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Construction & Engineering Products
GCP Applied Technologies
Format: Online or Face to Face
Topic 1: Waterproofing in Multi Story Construction
Overview: Structural concrete has strength, is a robust, durable, commonly designed and adopted building material. However, to survive long term, provide amenity and service to any occupied or functional structure, concrete must be designed, manufactured, and managed correctly. Concrete must also be protected or “Waterproofed”.
Learning Outcomes:
- Waterproofing – Why and when to waterproof
- Where waterproofing is used in multi-story applications
- Sheet membrane applications
- Liquid membrane applications
CPD Point: This course is valued at 1 Formal CPD point.
Topic 2: Spray Applied Fireproofing
Overview: Fireproofing is a vital but complex part of all new building design and construction. Of recent years this aspect of the industry has seen much renewed scrutiny. Many factors surround analysis, design and application an overview is given with this presentation.
Learning Outcomes:
- Definition of Fireproofing
- Why Fireproof
- Product Classification
- Types of Spray-Applied Fireproofing
- Key Codes, Standards and Testing
- Building Code of Australia
- Fire Assessment Reports
- Examples of thickness calculation
- Application of Cementitious spray applied fireproofing
- QA testing and finishing
CPD Point: This course is valued at 1 Formal CPD point.
Delivery, Lockers & End of Trip Amenities
GroundFloor
Format: Online Only
Topic: Last-Mile Delivery Solutions: Knowing how and where to use them
Learning outcomes:
- Understand and describe the importance of parcel-proofing new builds
- Identify the different types of solutions available and determine which best suits their project
- Know the difference between parcel lockers and parcel management systems
- Include solutions in any project design
CPD Point: This course is valued at 1 Formal CPD point.
Facades & Cladding
Alspec
Format: Online or Face to Face
Topic 1: Understanding Cladding and the Requirements of the NCC – Pathways to Compliance
Duration: 1 hour
Learning Outcomes:
- Provide a clear understanding of Cladding Materials, the requirements of the NCC and the pathways to compliance.
- There are a number of considerations that need to be addressed, in particular, Fire Performance and Compliance are issues that need to be fully understood to ensure safe buildings.
CPD Point: This course is valued at 1 Formal CPD point.
Topic 2: Selection of Windows & Doors for Commercial Applications
Duration: 1 hour
Learning Outcomes:
- What are the key design considerations when selecting Aluminium Commercial Windows and Doors
- What are the applicable performance Standards and how do these differ from the prescriptive standards.
- How does energy impact the selection of framing systems for Commercial Applications.
- Understanding the key features and benefits of the typical surface finishing options.
CPD Point: This course is valued at 1 Formal CPD point.
Topic 3: Understanding Section J NCC 2019
Duration: 1 hour
Learning Outcomes:
- Identify and apply the new requirements for External Facades in NCC 2019
- Evaluate and apply knowledge about the performance of windows and walls
- Define the impacts of different products on overall façade performance
- Define the impacts of NCC 2019 on building design and apply to future projects.
CPD Point: This course is valued at 1 Formal CPD point.
Alpolic NC®
Format: Online or Face to Face
Topic 1: Fire Safe Façade – Non-combustible Cladding
Overview: Network Architectural’s newest in-house formal CPD presentation focuses on the history of the different grades of ACM façade panels sold here in Australia, along with the changes in the NCC 2019 in response to the recent fires involving Polyethylene (PE) grades. As well, the AS5113 full-scale fire test will be covered in detailed.
Learning Outcomes:
- ACM Façade Materials in History- Understanding how & why highly combustible PE ACM types beat the previous certification process.
- Current Fire Testing Standards- How the new AS 5113 and large-scale testing methods have advanced our knowledge on what to expect in a real fire event.
- Installation Systems & Design- How a holistic approach of façade materials and design is required to meet optimum performance results.
CPD Point: This course is valued at 1 Formal CPD point.
Topic 2: Fire Safe Façade – Building Sustainability & Building Compliant Façade
Overview: Network Architectural delivers an exploration into the development of energy-efficient and sustainable building facades: Giving consideration to living in harmony with the natural environment, reducing our footprint through less energy, water, and material intensive lifestyle.
Learning Outcomes:
- Understanding new design and construction challenges as a result of changes to Section J 2019 BCA.
