Live online seminars
With digital interactive platforms such as Zoom, GoToMeeting and Microsoft Teams replacing face-to-face seminars due to ongoing lockdown restrictions, we’ve included a selection of live online seminars here, to help you stay safe.
Discusses the fusion of ancient principles and new technologies. Daylight ticks the boxes on planning applications, promoting natural and greener solutions and helps our wellbeing.
This seminar also covers classic daylight design, how to harness and use natural light, vertical sky components, BREEAM, and modern criteria for sustainability and energy conservation.
Presenter and Hoare Lea partner Dominic Meyrick (MSc Light and Lighting) is passionate about the subject and his lively, effective delivery makes learning fun. This seminar is part one of the series ‘Light as an architectural tool’.
Hoare Lea is an award-winning firm of consulting engineers specialising in mechanical, electrical and environmental engineering.
Duration: One hour, plus Q&A
The spread of toxic smoke is a potentially lethal threat in building fires. This presentation covers the history of fire screens, safe routes of escape, and doors and screens as part of the solution for fire safety systems. It also includes guidance on: the risk of smoke in a building fire; how to advise clients on The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005; fire screen design, construction and specification, including the benefits of various materials, specification of glazing, glass to frame design and fixings to building fabric; correct documentation; how to ensure that screens supplied form part of a building fire safety system; and, maintenance of fire safety systems.
Aluprof is a leading façade system supplier with an extensive range of architectural glazing solutions. Aluprof's aluminium doors and windows meet and exceed the highest industry standards for weather performance and thermal insulation. Innovative and thermally-efficient aluminium curtain wall systems comply with the aesthetic requirements of modern architecture and provide contemporary and bespoke façade solutions for every type of building.
Duration: 45-60 minutes, plus Q&A
Focuses on the design and application of below-ground waterproofing systems for basements, cellars, retaining structures and buried podium decks. Discusses the importance of correct design principles and factors to take into account when following the guidance of BS 8102-2009 and other codes of practice.
Founded in 1965, Sovereign has long been recognised as the premier name in remedial damp proofing, structural waterproofing and timber preservation. Sovereign offers an extensive range of remedial and general building products, as well as an unrivalled specifications and technical advice service. Sovereign was awarded the Royal Warrant in 1987 following the use of its products in numerous Royal residences. It is also a British Standards Institution registered business and was the first damp-proofing company to gain BSI approval for its entire range of products.
Duration: 45 minutes, plus Q&A