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 as well as face-to-face and online seminars.
Revised
This seminar offers guidance on how to specify modified screeds successfully. It looks at the types of screeds available and the design considerations and installation methods that can affect your decisions on screed selection. It also considers the approved test methods which ensure that a screed has been applied correctly and to the required specification. By the end of the seminar you should have a greater understanding of:
- How to better understand clients’ requirements
- The different types of modified screeds on the market
- The British Standards and Building Regulations relating to modified screeds
- How to select the best type of modified screed for a project, be aware of methods of delivery, how to mix and lay screeds and chose a contractor
-Testing methods and standards for modified screeds
New & Available Online
This CPD looks at the use of aluminium in the construction industry and why it is a suitable and economic product. It will help you to understand the following topics:
- The benefits of aluminium
- The range of aluminium facades products available
- The range of aluminium roofing products available
- The design of metal roofing build ups, rainscreen cladding build ups and what materials to use to achieve building standard regulations
- The use of secondary aluminium
- The aluminium flood defences products available
This CPD can be delivered to you live and remotely.
New
This CPD will explore how anti-carbonation coating can protect and prolong the life of steel re-bars used in concrete from corrosion. Topics covered include a definition of anti-carbon coating, corrosion - including carbonation, chloride ingress, test methods used to identify the right anti-carbonation coating and how anti-carbonation coating works to extend the life of concrete. By the end of the seminar you should have a greater understanding of:
- How anti-carbonation coating functions
- How to prevent concrete corrosion by using the right system
- Types of test methods
New
This CPD will discuss the photocalytic properties of porcelain treated with Titanium Dioxide and doped with silver. The seminar will explore how a photocalytic surface works and the four main properties of photocaltyic surfaces as antibacterial, self-cleaning, anti-odour and anti-pollution. By the end of the CPD you should have a greater understanding of:
- How photocatalysis works on hard surfaces, specifically on porcelain
- How a photocalytic porcelain slab is created
- The application of photocalytic porcelain in different environments
New
This presentation explores the modern bituminous roofing systems. It will cover topics including the key components for a successful and effective roof system, including design, materials, workmanship, associated standards and regulations – as well as Safe2Torch and the latest revisions to codes of practice. By the end of the CPD you should have a greater understanding of:
- The design considerations required for high performance flat roof systems
- The differences in bitumen technology and the relative merits of each
- The provenance of different roofing materials and their impact on the environment
- Different roof designs and applications and where each is commonly used.
- Specifying a roof system that reduces risk - for the specifier, client and the installer
Revised & Available Online
- Understanding of tailgating
- Why we should care about tailgating
- Solutions to tailgating
- Integrating tailgating solutions in to buildings
- Industry standards
- Installation methods
- Considerations of the different solutions
This CPD can be delivered to you live and remotely.
New & Available Online
This seminar will:
- Explain the common product types
- Review BS and NBS standards
- Explain how epoxy systems work
- Look at common pitfalls and what goes wrong
- Show successful projects and what works
New & Available Online
This seminar will cover gas and waterproof membrane systems, design, all the current up to date standards and regulations. Topics covered include the importance of ground gas investigation, grades of waterproofing, integrated gas and waterproofing systems, why systems fail and how to be successful. By the end of the CPD you should have a greater understanding of:
- British Standards and regulations for below ground structures
- How to make better decisions on ground gas investigations
- How all the different grades have an impact on design below ground
- The types of ground gas and the systems used in design
- How to combine ground gas and waterproof membranes and systems
New
The CPD aims to give simple guidance to those planning the relighting of a historic building. Topics covered include how lighting can impact positively but minimally on the historic environment, our relationship to light and how it has developed throughout history in heritage sites, the use of latest LED technology in heritage buildings, and a five step plan to create a lighting masterplan for a historic building. There will also be a selection of case studies showing how a lighting masterplan worked in three different historic buildings. By the end of the seminar you should have a greater understanding of:
- How to create a lighting masterplan for a historic building
- What lighting techniques you can use
- What misconceptions there are in relighting a historic building
New
