2017 City CPD ClubA programme of RIBA Core Curriculum seminars to help meet your CPD requirements Cornwall and Wiltshire

The RIBA Core Curriculumand Continuing Professional DevelopmentYour CPD is in your hands and must be relevant to you, your circumstances, the level of detail and expertise you require. It enables you to plan your career, strengthen your business, update your knowledge and acquire new skills and specialisms in an increasingly competitive market.

The RIBA City CPD Club is designed to help you achieve your annual CPD requirements • It covers the mandatory 10 Core

Curriculum topics in a series of 10 seminars delivered by industry experts

• The calendar enables you to plan your CPD days in your diary well in advance

• The events are organised over four days only, concentrating the time dedicated to achieve your annual CPD requirements

• The schedule of events offers an innovative programme of seminars and workshops.

Points about pointsAfter you undertake any CPD or learning activity, taking the time to reflect on what you have learned helps you assess whether it will have an impact on how you work. You can award between one and four points for each CPD activity, based on your own personal assessment:• One point: you learned little• Two points: your knowledge has

increased in a general way• Three points: you have increased

your knowledge of a subject in a detailed way

• Four points: the activity significantly benefited you in terms of knowledge and skills and you are an expert in the subject, having spent a considerable amount of structured time learning.

What you need to do annually as a chartered member• Obtain 35 hours of CPD input

per year (at least 50% should be ‘structured’ learning e.g. seminars)

• 20 of the 35 hours should come from the 10 RIBA CPD Core Curriculum topics

• Award at least 100 learning points to the annual CPD activities carried out

• Record CPD activities using the online CPD recording manager.

For more information and advice, contact cpd@riba.org

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1 It’s all in the detail: how correct detailing and understanding of fire safety principles can make a building compliant

The speaker will describe legal obligations relating to fire safety, in particular the Regulatory Reform Order – when and where it applies – and fire risk assessments.

The session will also cover what Building Regulations options are available to architects and designers whilst preserving good design. This will be supported by references to different British Standards, Building Regulations and RRO including Regulation 38.

Using case studies, the speaker will look at simple design principles for residential and small commercial projects and assess where ‘fire engineering’ can help or hinder building design.

Based on the preceding technical analysis, the seminar will conclude with an emphasis on details, highlighting how correct detailing and understanding of fire safety principles can make completed buildings compliant.

Colin Blatchford-Brown, Blatchford Brown LimitedColin has been in the building control profession for nearly 30 years, both in the public and private sectors. He understands and appreciates the

increasing complexity of Building Regulations’ requirements and the potential conflicts they create within building design. Colin has worked on a wide variety of projects and is currently involved in large scale projects in London and the Hinkley Point C nuclear power station. Presenting regularly to the industry, he is keen to share his knowledge on practical application of the Building Regulations, breaking down the ever more detailed Approved Documents into easily applied principles, to make architectural design more straightforward.

Core Curriculum: Being safe, Compliance

2 Rules of thumb for low energy architecture

Based on Huw Heywood’s first book, 101 rules of thumb for low energy architecture, the seminar will focus on how to design buildings which use little or no energy in their operation, wherever they happen to be on the planet. It aims to provide delegates with two things:• An understanding of the universal rules

of nature which govern the way buildings respond to their environment, and

• Specific low energy use, rule of thumb solutions for new buildings or for retrofitting existing buildings and interior spaces.

The rules of thumb are about the fundamentals

of energy efficiency in both urban and rural environments. Using explanatory diagrams and case studies, the seminar will consider the key variables of passive design – sun, wind, light, water, mass, insulation, form and shelter. In short exercises and workshops, the key formulae behind the rules will also be explained: no complex maths, just intuition needed.

From the factors influencing human thermal comfort, to the climate considerations the designer needs to know, to solar geometry, to simple rules for achieving energy reducing levels of daylight and ventilation, and basic sizing rules for sunspaces and thermal mass, the seminar will consider low energy use from all possible angles. The speaker will also take a look into the future of low energy buildings and their relationship with those who occupy them.

Huw Heywood RIBA FHEA Huw is an architect with over 25 years’ experience in practice and teaching internationally. He has taught at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, most recently as Principal Lecturer at Portsmouth School of Architecture, where his particular teaching and research focus was environmental and sustainable design. Huw is the author of two books published by RIBA Publishing and his current research interests include sustainable, low energy-use rural retrofit.

Core Curriculum: Climate, Designing and building it3

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3 Principal Designer documentation: tools and deliverables

The Principal Designer is a new appointment and the function is corporate and design based, rather than individual and Health and Safety based, as was associated with the now replaced CDM-Coordinator.