- How to design a compliant façade building envelope with sustainability in mind.
- Meeting sustainability with architectural finishes.
CPD Point: This course is valued at 1 Formal CPD point.
Topic 3: Sustainable Façade Coatings
Overview: In this one-hour course, we will discover the sustainability strengths and advantages of FEVE fluoropolymer topcoats for facades panels and curtain walls, as well as onerous maintenance programmes that other coatings are encumbered with. We will evaluate coating performance tests including “accelerated” weathering and “real-time” weathering, and what the implications are for the life of different coatings. We will also assess the life-cycle advantage and sustainability benefits of FEVE topcoats and test standards to specify to ensure optimum and sustainable performance.
Learning Outcomes:
- Define FEVE coating technology, history and unique weatherability properties that will deliver the best and correct façade coating finish for “sustainable” outcomes.
- Discuss real-time and accelerated testing of FEVE coatings that demonstrate their proven performance in terms of façade corrosion resistance, and colour/gloss retention over long periods of time.
- Discuss guidelines for sound performance specification of façade coatings & explore several real-world applications.
CPD Point: This course is valued at 1 Formal CPD point along with a personalised CPD certificate.
Floor & Wall Coverings
Tarkett
Format: Online Only
Topic: Performance Flooring & Acoustics
Presenter: Scott Kelly, Business Development Manager – Education, Tarkett Australia.
Scott has worked in the flooring industry overseeing commercial sales, architectural and government specifications and distribution of resilient floorcoverings, safety flooring, carpets, primers, screeds and adhesives for 15 years and as a product specification professional for over 20 years.
Overview: Acoustics is not just a building code compliance. Good noise control can improve employee wellbeing and comfort, leading to higher productivity. Our Acoustics CPD will cover the key attributes to sound, noise sources and noise control in buildings so that we can improve the Indoor Environment Quality.
Learning outcomes:
- How noise travels into and within a building
- Recognising acoustic issues & how flooring systems aid compliance
- Transmission and absorption strategies
- How flooring materials can assist with noise control
- Regulations of building code clauses & the application standards
CPD Point: This course is valued at 1 Formal CPD point.
Topic: Infection Prevention & Interior Finishes – Flooring Considerations
Presenter: Matt has over 30 years flooring experience and is currently Tarkett’s Business development manager for the health & aged care segments. Matt is responsible for ensuring our product offering for this market deliver performance and durability while meeting all health practice guidelines for our market.
Recently Matt was involved in the Campbelltown hospital redevelopment, and works with some of Australia’s largest aged care providers to delivery high performance solutions that last. Our ongoing relationships with our customers is testament to Matt’s approach and dedication to working with them through projects advising from start to finish.
Overview: In this CPD, we look at the threat antimicrobial resistance poses and how this is leading to an increase in healthcare associated infections. We detail high versus low risk areas, allowing you to determine what floor finish should be specified. We also look at antimicrobial test methods, and discuss how the misuse of antibiotics and biocides can lead to Antimicrobial Resistance – a major public health threat.
Learning outcomes:
- The threat antimicrobial resistance poses
- How this is le REading to an increases in health associated infections
- What is deemed as a high vs. low risk area or surface
- Antimicrobial assays and standards
- The importance of the responsible use of antimicrobials
- Regulations of building code clauses & the application standards
CPD Point: This course is valued at 1 Formal CPD point.
Topic: Slip Resistance Design Considerations
Presenter: Scott Kelly, Business Development Manager – Education, Tarkett Australia.
Scott has worked in the flooring industry overseeing commercial sales, architectural and government specifications and distribution of resilient floorcoverings, safety flooring, carpets, primers, screeds and adhesives for 15 years and as a product specification professional for over 20 years.
Overview: In this Slip CPD, we look closely at the importance of slip in design, the different test methods to ensure compliance, and safety flooring performance requirements. You will gain sound knowledge of the National Construction Code regulations and Australian Standards for slip resistance. We also cover some of the common mistakes around where to use safety flooring or smooth surface flooring.
Learning outcomes:
- Safety flooring & its application
- Different slip test methods & where to use them
- Reading and understanding slip test values
- Relevant standards to the surface you are specifying
- The stakeholder responsibilities throughout the lifetime of flooring
CPD Point: This course is valued at 1 Formal CPD point.
Heating, Cooling & Insulation
Airius
Format: Online or Face to Face
Topic: Thermal equalisation and Air Purification in any built environment
Presenter: Sam Rochaix
Duration: 1 hour
Overview: Reinventing airflow since 2004, Airius have revolutionised the global fan markets with their market leading air circulation and thermal destratification systems. Our Patented Airflow Technology is reinventing the expectations of a fan with amazing outcomes, providing comfort from heat in summer and optimising warmth in cooler environments. Airius fans also provide significant benefits for cold aisles in supermarkets while offering excellent condensation reduction in all building types.
Airius also distribute a range of active air purification systems that are effective at combating a range of VOCs, bacteria and viruses including SARS COV-2 (COVID-19).
Learning Outcomes:
- Recognise how air circulation can offer building design efficiencies with or without air conditioning and offer cooling comfort
- Understand how directional air flow can reduce/negate ductwork inducted A/C system designs from a mechanical and architectural perspective
- Understand the level of energy savings that can be achieved through utilising engineered air movement
- Discuss how destratification can save both heating and cooling energy in buildings
- Understand the design benefits modular turbine style fans present over HVLS type fans in high volume internal spaces
CPD Point: This course is valued at 1 Formal CPD point.
Kitchen, Bathroom & Laundry
Dolphin Solutions
Format: Online or Face to Face
Topic 1: Washing Sustainability and Design with Dolphin.
Overview: This CPD will help you to understand how to specify washrooms that are more hygienic, waste significantly less water and energy than traditional design, are aesthetically please, save space, comply with regulations whilst remaining cost effective.
Learning Outcomes:
- Using modern technology to maximise water saving and reduce energy usage in the washroom
- Enhancing aesthetics and improving hygiene through using appropriate fittings
- Design challenges and making better use of available space in the washroom
- Brief overview of accessible and standard washroom ergonomics
- Design ideas to maximise unlettable areas of a building
- Handle actual sample taps and fittings during the seminar
CPD Point: This course is valued at 1 Formal CPD point.
Topic 2: Designing Washrooms to Prevent Cross Contamination
Overview: This CPD will cover the cause and effects of Pre-COVID washrooms and the solutions to better preventing the spread of bacteria and how simple changes in design can decrease the spread of germs and improve the flow in public bathrooms.
Learning Outcomes:
- Using the most advanced touch-free washroom appliances to prevent the spread of germs.
- Enhancing the flow of the environment in public bathrooms to allow adequate space to move around and less contamination on surfaces.
- Design challenges and making better use of available space in the washroom
- Brief overview of accessible and standard washroom ergonomics
- Design ideas to maximise unlettable areas of a building
- How modern fittings decrease work and time spent for cleaners to maintain washrooms.
CPD Point: This course is valued at 1 Formal CPD point.
GWA Group
Format: Online or Face to Face
Topic 1 : Design and Function of Smart bathrooms for Commercial Buildings
Learning Outcomes:
- Recognise the benefits of efficient water fixtures in bathrooms
- Understand the opportunities of using end-use analysis to drive user behavioural change that may lead to water savings
- Identify some of the compliance requirements of commercial building rating systems relating to water
- Recognise the benefits of health, wellbeing and energy savings when using smart systems in commercial buildings
CPD Point: This course is valued at 1 Formal CPD point.
Topic 2 : Design for Access and Mobility – a guide to the AS1428.1 2021 standard
Learning Outcomes:
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- Recognise the difference between AS1428.1 compliant and non-compliant bathroom fixtures
- Consider the different requirements for Accessible and Ambulant facilities
- Understand the definition of a Sole Occupancy unit
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Be able to define why aged care design differs to AS1428.1 applications
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CPD Point: This course is valued at 1 Formal CPD point.
Landscaping & Outdoor Products
Gripsure
Format: Online or Face to Face
Topic: Specifying Decking, key considerations
Presenter: Mike Nicholson is the CEO and founder of the Gripsure group of companies operating across Europe, the UK, and Japan. He is the main board director of the UK’s leading trade association The Timber Decking and Cladding Association. He has presented around the world on the topic of decking materials and is particularly passionate about the use of sustainable materials in landscaping.
Learning Outcomes:
Attendees will gain a thorough understanding of the latest regulations and technical requirements around the wide range of decking materials available
CPD Point: This course is valued at 1 Formal CPD point.
