Conservation of Historic Buildings

A) Overview and Legislation
Provides the base for the series, including the legal framework for historic buildings, what you can and cannot do, and how to work well with council Conservation Officers and others.

B) Use of Materials
Explains the purposes and properties of historic building materials and construction methods, provides guidance on ensuring appropriate selection and sourcing of suitable components for repair and maintenance, and options for consistent replacements and upgrading.

C) Design and Adaptation
Addresses best practice for improvements and modifications to historic buildings to ensure that the current and proposed uses and designs are consistent and complementary with preserving the essential character of buildings. Includes case studies showing how skilled architects approach design challenges.

D) Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy for Historic Buildings
How can the energy efficiency of old buildings be maximised without unacceptable impacts, and be consistent with planning and wider requirements. What are the opportunities and limits on increasing energy efficiency. And on renewable energy, what are the opportunities and limits on installations of all significant, viable renewable energy options.

Sustainable Building Design and Operation

A) Options for Transforming Building Energy Efficiency for Domestic and Commercial Buildings
Including retrofit and passivhaus.
This session examines the challenges of inefficient, sometimes poorly designed buildings and how to overcome them.

B) Renewable Energy Options and Alternative Energy Sources for Buildings
This session examines each significant renewable energy option, and other CHP technologies and installations, most appropriate for different building types and scales, for both new and existing buildings.

Introduction to Eurocodes Series 0-6

A) Eurocodes for Beginners - Eurocode 0&1
Addresses Eurocode 0 - Basis of structural design and Eurocode 1 - Actions on structures. Provides an overall introduction and outline of design principles, and the design example focuses on a simple wind load calculation.

B) Eurocode 2 - Concrete Structures
As for all the other sessions, it provides an outline of principles and key Eurocode elements for the target material, and key design requirements. The design examples include a beam and column.

C) Eurocode 3 - Steel Structures
Design examples include beam, column and connection. Also refers to Eurocode 4 - Design of Composite Steel and Concrete Construction but not in extensive detail.

D) Eurocode 5 - Timber Structures
Design examples include beam and column.

E) Eurocode 6 - Masonry Structures
Design examples include laterally loaded panel

Project Management and New Rules of Measurement

Project Management

A) The Power and Potential of Project Management
This session shares an understanding of Project Management, identifies what Project Management adds, and the resources needed and shows where Project Management is most useful, and where it can add real value for money.

B) Understanding Project Management Principles
This session addresses the project lifecycle from inception through implementation and commissioning to operation, and also decommissioning, the purpose and use of different Project Management systems and approaches and the relative value of different Project Management methodologies and tools.

New Rules of Measurement

C) New RICS Rules Of Measurement
This half day training course explains the new RICS rules of measurement, launched in 2012 to create a uniform, standard set of measurement rules for all involved in construction projects and construction management.

• How the new best practice guidance works
• How companies can make the most of it to assist management and cost control on construction projects, and
• How it assists construction professionals in preparing and submitting bids for competitive tenders.

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