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Designing Accessible and Compliant Bathrooms

Designing Accessible and Compliant Bathrooms

Astor Bannerman

Considerations for designing an accessible bathroom - the 6 steps to a well planned and compliant project delving into layout considerations, compliance, product specification and selection. An in-depth look at bathing, showering, washing and hoisting product features. If you design bathrooms in Care Homes or within Home Adaptations, this session will help to upskill you, and give in-sight to the range of products available and layout considerations for each.

Timber Frame as a Construction Methodology

Timber Frame as a Construction Methodology

Hauser Timber Frame Limited

This CPD provides analysis of timber frame construction, when it is appropriate and a comparison against masonry in areas such as flexibility, speed, engineering, energy efficiency and sustainability. The training then explores the process through design to completion and covers areas such as SAP, fire mitigation and differential movement.

Off-Site Construction with Factory Injected Closed Panel Systems

Off-Site Construction with Factory Injected Closed Panel Systems

Flitcraft Ltd

This CPD will look at how to deliver speed, sustainability, and precision by using advanced closed panel technology.From this CPD delegates will:Understand the principles and benefits of factory injected closed panel building systems.Identify the key features and performance characteristics of advanced closed panel systems.Evaluate the sustainability credentials of injected closed panels and its contribution to achieving net-zero targets.Identify various building typologies and understand the design flexibility.Appreciate the speed and efficiency advantages of offsite construction using injected closed panels.Understand the technical specifications and installation process of advanced closed panel systems.Recognise the quality control and assurance measures implemented in the manufacturing process.Explore the integration with other building systems and technologies.

New Regulations for Sports and Multi-Purpose Flooring

New Regulations for Sports and Multi-Purpose Flooring

Junckers Ltd

This CPD introduces new regulations for school buildings and discusses how they affect the selection of sports and multi-purpose floors for new build and refurbishment school buildings.

Smoke Under Control - Understanding Smoke Ratings for Steel Doors

Smoke Under Control - Understanding Smoke Ratings for Steel Doors

Strongdor Limited

This CPD provides a clear, practical introduction to smoke behaviour, smoke control measures, and how smoke ratings are applied within modern building design.Attendees will gain a solid understanding of how smoke moves through a building, and why controlling smoke spread is essential for life safety and safe evacuation.The session breaks down the key standards and regulations that govern smoke control—such as BS EN 1634‑3, and Approved Document B. By the end of the CPD, attendees will feel more confident in the smoke control specification, and its relation to fire ratings. The session is designed to give clear, actionable insights.

Fire Resistant Timber Flooring for Fire Escape Applications

Fire Resistant Timber Flooring for Fire Escape Applications

Parklex Prodema

This CPD presentation explains the requirements, standards, and possibilities for using fire‑resistant timber flooring in fire escape routes and protected stairways.

Heating and The Future Homes Standard

Heating and The Future Homes Standard

Stiebel Eltron UK Ltd

This session provides an overview of the implications of the Future Homes Standard on heating systems for those designing buildings and specifying building services.UK building regulations are evolving to reduce both embodied carbon and carbon emissions, improving energy efficiency in new developments, whilst creating healthier built environments. Whilst standards are performance based rather than technology specific, the changes do make certain technologies (such as heat pumps, MVHR and solar) much more likely to be required to achieve compliance.In this short online or in-person session we take you through what the changes are and how you need to adapt your thinking and design to accommodate them and provide the most cost effective and practical solutions to meet the regulations.