CDM “issues” should be captured on drawings and, if required, also cross-referenced to a Risk Register, with more complex issues requiring further detailed consideration highlighted in a CDM Analysis document. This information should be tracked and monitored throughout the project and developed with the design until a tolerable level of risk is achieved just prior to construction stage. A Health and Safety File is also developed throughout the project to capture any hazards and risks that remain at the end of the project. These are essential tools and deliverables for any Principal Designer and the speakers will illustrate how they can easily be assembled by any capable architectural practice. This interactive and comprehensive session will cover both theoretical and hands-on approaches enabling delegates to fully embrace and realistically apply the process in practice: • CDM Differently Risk Management:

philosophy and methodology

• CDM Strategy Brief: exercise• CDM brainstorming: review process and new

deliverables, including hazard awareness and risk identification checklist, hazards and risks on drawings and hazard awareness and risk management register – and, if required, CDM Analysis document

• Health and Safety File • Fee proposal: fundamental to providing

adequate resources for the PD function and deliverables

• Case studies: focused on all projects emphasising small projects

• Delegates projects: CDM Risk Management workshop review

• HSE update. Tony Putsman, Sc (Hons), MICE, CEng, AIEMA, Xenophon Project Services Limited/Construction Team Technologies Ltd Tony is an ICE Training CDM tutor, chartered civil engineer, experienced project manager and consultant. He has worked for major companies across the construction industry and is now a leading advocate of team-based risk management, running his own risk management consultancy. He is currently working with clients in the energy, rail, off-shore, house building and refurbishment sectors, promoting a strategic approach to project risk management through enhanced collaborative working.

Paul Bussey RIBA, AHMMPaul is a Technical Consultant at AHMM Architects and has 35 years of experience as an architect, the last 20 years of which he has worked with architects and the wider industry to apply the CDM regulations to design projects. He writes widely on CDM for the APS, RICS and other learned journals and also provides CPD for architects on implementing CDM for the RIBA. Core Curriculum: External management, Being safe

4 Online marketing essentials: making the most of your practice’s digital presence

With limited time and resources to dedicate to marketing, many architectural practices fail to see any tangible results from their website or social media. In a market place that is ever more saturated with digital charlatans, outsourcing your efforts is often seen as too risky.

This session will show you how to get better results from what you already have, give you an understanding of how to measure success and give you a proven framework for growth as your efforts are rewarded with genuine new business. If you are considering revamping your website in the next 12 months, or have recently done so with less than stellar results this session is for you.

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The speaker will cover the following:• Search engine optimisation: factors that

make the difference to your organic search ranking and what you can do to become more visible online

• Local and mobile optimisation: the majority of people search on mobile devices, these are the steps you need to take to win

• Social media marketing: tips on how to lever social media for business benefit

• Google Analytics: setting goals and measuring the real business impact of your marketing efforts

• A strategy framework: this will help you blend search, social and content with a strategic overview of what you are trying to achieve and the time you have available

• How to manage and produce content for your blog or website

• Tips to optimise the photos you use on your website and on social media.

Jon Payne, Noisy Little MonkeyJon is the founder of the successful (and somewhat ridiculously named) agency Noisy Little Monkey. Working in business development for over 23 years, Jon has spent the last 17 years focussed on developing online marketing strategies that deliver tangible business results. A regular speaker at marketing events, Jon will ensure you leave this session with a notepad full of ideas, some links to further reading and a broad smile on your face. Core Curriculum: Internal management

5 Building Regulations: the challenge of achieving compliance

How will you achieve compliance in view of the increasing complexity of the Building Regulations, in particular the thermal efficiency standards?Following the demise of the Code for Sustainable Homes and the 2016 zero carbon dwellings target, the Housing and Planning Act 2016 requires the DCLG to review energy performance requirements in the Building Regulations. This seminar will look at how the government policy on Building Regulations Part L will, post Brexit, respond to the European nearly zero energy buildings target for 2020 and what influence this might have on sustainable architecture. Case studies will highlight the effects of the proposed energy efficiency standards.

This session will be an exploration of the statutory drivers for achieving the nearly zero target, how this differs from the previous zero carbon target and the role of the planning authorities in using the Planning and Energy Act 2008 to achieve compliance. The speaker will explain what role voluntary schemes such as the Home Quality Mark will play in delivering improved efficiency and sustainability.

Using case studies, the seminar will also cover possible fabric standards for nearly zero energy

dwellings, look at design flexibilities and include an analysis of the potential use of high efficiency energy systems and renewables.