This CPD will discuss the correct way to specify stone. Criteria for suitability will be explained against a backdrop of case studies where examples can be shown. It will introduce new machinery allowing stone to be fabricated in ways that enable specification on more diverse projects. It will then discuss new technology in stone care and maintenance that make stone specification more practical. By the end of the seminar you should have a greater understanding of:
- Technological advancements in stone fabrication that allow more diverse specification of stone
- How to specify stone correctly on projects
- Why some stones are unsuitable in certain situations
- Scientific developments in stone care and maintenance that protect stone and therefore make it a more practical choice in many locations
New
This CPD presentation provides critical information on how fire doors and ironmongery should be installed on site. It does this through video presentations which take the installation from the site preparation through to final certification and sign off. This paired with slides that provide supplementary information on standards and best practice relating to fire door testing and installation. By the end of the CPD you should have a greater understanding of:
- Fire Doors – background, requirement and terminology
- Fire door and ironmongery installation process
- Relevant standards
- Further best practice
New
This article describes and explains the minimum elements required within kitchens, and the minimum space required to be able to include these elements. It concludes with the steps that architects can take to aid kitchen designers in providing functional and attractive kitchens. By the end of the CPD you should have a greater understanding of:
- Existing standards and regulations applicable to kitchen design
- The elements that end users expect in addition to the minimum elements required for a functional kitchen
- The specific sizes of the minimum elements
- How to ensure appropriate space is provided within a property to provide a functional kitchen
- How to apply actions to improve the kitchen spaces provided in residential properties
New
This CPD will discuss the flexibility of standing seam roof systems. Topics covered include the key benefits of standing seam roof systems, the difference between 'standard' standing seam and 'freeform' standing seam, the critical steps required to take a complex shape from design to reality, and the importance of 3D modelling and how these platforms can be used to the designer's advantage. By the end of the seminar you should have a greater understanding of:
- Why standing seam should be considered for almost any geometric shape, and the benefits of such a system
- The key steps required to complete the design of a complex shape
- How bespoke sub-structures ensure that complex geometry can be achieved in reality
- How your chosen manufacturer can support you through the design phases
New & Available Online
This CPD will discuss seamless flooring solutions, which resin systems provide for the pharmaceutical and healthcare industry to meet hygiene and safety standards. Topics covered include hygiene and safety standards required in pharmaceutical and healthcare facilities, performance required with flooring systems for the pharmaceutical industry, the range of resin flooring solutions provided for the pharmaceutical industry and installation. By the end of the CPD you should have a greater understanding of:
- How to identify and specify specific resin flooring for pharmaceutical and healthcare facilities
- The basics of how resin flooring is installed
- Anti-slip flooring solutions and regulatory compliance
This CPD can be delivered to you live and remotely.
New
This CPD aims to provide an overview of sustainable wooden furniture production based on the case study of the NUB chair by Patricia Urquiola. Topics covered include sustainable furniture design and supply from mass production, available woods and qualities, CNC production fabricating process, finishing processes, and testing techniques and concepts. By the end of the seminar you should have a greater understanding of:
- Available woods and qualities - with a specific emphasis on beech furniture
- CNC manufacturing process - including moisture in wood, steam bending and drying
- Finishing processes – including assembling, surfacing and finishing products on an industrial scale
- Testing techniques and concepts and how to provide technical feedback on wooden furniture products
Revised & Available Online
This seminar will help you:
- To understand heritage buildings and their importance
- To identify which rooflight design is an appropriate solution for your project
- To understand planners’ and conservation officers’ needs
- To improve knowledge of conservation rooflights
- To understand the modern conservation rooflight
This CPD can be delivered to you live and remotely.
Revised & Available Online
This seminar is about rooflight specification and how to identify situations in which a rooflight design is an appropriate solution for your project. It will help you to understand the following topics:
- The ways in which rooflight and roof window designs and placement complement an overall building design
- How rooflights can be applied in different situations to solve design and technical challenges
- The variety of rooflight design solutions available to specifiers
This CPD can be delivered to you live and remotely.