Structural Brick Elements

Structural Brick Elements

UK Brick Company

An informative CPD which explores different details in using brick and structural brick elements. Looking into design capabilities and technical properties that offer pure A1 fire rated structural brick elements that work seamlessly with standard brickwork. The CPD explores structural lintels, suspended lintels and bracket systems, brick lintels in hit and miss brickwork, and unique brick detailing utilising brick lintels

Natural Slate Rainscreen Cladding System

Natural Slate Rainscreen Cladding System

Cupa Pizarras

This CPD will provide an overview of the production and application of Natural Slate Rainscreen Cladding Systems from technical and practical viewpoints. By the end of the presentation you should have a greater understanding of:- How cladding slate is produced, from the quarry to the façade- Benefits of natural slate as an external façade solution- The advantages of using rainscreen cladding systems- How natural slate rainscreen cladding provides a solution for Mansards- Practical guide to installation of the system and its componentsThis CPD is available to be delivered online or remotely. To book an online CPD, please visit https://www.cupapizarras.com/uk/book-a-cpd/

Elements of Expansion Joint Systems

Elements of Expansion Joint Systems

Inpro

Between changing weather conditions and heavy equipment back and forth down corridors, your project’s resiliency depends on specifying sound-building materials. This course addresses critical knowledge needed to understand the role expansion joint systems perform within your projects, as they relate to movement and environmental challenges within the exterior and interior of your building. In addition, the course gives an overview of fire barrier systems and the conditions they require.

Fire-Rated Linear Joint Solutions: Employing Best Practices + Avoiding Field Problems

Fire-Rated Linear Joint Solutions: Employing Best Practices + Avoiding Field Problems

Inpro

There is more to an expansion joint system than just the frame and covers. This program deals with the life safety specifics of fire barriers, industry standards and testing. In addition, it covers installation concerns, proper detailing of fire barriers, and the current state of joint system verification. The goal is to limit liability and make sure your building and its occupants are not vulnerable to the hazards of fire, smoke and heat transfer.

Future-Proofing Private Residence with a Home Lift

Future-Proofing Private Residence with a Home Lift

SWIFT Home Lifts UK Ltd

This presentation is about home lifts for private villas and apartments; what they are, who they’re for, and how they can make everyday living more comfortable, accessible, and future-proof.

Damp and Condensation in Buildings

Damp and Condensation in Buildings

Timberwise (UK) Ltd

The CPD is to enhance knowledge of the causes of rising damp, condensation and mould growth.It will also explore the various solutions to alleviate rising damp, condensation and associated problems.

Specifying Sustainable Aluminium Glazing Systems

Specifying Sustainable Aluminium Glazing Systems

Aluprof UK

This CPD provides education on the importance of selecting an aluminium system house that prioritises the reduction of both embedded and operational carbon emissions, and the demonstrable evidence required to support sustainable choices.Participants are guided through the full aluminium lifecycle—from the production of primary aluminium, through design and construction, to recycling—and learn how to reduce carbon emissions at each stage. The CPD also highlights the role of aluminium in the circular economy and its contribution to sustainable building practices.

Elastic Spaces for Elastic Minds - Designing Neuroinclusive Workplaces

Elastic Spaces for Elastic Minds - Designing Neuroinclusive Workplaces

Bureau Booths UK Limited

This presentation examines how workplace design can better support cognitive diversity and changing ways of working. The session explores why fixed, one-size-fits-all environments often fall short, and how flexibility, choice, and environmental control can improve focus, comfort, and wellbeing across a broad range of users.The CPD draws on current research and real workplace examples to explain how acoustics, lighting, privacy, spatial layout, and sensory load influence concentration, stress, and interaction. Neurodiversity is explored through a practical design lens, focusing on how environments can support different ways of thinking and working.Attendees will gain clear, applicable design considerations that can be used across workplace projects of any scale, supporting the creation of adaptable, inclusive, and people-focused spaces.

The Visual Language of Fractals

The Visual Language of Fractals

Mohawk Group

This session examines the scientific and psychological principles behind human responses to fractal geometry and considers how these insights can be applied through architectural and interior design. With a focus on material selection and surface design, including flooring, the presentation demonstrates how fractal-inspired design can contribute to healthier, more restorative spaces and support wellbeing-led, evidence-based specification.

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