Stephen Barnshaw, jhai LtdStephen is a Chartered Building Surveyor with over 20 years’ experience in Building Control and Building Regulations consultancy. After managing regional teams in both the public and private sector, he is now Technical Director for jhai, a leading Approved Inspector and regulatory compliance consultancy. His principal role consists of developing the company’s education and training strategy both internally and externally. He is also Chairman of the RICS Assessment of Professional Competence Panel.

Core Curriculum: Compliance, Climate

6 JCT and RIBA contracts: issues and potential pitfalls

This seminar will include a brief practical examination of letters of intent, the formation of contracts and the most commonly used JCT and RIBA contracts, enabling delegates to understand the key legal requirements and the pitfalls to avoid. The speakers will emphasise the importance of the parties entering into a binding written contract. Referring to the various forms of JCT contract as well as the RIBA Domestic and Concise Building

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Contracts, they will clarify which contracts are suitable for use on various types of commercial and domestic construction projects. The session will describe what to look out for when completing the standard forms of contract and the key clauses that might need to be included. Surveys have shown that, although the current standard forms of contract are clearly laid out and based on principles of English Law, they can still lead to disputes, with disagreements arising over the valuation of interim applications and final accounts along with claims associated with defects, extensions of time, liquidated damages and loss and expense. The seminar will also include a short review of dispute resolution, tips on what to do if a project does not go to plan, and a brief case study.

Steve McCombe and Natalia Sokolov, Thrings SolicitorsSteve is a solicitor-advocate and partner in the construction team at Thrings Solicitors in Bristol. He has more than 25 years’ experience of resolving construction and engineering disputes, including those involving historic buildings, military installations, office blocks, oil refineries, pipelines, prisons, roads and tunnels. He is a Specialist Practice Consultant to the RIBA and has provided training for the RIBA, universities and various organisations in the construction and property sectors.

Natalia is an Associate in the construction team at Thrings Solicitors in Bristol. She qualified in January 2009 and joined the firm in March 2014. Natalia specialises in non-contentious construction and has experience in negotiating building contracts, appointments, collateral warranties, bonds and guarantees for a wide range of clients including PLCs, banks, developers and consultants. Natalia was Chair of the South West branch of the Association of Women in Property for 2015/2016 and remains an active committee member.

Core Curriculum: Procurement and contracts, External management

7 Acoustics: tips to help architectural design

This seminar will aim to present how understanding the role of acoustics can genuinely enhance building design. The speaker will cover the following: • Acoustics principles• Interconnected acoustic parameters and

impact on architecture: environmental noise, building envelope, internal partitioning; sound absorbent finishes, sound systems design, building service noise and vibrations

• Reference or relevant standards and regulations in the UK and how they might affect a project

• Acoustic parameters in detail: glossary of technical acoustic terms

• Sectors where acoustic design matters and why• Construction methods and how to achieve or

exceed minimum performance requirements• Measurements and prediction tolls in the

acoustics industry• Case studies focused on small projects.

Ze Nunes, MACH AcousticsFounding director Ze is passionate about the role of acoustics in improving the built environment and committed to sustainability as a fundamental principle of good design. A proven innovator, he relishes the interdisciplinary challenges of great architecture, always ready to break with convention in the quest for better answers. His extensive successful project management skills complement his specialist acoustic expertise, a combination that has seen MACH Acoustics win countless jobs with the nation’s largest contractors and most celebrated architects.

Core Curriculum: Designing and building it, Compliance

8 Permitted development change of use: opportunities and pitfalls

The Government has recently increased the categories of permitted changes of use and is committed to expanding the list. Applications

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for prior approval are at a record level and practitioners will increasingly be instructed to advise clients on the available rights. The 2015 Order is technically demanding and requires applicants and authorities to make subjective assessments.

This seminar is above all a practical examination of the subject which will take delegates from the first client meeting and taking initial instructions, on to making and managing the application, through to completing the project.

The first part of the talk will be an overview of the legal provisions as they apply generally to all types of permitted development for change of use and procedural issues that are common to all. • The 2015 Order: available and future change

of use rights• Removal of PD rights by the Order,

by condition and Article 4 Direction• Forfeiture of PD rights by the owner• Preparing the prior approval application• Determination by the LPA• Implementing the change of use• Applying the 56-day rule.

The second part will look in some detail at the particular subject of change of use of agricultural buildings to dwellings and how to approach matters of design to take advantage of the permitted development for building works.

The talk will be illustrated by real-life examples of applications and appeals using photos, application plans and drawings from successful and unsuccessful applications.

