Forbo Flooring Systems

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Entrance Flooring Systems: Specifying to relevant legislation and guidelines

To provide an understanding of how to specify an entrance system in order to comply with current legislation, including Health and Safety guidelines and the Equality Act 2010

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Knowledge level:

General Awareness

Material type: Seminar

Sustainable Linoleum Flooring and its Contribution to the Built Environment.

This CPD is a guide to specifiying linoleum and its aim is to provide an understanding of the environmental and performance benefits of linoleum, as well as look at the design opportunities of the material within the built environment.
By the end of the CPD you should have a greater understanding of:
- what linoleum is, how it is made and the benefits it offers to the environment and people's health and well being.
- how linoleum is assessed under a variety of recognised building schemes and how it contributes to the built environment under each one
- the performance benefits of linoleum and its relevance to a variety of application areas
- the design flexibility of linoleum in its varying formats
- how linoleum is installed and maintained over its lifetime

RIBA Core Curriculum:

Sustainable architecture

Knowledge level:

General Awareness

Material type: Seminar

Electrostatically Flocked Floor Coverings: Genuine innovation with unique design and performance characteristics

The aim of this presentation is to introduce you to flocked floor coverings, we will discuss what the product is, how it's made and all of the design possibilities before looking further at specification considerations and segment suitability to allow you to confidently specify flocked flooring where appropriate.

RIBA Core Curriculum:

Knowledge level:

General Awareness

Material type: Seminar

The Role of Flooring in Dementia-Inclusive Design

This CPD provides accurate and evidence-based information on how to correctly design dementia inclusive environments. It explores the effects and challenges of dementia when designing facilities and outlines the best practice guidance – with a particular focus on flooring. Aimed at professionals specifying floor coverings for commercial and public buildings, or anyone who has an in interest in inclusive design, ‘The role of flooring in dementia-inclusive design’ provides you with the help to get started. By the end of the CPD you should have a greater understanding of:
- What dementia is, its common symptoms and the types of dementia
- The prevalence of dementia in the UK
- The role that flooring plays in dementia-friendly design
- Best practice guidance for designing a dementia-friendly flooring scheme
- The help and guidance that is available to support you in selecting the right floring products
- How to start designing a dementia-friendly scheme

This CPD can be delivered live by one of Forbo’s trained advisors with the opportunity to ask questions at the end of the presentation

RIBA Core Curriculum:

Inclusive environments

Knowledge level:

General Awareness

Material type: Online Learning

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Material type: Seminar

Entrance Flooring Systems

To provide an understanding of how to specify an entrance system in order to comply with current legislation, including Health and Safety guidelines and the Equality Act 2010

RIBA Core Curriculum:

Knowledge level:

General Awareness

Material type: Seminar

The Environmental Credentials, Performance and Life Cycle Costs of Linoleum

This seminar looks at what linoleum - a natural product - really is, what it is comprised of, its environmental credentials, its performance criteria, some design possibilities and gives an insight into the life cycle costs of this traditional and versatile product.

RIBA Core Curriculum:

Sustainable architecture

Knowledge level:

General Awareness

Material type: Seminar

Entrance Matting Systems: Complete Solutions to Maximise Performance and Minimise Risk

The aim of this seminar is to give the architect an understanding of the reasons for using an entrance
flooring system and the benefits to the end-user, an
appreciation of the factors affecting selection, and the need to consider selection for the beginning of the design process.

RIBA Core Curriculum:

Knowledge level:

General Awareness

Material type: Seminar