CPD training courses
Explore our RIBA-accredited CPD training courses
Explore our RIBA-accredited CPD training courses
Golden Thread. How it impacts the specification journey
This course outlines what the Golden Thread is and importantly why it was introduced:
- Understand how it has influenced changes in legislation.
- Discover more about its impact on stakeholders throughout the entire lifecycle of a building.
- Gain a better understanding of how incorporating digital platforms can make the specification process easier.
The importance of fire doors & intumescent seals
Fire doors and intumescent seals are critical components in fire safety, designed to prevent the spread of fire and smoke, saving lives and protecting property. This CPD explores their essential role in passive fire protection.
The CPD covers:
- Hard facts concerning deaths, injuries and property damage caused by fire and smoke
- Fire testing in the UK and the applicable fire and smoke leakage standards
- How ironmongery affects fire doors and the vital role of intumescent protection
- Understanding intumescent seals for doors and the importance of third party certification
- Practical product solutions
Demystifying ironmongery
This course provides guidance on specifying the right ironmongery on different types of doors:
- Gain a better understanding of architectural ironmongery (AI) terminology and phrases, and the standards and regulations affecting AI.
- Gain detailed knowledge on how to hang, close, lock, open and dress a door when specifying a project.
The role and performance of fire and smoke resisting doors
This course provides an overview of the critical role that fire & smoke resisting doors play in safeguarding lives and property:
- Hard facts concerning deaths, injuries and property damage caused by fire and smoke.
- Regulatory requirements for fire and smoke resisting door assemblies.
- The nature & behaviour of smoke. Effective design of door assemblies for smoke containment including the threshold gap.
Enhancing the efficiency of BIM door object development
This course discusses the fundamentals of BIM object design and provides BIM training to improve the conventional specification and scheduling process:
- Understand the requirements and resources for creating standard-based BIM door objects.
- Discover how to leverage web-based resources to access pre-built standards based on BIM door objects.
Understanding the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005
This course provides an introduction to the RRO and who is responsible for a building’s fire safety:
- Learn about the importance of fire doors, including installation and maintenance.
- Understand the danger of fire and smoke.
- Examples of poorly maintained and fitted fire doors with cost-effective solutions.
Inclusive design – why should you care?
This course covers the importance of inclusive design in today’s world, and the true cost of not complying with standards and legislation:
- Learn how specifying door hardware helps buildings be inclusive and accessible to all, as well as considerations such as fire safety.
- Gain a better understanding of what the three main policies covering inclusive design that decision makers should be aware of.
- Understand who is responsible if there is a discrimination claim.
Performance door design: the basics of sound reduction
This course covers performance door design principles for effective sound reduction to help improve the quality of the built environment:
- The nature of sound – examining both airborne and structural transmission of sound.
- Understand the regulatory requirements and British standards that relate to acoustic performance.
- Discover effective design of door assemblies for acoustic performance, including door construction and influence of sealing systems.