Graham Gover LARTPI + Local planning officer in each location to give a local overviewGraham is a solicitor with over 25 years’ practical planning experience acting for both developers and planning authorities, and has gained an excellent reputation for preparing and presenting seminars that are practical and instructive as well as entertaining. His audience includes architects, planning consultants, planning officers, solicitors, surveyors and agricultural consultants. Graham is a Legal Associate of the Royal Town Planning Institute and Member of the Law Society’s Planning Panel.

Core Curriculum: Where people live, Compliance

9 Timber in historic buildings: assessing and finding solutions to timber defects and failings, for now and beyond

Historically, the forms and dimensions of solid timbers available are limited by the sizes and forms of trees from which they are processed. In addition, natural strength-reducing features present limited their use. Many years after insertion into the building fabric, some timbers suffer from degradation.

This seminar will look at the likely causes of this degradation and the possible remedies that may be employed to resolve these issues. It will consider how to best protect existing timbers that have not yet degraded, as well as how we can better care for the future of buildings whilst meeting the current standards. Consequences of historical bad practice will also be shown and discussed. The session will culminate in discussing the latest current research which impacts on the protection of historic buildings and how this knowledge could be applied to current and future projects that delegates may be involved in.

In the first part, the speaker will present some history and science including timber properties, usage and decay. He will cover the methods of assessing and investigating decay in buildings, from timber framed to joinery and fixings and the adequate means of repair, treatment and maintenance. In the second part, the talk will examine the impact of the available standards, where to get further advice, quoting TRADA and other sources. It will also describe current interesting research programmes, showing how the subject is evolving and how architects can use the information for their conservation projects.

Tim Belden, TRADA Tim is the TRADA University Engagement Programme Manager, with a Master’s Degree in Timber Building Conservation. He delivers

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timber related lectures to undergraduates and postgraduates at universities throughout the UK. Tim has worked on many listed buildings of all grades, carrying out timber conservation work, mainly in traditional English hardwoods. He has given advice on heritage issues for planning submissions on carrying out listed building work and emergency works.

Core Curriculum: Context, Designing and building it

10 Inclusive design: it’s not just about Part M! After a short introduction on current legislation and standards, the speaker will cover Approved Document M Volume 1, what it entails in the light of the main changes implemented in 2016, including means of escape and user feedback. Supported by case studies, the speaker will describe suitable approaches to building construction and refurbishment with compliance in mind for varying abilities, recommending best practice and design solutions. The seminar will cover the process designers should follow to assess layouts and design, whilst considering the implications of Part K (Protection from falling, collision and impact) now combining Part N (Glazing). This session will demonstrate how architecture can limit or help the freedom of movement

and access with hands-on exercises to help understand how difficult or easy certain features can be perceived by different users. Often overlooked, the obligations from the client’s perspective will be examined and advice on practicalities of building Lifetime Homes will be given as well as sources of further information. Helen Allen NRAC, Helen Allen Design and Access Helen offers a ‘one stop’ multi-disciplinary service combining skills in pan-disability inclusive design advice and design services, specialising in architecture as well as landscape and garden design. Teaming up with architects, surveyors and contractors, she undertakes access audits and writes access statements in support of planning applications including historic environments such as the Grade I listed Cutty Sark ship, Greenwich Maritime Museum, Stonehenge Visitor Centre, the Olympic Athletes Village and the Tate St Ives extension.

Helen has also worked extensively on inclusive housing design projects and written Inclusive Design Guides for local authorities. She was a key contributor to the BSI publication Inclusive Urban Design: A guide to creating accessible public spaces and currently sits on the BS8300: Volume 2 external environments committee panel. Core Curriculum: Access for all, Compliance

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Wednesday 22 March10.00am-12.30pm JCT and RIBA contracts: beware of the pitfalls1.30pm-4.30pm Principal Designer documentation

Wednesday 21 June9.30am-11.30am Timber in historic buildings11.45am-1.45pm Fire safety and building compliance2.30pm-4.30pm Online marketing and digital presence

Wednesday 27 September10.30am-1.00pm Rules of thumb for low energy architecture2.00pm-4.30pm Permitted development change of use

Wednesday 22 November9.30am-11.30am Building Regulations and compliance11.45am-1.45pm Acoustics and architectural design2.30pm-4.30pm Inclusive design: it’s not just about Part M!

