes
Thursday 1st October 2015, 4pm-7pm
Kitchen Architecture, 143-149 Lower Richmond Road, London SW15 1EZ
Forming part of Spiral Cellars’ Autumn CPD Event, held at their Putney Showcase, this informative seminar has been designed to arm the architect with all he or she needs to know about specifying a wine cellar. Enjoy a glass of fine wine and view an in situ example of a cellar, while discovering first-hand the difference this stylish and intelligent space-saving technology can make to wine storage.
Places are always sought-after so RSVP to marketing@spiralcellars.com to reserve your seat now.
For more than 30 years, Spiral Cellars has been creating unique cellars for homes across the UK, Ireland and beyond. Its range incorporates Spiral Cellars, wine rooms and walls, all delivered by an adept and passionate team of surveyors, project managers and installers.
Approximate duration including time for questions/answers: three hours
This presentation serves to dispel many of the myths and current misinformation about the use and long-term performance of different types of resin flooring products. It really is a must-see for anyone thinking of specifying resin industrial flooring.
Acrylicon is one of the foremost manufacturers and installers of resin flooring, with over 30 years’ experience across almost all industry sectors. The company prides itself on simply providing floors that it claims last longer than anything else in the world market.
Approximate duration excluding time for questions/answers: 45 minutes
What are composite building products, and how does one specify them for outdoor living on residential and commercial building projects? This seminar aims to answer these questions. It also examines the advantages of specifying composites over traditional materials, and looks at future developments in composite building products.
UPM Biocomposites is a division of UPM Kymmene Oyj, an international company with production facilities in several countries that manufactures paper, pulp, timber, plywood and label materials.
UPM Biocomposites uses a mixture of cellulose fibre, recycled paper and plastic, and virgin plastic, to create new and exciting building products with good environmental credentials.
Approximate duration excluding time for questions/answers: one hour
This seminar looks at the technical and aesthetic aspects of specifying resilient floorcoverings, the properties of rubber, and the quite unique design impact that rubber floorcoverings can have on any interior.
One of the world’s largest manufacturers of rubber floorings, nora flooring systems can support any architectural project from planning stage through to realisation. In doing so the company aims to pursue its vision of creating products with a unique and sustainable usability factor.
Approximate duration excluding time for questions/answers: 40-50 minutes
This seminar is designed to help architects understand the challenges of infection control and the solution hygienic glass reinforced polyester doors provides. It explains what healthcare-associated infections are, how they’re transmitted, and their cost to the healthcare sector. It also explores key considerations in healthcare design, the benefits of specifying GRP doors and how they can reduce cross-contamination.
Dortek is an end-to-end solutions provider of ultra-hygienic door systems, with over 45 years’ experience in healthcare design. The company has completed over 1,000 projects for the NHS, healthcare authorities and the independent sector.
With a smooth and seamless construction, Dortek hygienic doors have no joins, right-angles or ledges where dust or bacteria can be trapped and grow.
Approximate duration excluding time for questions/answers: 30-40 minutes