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CPD Showcase
Ruukki has been providing RIBA
CPD seminars for over 5 years.
The “Long Span Developments in
Building Envelope Technology”
seminar was created to provide a
detailed summary of the types of
modern long span products that are
available to today’s designers.
These include structural decks and
Abet Ltd is the UK & Ireland branch of Abet Laminati, Europe’s largest
trays, prefabricated roof and wall
manufacturer of High Pressure Laminate. Abet’s RIBA-approved CPD
panels and composite wall panels.
provides specifiers with general information on the production,
Swish Building Products has
The CPD also considers the many
gained RIBA approval for its new
applications and technical aspects of High Pressure Laminates. This is in
advantages of the use of these
CPD seminar which provides
the form of a one-hour specifier seminar, including lunch, and fits into the
products and the multiplicity of
information about the sustainability
RIBA core curriculum under the heading of Construction Skills.
design options offered. More
of PVC roofline products.
Tel: 020 7473 6910
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recently a new “Offsite Solutions for
The presentation is delivered by the
www.abetuk.com
the Modern Building Envelope”
Swish Technical Sales Force and
seminar has been introduced.
lasts about 25 minutes. It gives a
Renson has received a
This CPD concentrates solely on the
clear and concise overview of the
RIBA accreditation for
various options for prefabricated wall
advantages of specifying PVC
its CPD about the
and roof panels to form the building
roofline products. Swish PVC
Healthy Building
envelope and goes into some detail
roofline and cladding products are
Concept (HBC).
regarding the makeup and
also highly recyclable and PVC
This concept is a
construction of such panels and
construction products have been
combination of
how they can be designed to meet
recognised by the BRE’s Green
background ventilation,
the structural, thermal and acoustic
Guide as having a significant
night cooling and solar
requirements of the specifier.
contribution to make to the
shading. Renson’s
Government’s sustainability drive.
headquarters are
Tel: 01757 249334
Greg Wilde, Marketing Manager,
situated in Waregem,
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www.ribaonlinecpd.com
Swish Building Products said: “We
Belgium and are built according to this concept. The building itself is a true
have delivered a number of seminars
working model of how to overcome the sick building syndrome, CO2
already and have had a very positive
poisoning but also overheating, all realised without the use of
reaction from architects who had
air-conditioning. It is essential that both practical and aesthetical needs are
previously been unfamiliar with the
combined in order to provide a healthy atmosphere to work in. The Healthy
sustainability of PVC products.”
Building Concept also cuts in energy costs and is environmentally friendly.
Tel: 01622 754 123
Tel: 01827 317 200
www.renson.eu
www.swishbp.co.uk
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In this RIBA assessed
There’s no escaping that by 2016,
seminar, Comar looks
every new home built in the UK must
broadly at the design of
emit zero carbon if it is to comply
curtain walling, its properties
with government legislation.
and how it is used by
Every Wednesday, Itho Ventilation
specifiers. This seminar aims
Limited holds a free training day at
to offer an understanding of
its head office in Burton on Trent to
the points of H11 in the NBS
address issues of airtightness and to
specification system, and how
discuss mechanical ventilation as a
best to make use of it.
solution. Including three, one-hour
Featured topics include:
CPD Accredited courses, product
Building Regulations, British
demonstrations and question and
Standards, Safety Legislation,
answer sessions, the training day
Drainage, Building
runs from 10am – 3.30pm. It’s an
movement, Procurement
opportunity for industry
and lead times.
professionals to keep informed on
Tel: 0208 685 9685
legislation, design considerations,
Bonar Floors has updated three
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new RIBA approved Continuing
installation and recent
Professional Development (CPD)
advancements Derek Guy, General
seminars – and all three count as
Manager, says, “We explain how toCoburn Sliding Systems Ltd offer a number
of CPD seminars specifically aimed at
part of the RIBA core curriculum,
develop a ventilation strategy that
updating architects and specifiers on the
helping architects to keep up-to-
exploits, rather than compromises
types of sliding door gear available and the
date with the latest innovations.
the capabilities of today’s
vast number of application types that are
The three topics incorporate
technology.” Free WIFI is available to
possible. A basic “Introduction to Sliding
entrance systems, carpet tiles and
delegates and refreshments and a
Door Gear” presentation is supplemented by
electrostatically flocked
buffet lunch are also provided.
a more in depth “Sliding Door Gear Part 2”
floorcovering, and are in addition
Tel: 0870 4606741
seminar, together with a presentation entitled
to the existing Westbond
www.itho.co.uk
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“Acoustic Movable Walls”. A fourth presentation entitled “Automatic Doors”
‘manufacturing carpets’ CPD
will also be available in the second half of 2009. Coburn Sliding Systems
seminar. As a leading entrance
Ltd can carry out these seminars either at their own premises in Wimbledon,
system and carpet tile
or more usually at the architect’s practice. Sales & Marketing Director Rod
manufacturer, Bonar Floors is
Flanagan said, “We feel it is our duty to ensure architects and specifiers are
ideally placed to offer this detailed
given as much information and guidance on the subject as possible; CPD
training for architects, designers
seminars provide an excellent method of achieving this.”
and specifiers.
Tel: 0208 545 6680
Tel: 0870 8550 500
www.coburn.co.uk
www.bonarfloors.co.uk
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