Thursday 16 March9.30am-11.30am Timber in historic buildings11.45am-1.45pm Fire safety and building compliance2.30pm-4.30pm Online marketing and digital presence

Thursday 25 May10.00am-12.30pm Rules of thumb for low energy architecture1.30pm-4.30pm Principal Designer documentation

Thursday 21 September9.30am-11.30am Building Regulations and compliance11.45am-1.45pm Inclusive design: it’s not just about Part M!2.30pm-4.30pm Acoustics and architectural design

Thursday 16 November10.30am-1.00pm Permitted development change of use2.00pm-4.30pm JCT and RIBA contracts: beware of the pitfalls

CornwallEpiphany House, Truro, TR1 3DR

WiltshireDiocesan Education Centre (DEC), The Avenue, Salisbury, SP2 0FG

2017 City CPD Club

Venues, dates and timingsPlease refer to the email confirmation sent prior to each event for directions to the venue, parking access and detailed programme of the day.

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BenefitsThe City CPD Club Ticket provides a great-value, structured approach to training for architects and other construction professionals, helping them to meet their CPD obligations.

City CPD Club Ticket holders benefit from the following: • A saving of up to £155 if compared to

pay-as-you-go Day Tickets• One single booking for the Club Ticket

that lasts 12 months • One place at each of the 10 City CPD

Club events • Documentation, refreshments and

lunch at each event• Over 20 hours of structured CPD

covering the Core Curriculum, two hours per topic being the minimum training required annually

• When joining City CPD Club as a chartered practice, any staff can attend the seminars, whether they are a RIBA chartered member or not.

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• Strictly until 15 February: £385 + VAT • After 15 February: £420 + VAT

The two instalments facility is only available after 15 February: first instalment on booking, with £210 + VAT balance due on 14 July 2017.

All fees include lunch.

Club Ticket (Four days)Early bird until 15 February 2017RIBA/CIAT members £385 + VAT (£462)Non-RIBA members £550 + VAT (£660)

After 15 February 2017RIBA/CIAT members £420 + VAT (£504)Non-RIBA members £585 + VAT (£702)

Pay-as-you-go Day Ticket (Single days)RIBA/CIAT members £135 + VAT (£162) Non-RIBA members £200 + VAT (£240) RIBA student members £50 + VAT (£60)

Booking and payment1. Fill in the booking form on page 11 2. Email form to: riba.southwest@riba.org or send to RIBA, Unit 4.8 Paintworks, Bath Road, Bristol, BS4 3EH 3. Send a cheque* to the above address or ring 0117 972 3777 and give your credit card details or pay by BACS to: Lloyds Bank plc A/C Name: Royal Institute of British Architects A/C Number: 00912451 Sort Code: 30-94-87 Ref: 2017 City CPD Club Cornwall or Wiltshire.

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Information/Queries If you need more information or have a query, please contact RIBA South West on 0117 972 3777 or email riba.southwest@riba.org

Fees and how to book

Terms and conditions • City CPD Club Tickets are non-refundable • Cancellation is only possible for pay-as-you-go bookings and refunds for cancellation can only be made up to 10 working days before the event • Delegate substitutions are permitted at any time for City Club Ticket holders if they have joined as a practice • No substitutions of delegates are permitted for Club Ticket holders if they have joined as an individual • If you are unable to attend any seminar, or substitute a delegate, please inform RIBA South West • We rely on a minimum number of delegates for each day and reserve the right to cancel the event should this number not be reached. 10

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Seminar overview Cornwall – Epiphany House, Truro Thursday 16 March 9.30am Timber in historic buildings 11.45am Fire safety and building compliance 2.30pm Online marketing and digital presence

Thursday 25 May 10.00am Rules of thumb for low energy architecture 1.30pm Principal Designer documentation

Thursday 21 September 9.30am Building Regulations and compliance 11.45am Inclusive design: it’s not just about Part M! 2.30pm Acoustics and architectural design

Thursday 16 November 10.30am Permitted development change of use 2.00pm JCT and RIBA contracts: beware of the pitfalls

Wiltshire – Diocesan Education Centre, Salisbury Wednesday 22 March 10.00am JCT and RIBA contracts: beware of the pitfalls 1.30pm Principal Designer documentation

Wednesday 21 June 9.30am Timber in historic buildings 11.45pm Fire safety and building compliance 2.30pm Online marketing and digital presence

Wednesday 27 September 10.30am Rules of thumb for low energy architecture 2.00pm Permitted development change of use

Wednesday 22 November 9.30am Building Regulations and compliance 11.45am Acoustics and architectural design 2.30pm Inclusive design: it’s not just about Part M!

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Grateful thanks to the RIBA South West CPD Steering Group contributors who provided help, advice and recommendations on the development of the 2017 programme: Alan Cook, Arthur Johns, Jane Hamlyn, Jonathan Platt, Jonny Marrion, Mark Carey, Paul Melling and Peter Kent.

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