Latest CPD
Here are the latest CPD materials to have been assessed and approved by the RIBA. These include both new and recently-revised CPD materials.
This seminar offers guidance for automatic door specification, with particular focus on the healthcare sector. It covers relevant European and British Standards and highlights the key design considerations while looking at product solutions for safe movement of people within hospitals, surgeries, theatres, pharmacies, and many other healthcare building types.
record uk is one of the largest manufacturers, installers and maintainers of automated pedestrian doors in the UK. The company offers standard and bespoke solutions for both major healthcare projects and single site installations, and from security, sliding, swing and revolving doors to its specialist range of hermetically sealed doors, where the highest hygiene requirements are essential.
Approximate duration excluding time for questions/answers: 45 minutes.
A guide to hydraulic lime as a principal binder in lime mortars for use in modern construction. Often, lime is considered only in the context of historic building renovation and conservation. However, the features and benefits of hydraulic lime can be applied to modern design using traditional methods, the key benefit being reduced or no-movement joints, giving much improved aesthetics. This presentation features case studies of various projects.
EcoRight Ltd is part of the Owlsworth Building Group, which has a long history of manufacturing and supplying traditional building materials. This knowledge and understanding of traditional materials enabled the EcoRight brand to introduce a range of hydraulic lime mortars into mainstream construction projects.
Approximate duration excluding time for questions/answers: one hour.
Discover the impact UK air pollution has on human health. Understand why effective ventilation should be at the forefront of building design as we build more energy efficient and airtight buildings, and learn about the energy saving and health benefits mechanical ventilation with heat recovery (MVHR) units have on buildings and their occupants.
Airflow Developments is an international ventilation manufacturer, founded in 1955. The company manufactures quality, award-winning ventilation solutions, from residential extractor fans to commercial mechanical ventilation with heat recovery (MVHR) systems, as well as various OEM products. Airflow’s product portfolio includes several Passive House-certified, SAP-approved and BREEAM-compliant units.
Approximate duration excluding time for questions/answers: 40 minutes.