Webinars
Welcome to Building magazine’s webinars.
Webinars are web-based seminars (audio and/or video) that you attend via your PC. Building’s webinars provide you with valuable construction industry information in an interactive format.
Leading industry experts provide quick, easy-to-access information which can be viewed live or after the event at a time that suits you
Below is a listing of the upcoming webinars, as well as a selection from the archive. Simply click on the one you are interested in to register and view. Attendance is free.
On this page you will also find Company Webinars, which are hosted by construction specialists and will build up to feature a wide range of industry subjects.
Upcoming live webinars
Upcoming webinars will be posted here as soon as they are planned.On-demand webinars
Low-carbon heating solutions
SPONSORED WEBINAR
Date: 19 November 2009
Time: 11:00AM GMT
Format: Live Video Webinar
Featured Speakers: Guy Hundy (Director, Aleph Zero; Immediate Past - President of the Institute of Refrigeration); Phil Marris (Managing Director, Jaga Heating Products (UK) Limited); Professor Tim Dwyer - Chairperson (Dept of Engineering Systems, London South Bank University)
Overview: Heat pumps are being used in more and more buildings. This phenomenal increase in applications can be explained by the simple reason that heat pumps supply more energy than they consume. They do this by extracting heat from their surroundings such as rivers, the ground the outside air and use this to heat a building. Some units can also be used to provide cooling. And, as a low carbon technology, heat pumps can help to significantly reduce a building’s carbon dioxide emissions.
Heat pumps are effective solutions to heating and cooling applications for all types of buildings, domestic, commercial and retail premises. To help designers understand how to get the best out of this unique technology Building and BSD magazines have put together a webinar designed to provide both technical advice and inspiration in an interactive format with topical debate from some of the industry’s key figures. Tim Dwyer, professor at London’s South Bank University, will chair the hour-long session and registered users will also be able to quiz the panel of experts during an interactive discussion session at the end of the webinar.
Designing to the new Part L 2010
SPONSORED WEBINAR
Date: 23 June 2009
Time: 11AM BST
Format: Live Video Webinar
Featured Speakers: Phil Brown (Regulatory Marketing Manager, Pilkington); Paul Davidson (Director, Sustainable Energy Group, BRE); Ian Ritchie (Director, Ian Ritchie Architects Ltd)
Overview: With a major revision of Part L 2010 of the Building Regulations in England and Wales just around the corner, it is imperative that architects and specifiers are up-to-speed with how the proposed changes are likely affect their designs. It is also important that the fenestration industry understands the implications for its products. The formal consultation is expected to commence in May and this webinar will give an unrivalled insight into the new Part L 2010, offering advice and solutions prior to implementation from some of the key players in the consultation process.
Efficient project delivery: how Building Information Modelling can help
BUILDING WEBINAR
Date: 17 June 2009
Time: 12:00 GMT
Duration: Approximately one hour
Featured Speakers: Pete Baxter (Autodesk Senior Director, Northern Europe), David King (technical director, HOK), Malcolm Stagg (BIM Project Manager, SKANSKA UK), Stephen Kennett (Building magazine)
Overview: Building Information Modelling (BIM) famously shaved 210million off the project costs at T5. The concept is simple, everyone on the project team shares a common 3D CAD model to design, build and, ultimately, run the building. This means that each team doesnt have to draw its own building and because everyone is working from the same set of data errors are reduced and clashes can be detected. But its not just mega-projects that can benefit from its use.
This webinar will explore the scope for using BIM on everyday projects, the extent it can be used by the supply chain and how best to exploit it.
Sustainable house refurbishment what now?
ENERGY SAVING TRUST WEBINAR
Date: 13 May 2009
Time: 14:00 GMT
Duration: Approximately 40 min
Featured Speakers: Phil Clark (editor-in-chief digital communities, UBM Built Environment); Robert Cohen (technical director, Camco, and managing director, EPLabel); Mat Colmer (housing development manager, Energy Saving Trust); Marc Elton (associate director and head of sustainability, ECD Architects)
Overview: Realistic and efficient means to tackle our leaky residential stock. From one-off cases to tackling estates, towns and regions. What are the best approaches, how can this work be scaled up and what are the key issues that need to be overcome?
This webinar will explore three main key areas:
- 1. Existing housing basics starting points to tackle leaky properties
- 2. Balancing efficiency and preservation. Maintaining historic integrity with introducing energy saving measures
- 3. Whats the ideal approach to tackling energy efficient properties?
- Elemental/consequential; or
- Whole house - single dwelling street district region
Changing market, new opportunities
BUILDING WEBINAR
Date: 18 February 2009
Time: 14:00 GMT
Duration: Approximately one hour
Featured Speakers: Charles Davis (Centre for Economic and Business research); Eliot Davies (director of Hays Energy); Bob Athroll; Willmott Dixon; Milan Radosavljevic (University of Reading)
Overview: The construction and property industry has been badly affected by the downturn, but there are some sectors that are either unaffected by the economy or positively thriving.
In this online seminar, you can hear a market analysts assessment of the safest ports in a storm, and also from recruiters in those areas and people whove already taken the plunge to retrain.
The new frontier, working on emerging markets
BUILDING WEBINAR
Date: 18 February 2009
Time: 14:00 GMT
Duration: Approximately one hour
Featured Speakers:Evan Anderson (Blair Anderson: North Africa); Santiago Klein (McBains Cooper: Latin America); Michael Kus (Aedas: Warsaw); 4th speaker TBC
Overview: The path to Dubai, Singapore and Australia is a well-trodden one for construction and property professionals. But economic growth is increasing concentrated not in these typical hotspots but in emerging markets like India, the former Eastern Bloc, Brazil and North Africa, where it may be considerably harder to settle down and do business. In this online seminar, well hear from pioneers who are breaking new ground in these markets, and find out the best way to get a foothold.
Countdown 2012
BUILDING WEBINAR
Date: Tuesday 27 January 2009
Time: 13:00 GMT
Duration: Approximately 60 minutes
Format: Audio
Featured Speakers: Denise Chevin (Editor, Building Magazine); John Armitt (Chair of the Olympic Delivery
Authority); Charles Johnston (Property Director, Sport England); and Keith Whitmore (UK Director of design & Construction, Westfield)
Overview: Now the Chinese have handed over the baton to London, the countdown is on to deliver the 2012 Games. In this webinar, Olympic Delivery Authority chair John Armitt will speak exclusively to Building readers about his year in the top job, the progress made so far and the challenges in the months ahead. You can also hear from Westfield on its plans for Stratford and from Sport Englands director of property about opportunities to build training facilities across the UK in the run-up to the Games.
Constructing Schools: Innovation, Management and Sustainability
BUILDING & BD WEBINAR - EDUCATION NOW
Format: Audio
Featured Speakers: Kevin Jones (Managing Director, Foremans Relocatable Building Systems); Clive Birch (Founding Director, Buro Four); Simi Gandhi (Community Development Manager, Catalyst Lend Lease); Phil Clark (Editorial Director, Sustainability)
Overview: This webinar will look at the practical challenges facing construction teams, in building secondary schools as part of the Building Schools for the Future programme and other education projects. It will offer case studies of completed projects as well as tips and advice for teams embarking in future schemes. Focus will be on the experiences and approaches from three main areas education clients, schools project managers and the supply side.
Flexible School Design
BUILDING & BD WEBINAR - EDUCATION NOW
Format: Audio
Featured Speakers: Lee Leston-Jones (Director of Engineering, Ramboll Whitbybird); Joanna van Heyningen (Partner, van Heyningen and Haward, Architects); Paul Monaghan (Partner AHMM, CABE schools design review panel); Michael Willoughby (Reporter, Sustainability)
Overview: Flexible design is one of CABEs seven watch terms for a well-designed school. But with BSF schools increasingly being seen as the new, all-purpose community gathering halls, centres of district heating schemes and adult education colleges, how do you put together a bid for, or design or build a school which pays heed to all these requirements? We have assembled a team of education experts to talk about these issues and take your questions.
Improving Business Efficiency in the Current Economic Environment
SPONSORED WEBINAR
Sponsored by: BT
Format: Video
Featured Speakers: Steve Masters, Head of Global Convergence Propositions, BT Global Services
Overview: The Construction, Property & Housing industries are currently facing interesting times. The credit crunch is forcing the Housing Sector to take drastic measures just to stay in business, and whilst there is still demand for affordable housing, additional concerns about inflation, mortgage costs and rising unemployment is causing customer hesitation. Elsewhere, rising input costs and increased customer and regulatory demands have the rest of the industry trying to reduce costs to remain competitive.
This webinar will look at the technological options available to help you rationalise your operations, accelerate business performance and increase customer satisfaction.
Surviving EPCs - Now and beyond
SPONSORED WEBINAR
Sponsored by: Trident
Format: Audio
Featured Speakers: Phil Clark, Brian Scannell, Martin Stephens, Roger Watts
Overview: Join a panel of leading experts on the certificates to discuss on the implementation and influence of certificates. It will tackle three key questions: are they working technically and practically? How is the industry coping with them? What will the long term influence of EPCs be?
The Cost of the Code
Building WEBINAR
Format: Audio
Featured Speakers: Phil Clark, Adam Mactavish, Colin Mitchell, Alan Shingler
Overview: In this webinar you will hear from cost experts on the latest figures that are available matching costs with code levels. You will also be offered the perspective of an architect on the challenge of matching design, technical standards and budget and a discussion as to whether cost is holding back the take-up of the Code.
Working Abroad
Building WEBINAR
Format: Audio
Featured Speakers: Simon Light, Partner and Director of Commercial Management in Dubai, EC Harris,
Alun Thomas, Senior Engineer and Deputy Manager in Hungary, Mott Macdonald,
Julian Hakes, Design Director, Hakes Associates
Chaired by: Roxane McMeeken, Assistant Editor (features), Building magazine
Overview: This webinar will consider an ever-popular subject - the opportunities for construction professionals to work overseas. Well consider the pros and cons of both traditional destinations like Australia, Dubai and Hong Kong as well as emerging markets like India, Brazil and Eastern Europe. This session will look at the best strategy for advancing your career abroad: how to get out there, how to progress within the local culture and how to make the most of your experiences when you come back.
What employers want in a changing market
Building WEBINAR
Format: Audio
Featured Speakers: Catherine Hennessy, Associate Partner, