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Accessibility
Braille Tactile Signs Aust.
Format: Online or Face to Face
Topic: Specifying with Confidence: Braille Signage that Meets Code and Elevates Design
Learning Outcomes:
- By the end of this session, participants will understand key compliance requirements for Braille signage, assess product performance and durability, recognise sustainability and warranty benefits, and identify features that differentiate high-quality tactile signs.
- They’ll be equipped to specify accessible signage solutions that meet code, reduce risk, and enhance user experience in built environments.
AACA Competency Compliance:
- PC 1 – Understanding the role of regulation in setting project requirements.
- PC 4 – Application of accessibility and public interest matters in design risk.
- PC 17 – Knowledge of codes and standards relating to accessible design.
- PC 20 – Evaluation of materials and products for performance and compliance.
- PC 45 – Application of codes and standards during documentation.
CPD Point: This course is valued at 1 Formal CPD point.
Audio Visual Integration & Automation
SMARTHOMEWORKS
Format: Online or Face to Face
Topic 1: Automation Possibilities – Simple Integration of Smart Systems
Unlock the future with our comprehensive overview of easier and cheaper automation. Gain practical skills and insights to harness its full potential in architectural design. Explore hands-on applications that will transform your approach and elevate your projects.
Discover how SMARTHOMEWORKS can streamline and take care of design processes, enhance efficiency, and create smarter, more sustainable projects. Join us to revolutionize your architectural practice.
Overview: Explore the limitless possibilities of automation in our engaging sessions, tailored for both online and face-to-face learning. Dive into real-world examples and cutting-edge technologies that are shaping industries today.
Presenter:
Guy Holden, Managing Director of SMARTHOMEWORKS, brings over 35 years of automation industry expertise. Formerly the marketing executive for Dynalite(PHILIPS), his insights have shaped the industry.
Explore cutting-edge automation with Guy Holden. Join us to gain invaluable knowledge from a true industry leader.
Learning Outcomes:
- Implement automated design processes to streamline project timelines.
- Integrate smart technologies to enhance occupant comfort and energy efficiency.
- Utilize automation tools for real-time data analysis and informed decision-making.
- Enhance stakeholder collaboration through precise and professional project management documentation.
Join us and pave the way to integrate modern smart tech. Discover, learn, and transform your approach.
CPD Point: This course is valued at 1 Formal CPD point.
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.
Saniflo
Format: Online or Face to Face
Presenters:
Nick Moore – National (also QLD & NSW) BDM – Nick has been involved in the plumbing industry for over 40 years. First with plumbing resellers then with various manufacturers. Nick has been a part of AHSCA (QLD) for many years, and currently sits on the committee of the HCAA as an Affiliate representative.
With over 12 years with Saniflo, Nick increasingly recognised the need for this type of solution and the need to raise awareness and education through architectural and hydraulic consultants.
He has written three CPDs for architects and for hydraulic consultants and plumbers.
With these solutions also taught within the TAFE CPC32420 Cert 111 in Plumbing, Nick has written student workbooks and teacher presentation materials to cover the relevant elective CPCPSN3026 “Install sewerage pumpsets” within that Certificate course.
Adam Rowe – BDM Vic East and ACT – Adam has been involved in the plumbing industry for over 20 years. Starting in the industry working for a plumbing reseller and gaining experience, he then moved to work for different plumbing manufacturers over several years.
After a few years out of the plumbing industry working in the HVAC and insulation industry, Adam joined Saniflo in July 2018.
Realising the different applications of the products and the need for more awareness in the market, Adam embarked on presenting to architects and hydraulic consultants on a regular basis. There are now three architect and hydraulic CPDs that Adam presents on an alternating monthly basis.
Paul Fisher – BDM Vic West, Tas, SA – Paul has been in the plumbing industry for over 20 years. With a plumbing background he then moved into the reseller industry working for a leading plumbing supplier.
This enabled him to expand his knowledge further within the industry. Paul has been part of the Saniflo SFA team since 2019 and has recognised the need for this type of solution and the need to raise awareness and education through architectural and hydraulic consultants.
Paul enjoys sharing this knowledge. He also presents to many architects, hydraulic consultants and plumbing training providers throughout Victoria, South Australia & Tasmania.
Tony Randall – BDM WA – Tony has been the Business Development Manager – Western Australia for Saniflo SFA for nearly 10 years. He has presented on behalf of Saniflo SFA for the Master Plumbers Association WA, MPA Skills & the AHSCA WA Chapter. Tony also presents the Saniflo SFA CPD programme to architects in Western Australia. Tony has also been involved with the implementation of the TAFE CPC32420 Certificate III in plumbing & the relevant elective CPCPSN3026 “Install sewerage pumpsets” in Western Australia TAFE colleges.
Topic 1: Discover a New Way of Plumbing
Overview: “Discover a New Way of Plumbing” discusses difficulties around accessibility to drainage and the alternative solutions available. An ideal introduction to Saniflo product groups.
Learning Outcomes:
- Explain the purpose of macerator pumps
- Identify when to specify grey water pumps
- Describe when to select lifting stations
- Explain pumping principles and applications
CPD Point: This course is valued at 1 Formal CPD point.
Topic 2: Lifting Stations – A New Way of Plumbing Higher
Overview: “Lifting Stations – A New Way of Plumbing Higher” discusses the use of lifting stations in commercial applications where increased demands can be met overcoming the same difficulties around lack of accessibility to drainage.
Learning Outcomes:
- What is a Lifting Station
- Types of Lifting Stations
- Pumping principles and applications
CPD Point: This course is valued at 1 Formal CPD point.
Topic 3: Saniflo – Discovering Inground Pump Stations
Overview: “Saniflo – Discovering Inground Pump Stations” discusses the use of inground pump stations to collect, store and then discharge waste where access to council mains or treatment plants may not be available via gravity.
Learning Outcomes:
- What are inground pump stations?
- Why would they be needed?
- How they differ from small-bore macerators, grey water pumps, and lifting stations.
- Pumping principles and applications
- How do they work
- Rules and Regulations
CPD Point: This course is valued at 1 Formal CPD point.
Topic 4: Saniflo – Discovering Macerators
Overview: (NEW) “Saniflo – Discovering Macerators” discusses innovative ways to add complete bathrooms or ensuites without the need to cut or dig concrete in both domestic and commercial applications.
Learning Outcomes:
- How do they work
- Rules and Regulations
CPD Point: This course is valued at 1 Formal CPD point.
Topic 4: Saniflo – Discovering Grey water pumps
Overview: (NEW) “Saniflo – Discovering Grey water pumps” discusses ways in which sinks, dishwashers, laundry tubs, washing machines, hands basins can be added to domestic or commercial premises where traditional gravity drainage cannot be achieved.
Learning Outcomes:
- How do they work
- Rules and Regulations
CPD Point: This course is valued at 1 Formal CPD point.
Delivery, Lockers & End of Trip Amenities
Facades & Cladding
Alpolic NC®
Format: Online or Face to Face
Topic 1: Facades of the Future: Looking Beyond Compliance, Prioritising Best Practices & Sustainable Design
Overview: In this CPD presentation, we look at the state of the façade market – where we have come from and where we are today. We explore Australian and global fire testing methods, their role in evaluating façade designs and systems, and discuss how looking beyond compliance is critical when designing safe buildings and futureproofing your specifications. With the increase of extreme weather conditions and climate change, we also investigate weatherability performance testing methods for common weather events such as hailstorms and severe wind.
Learning Outcomes:
- Understand the state of the façade market today and how the industry has evolved since the Grenfell disaster.
- Explain how looking beyond compliance can help us design safer buildings, by exploring Australian and International testing methods and standards.
- Design for extreme weather and understand the importance of impact and pressure testing for extreme weather conditions such as hail and severe wind.
- Outline key considerations and inclusions when specifying safe and futureproof facades.
- Formal outcomes: Practice Management and Professional Conduct – PC1 and PC16. Project Initiation and Conceptual Design – PC28. Detailed Design and Construction Documentation – PC39, PC44, PC45, PC46
CPD Point: This course is valued at 1 Formal CPD point.
Topic 2: Designing Ceiling Systems for Infrastructure Projects – the importance of a design-lead approach CPD
Overview:Specifying and designing ceiling systems for infrastructure projects is a complex and specialised capability. In this CPD presentation we will guide you through the process of successfully delivering large scale infrastructure projects. We’ll review case studies in transport, education and sports and explore examples of the capability and limitations of modern metal ceiling systems, sharing how a design lead approach is key (or critical) for turning imaginative designs into reality.
Learning Outcomes:
- Understand project limitations and how they could affect ceiling design.
- Recognise the advantages of a design-led approach and a robust design process.
- Meet obligations for ceiling technical requirements, incl. seismic, aesthetics, access, integrated lighting.
- Outline key considerations and inclusions when specifying ceilings for infrastructure projects
- Formal outcomes: Practice Management and Professional Conduct – PC9. Detailed Design and Construction Documentation – PC-38, PC- 39, PC-44
CPD Point: This course is valued at 1 Formal CPD point.
Topic 3: Modern Ceiling Systems and Healthcare CPD
Overview: With a focus on designing for healing, we take a look at how modern ceiling systems impact our health and wellbeing. We will share how the design of modern ceilings spaces has evolved and explore how approaches to healthcare ceiling design have progressed, integrating elements such as natural light and flexible approaches to today’s modern healthcare buildings.
Learning Outcomes:
- Project initiation and understanding the journey of healthcare ceiling design.
- Designing healthcare ceilings post Pandemic.
- Meeting obligations for ceilings technical requirements within healthcare facilities.
- Formal Outcomes: Project Initiation and Conceptual Design PC18, PC24, PC28, PC31, PC35. Detail Design and Construction Documentation PC45.
CPD Point: This course is valued at 1 Formal CPD point.
Bluechip
Format: Face to Face or Online
Topic: Fire Compliance Pathways in NCC 2022 and Identifying Different Types of Aluminium Cladding Panels
Learning Outcomes:
- Identify the 2 compliance pathways for cladding in NCC 2019
- Identify to 5 criteria for DTS bonded laminate materials
- Identify the testing required for each compliant pathway
- Identify if DTS non-combustible products require AS 5113 testing
- Identify the 5 different types of aluminium cladding panels
- Identify which 2 panels are DTS compliant for A, B and C construction
- Identify which DTS compliant panel has up to 3x more debris
- Identify which DTS compliant panel has the lowest heat transfer
- Identify which DTS compliant panel has risk of cracking and oil-canning
- Identify which DTS compliant panel has 50% less carbon footprint
CPD Point: This course is valued at 1 Formal CPD point.
ClearVue Technologies
Format: Face to Face or Online
Topic: BIPV: products, benefits and deployment
Learning Outcomes:
- Understand the core principles and types of BIPV products.
- Identify the key benefits and challenges of integrating BIPV into building designs.
- Understand planning and deployment process for successful BIPV implementation.
CPD Point: This course is valued at 1 Formal CPD point.
Light & Space
Format: Face to Face or Online
Topic: Understanding Polycarbonate options in Modern Design
Learning Outcomes:
- Explore the diverse applications of polycarbonate in modern architecture.
- Participants will gain the tools to integrate polycarbonate into various architectural styles; from facades to canopies, skylights and partitioning.
- Session will provide insights into topics such as thermal insulation, weathering resistance, energy efficiency, modular systems and design sustainability.
- The presentation will discuss the advantages and trade-offs to traditional materials like brick and glass, emphasising polycarbonate’s potential for energy savings and aesthetic enhancement
CPD Point: This course is valued at 1 Formal CPD point.
Equitone
Format: Face to Face
Topic: Designing ventilated facade systems for industry compliance
Learning Outcomes:
- Fibre cement meets the requirements and provisions of the NCC for non combustible cladding.
- Describe what are the most prevalent contributors to building defects and their consequences.
- Describe the 4D design principles to minimise the effects of waterproofing and condensation.
- Define the most suitable types of weather barrier for each climate zone.
- Explain how to achieve optimal levels of building envelope tightness
- Define the sustainable issues currently affecting the construction industry
AACA Competency :
National Standards for Competency – Design: Schematic Design 4.6<
CPD Point: This course is valued at 1 Formal CPD point.
Floor & Wall Coverings
Britton Timbers
Format: Online or Face to Face
Topic: Acetylated wood. The optimum solution for any challenging design with exterior timber cladding, beams, decking, windows & doors, outdoor furniture.
Learning outcomes:
- Explain what acetylated wood is and what its benefits are.
- Explain what acetylated wood can be commonly used for.
- Describe the key considerations when specifying acetylated wood.
CPD Point: This course is valued at 1 Formal CPD point.
Furniture
Office Line
Format: Face to Face
Topic: Designing for Every Mind: How Furniture Can Support Neurodiversity
Learning outcomes:
- Understand the core principles of neurodiversity and how they relate to learning and working environments.
- Identify common environmental challenges neurodivergent individuals face in classrooms and offices.
- Recognise how furniture design and layout can reduce sensory overload, promote focus, and offer autonomy.
- Apply inclusive design strategies to create flexible, supportive, and accessible spaces using furniture solutions.
CPD Point: This course is valued at 1 Formal CPD point.
Hearing Augmentation & Auditory Learning
Hear and Learn
Format: Online Only
Topic 1: Auditory Learning: Riding the Winds of Change
Presenter: Jim Russell is the Principal of www.hearroom.net and a full member of the Australian College of Audiology. He is an Education Audiology expert with deep experience in technology relevant to hearing augmentation and sound-field.
Jim conducts presentations for education construction stakeholders including Architects and Electrical Consultants.
Learning Outcomes:
- Learn how today’s Australian learners have more challenges receiving and processing auditory signals including voices and screens
- Learn how the intelligibility of vocal signals decreases over distance and for learners, this is the difference between understanding content and not
- Learn how trends towards more agile learning spaces can be complemented with best-practice education audio technology
- Learn how Code and Regs evolve slower than technology and therefore any deemed to satisfy tech will not work for everyone
- Learn how to economize AV and hearing augmentation spends with three-in-one voice/screen and hearing augmentation
- Learn how performance-based solutions can be embraced to offer legally and morally superior outcomes
CPD Point: This course is valued at 1 Formal CPD point.
Heating, Cooling & Insulation
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.
Nero
Format: Online or Face to Face
Topic 1: Designing Sustainable Kitchens and Bathrooms: Stainless
Learning Outcomes:
- Identify general considerations associated with bathroom and kitchen design.
- Explain how different types of stainless-steel impact the performance and longevity of bathroom and kitchen fittings and fixtures.
- Explain the environmental sustainability considerations related to stainless steel bathroom and kitchen fittings and fixtures.
- Explain the requirements for lead-free plumbing products under the National Construction Code.
CPD Point: This course is valued at 1 Formal CPD point.
Landscaping & Outdoor Products
HydroSTON
Format: Face to Face Only
Topic: Paving the Future: How Permeable Pavements Can Transform Our Cities
Learning outcomes:
- Analyse the impact of urbanisation on natural water cycles and identify strategies to restore ecological balance through WSUD principles
- Integrate Sponge City and WSUD principles into projects to enhance urban water management and resilience. Focusing on permeable paving, include applications, design, installation and maintenance
- Design landscape interventions that enhance water retention, infiltration, and reuse, reducing dependence on traditional drainage infrastructure.
- Identify and select appropriate permeable paver for each project based on application and characteristics of each technology.
CPD Point: This course is valued at 1 Formal CPD point.
Lighting
Paints & Surface Treatments
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.