Lighting
LA Lounge
Format: Online or Face to Face
Topic: Understanding Lighting Design and Home Automation
Learning Outcomes:
Understand how utilising DALI Automation can actually be cost-effective compared to standard 240v wiring and dimming.
Why 90% of the homes we work on are now using DALI Automation as opposed to standard automation or 240v.
Techniques and methods of Lighting Design.
Integrating lighting into the fabric of the building and enhancing the architecture.
CPD Point: This course is valued at 1 Formal CPD point.
Paints & Surface Treatments
A&I Coatings
Format: Online or Face to Face
Topic: Fluoropolymer (FEVE) based coatings for lowering life-cycle cost of Structures
Learning Outcomes: At the end of this presentation attendees will be able to;
Explain how FEVE/fluoropolymer coatings work.
Compare FEVE, polyurethane and polysiloxane.
Explain how FEVE/fluoropolymer coatings save time and money over long term, that is have lower life cycle cost.
Specify, or know where to go to specify a coating system.
CPD Point: This course is valued at 1 Formal CPD point.
Surface Finishes
Newmat
Format: Online or Face to Face
Topic: The fundamentals of Back Lighting Stretch Ceilings
Learning outcomes:
- Why use light weight membranes for back lighting
- Evolution of LED and back lighting
- Applications (wall, ceiling + 3D)
- Back lighting overview
- Light Box vs Recessed
- Depth + LED Spacing
- LED Types
- LED Control
- LED Design
- Acoustic Back Lit ceilings ( 2 layer system)
CPD Point: This course is valued at 1 Formal CPD point.
CASF Australia
Format: Online or Face to Face
Topic: Solid Surfaces in Healthcare Environments
Overview: This workshop will enhance the education of architects and designers in their design and documentation of DuPont Corian® Solid Surfaces in Healthcare environments.
Learning Outcomes:
- How and where Corian® solid surfaces can assist in hygiene control.
- Specifying – aspects for specifiers and designers to consider.
- Eco performance of Corian® and its Greenstar contribution.
- Importance of using correct adhesives, fabrication and installation technique.
CPD Point: This course is valued at 1 Formal CPD point.
Windows & Door Hardware
Lotus Doors
Format: Online or Face to Face
Topic: How to design flexible spaces using acoustic Operable Walls and Sliding doors.
Presenter: Rad Dubocanin
Rad Dubocanin (BBus&Com) is a Sydney-based Architectural Solutions Consultant for Lotus Doors. Rad has over 10 years’ experience in the construction industry, with a keen interest in design and architecture. Rad has worked in specification sales roles across a variety of markets including Commercial Bathrooms, Water Filtration, and Interior Acoustic Solutions. Rad enjoys a challenge and has developed skills across multiple disciplines which allow him to provide complete end-to-end solutions for his clients.
Learning Outcomes:
- Apply key design considerations in the selection and specification of operable walls and acoustic sliders.
- Assess how AS1428.1 & AS1428.2 applies to operable walls and acoustic sliders.
- Understand what the acoustic ratings mean and what level of acoustics are required for common applications.
- Understand the basic structural support requirements for operable walls and acoustic sliders.
- Draw on knowledge of the common uses of flexible spaces in Learning Environments, Workplaces and Community Facilities when developing the conceptual design.
CPD Point: This course is valued at 1 Formal CPD point.
Big Ass Fans
Format: Online Only
Topic: Air Movement For Energy-Efficient Comfort In Conditioned Spaces
Overview: This presentation reviews the concepts of thermal comfort, the benefits of large overhead fans, air movement, stratification, organisational standards & compliance, applications and case studies.
Learning outcomes:
- Identify the standard for thermal comfort compliance (Design; Conceptual Design; 3.4)
- Name the 6 factors that affect thermal comfort (Design: Schematic Design; 4.7)
- Understand the use of elevated air speed to improve thermal comfort, air distribution, and energy efficiency in conditioned spaces. (Design 3.2; 4.4)
- Describe the design benefits of minimising ductwork, lowering HVAC first costs, and improving ventilation rates. (Design 2.2; 2.3; 4.5)
- Explain stratification and the energy saving potential of destratifying a large open space. (Design 3.3)
CPD Point: This course is valued at 1 Formal CPD point.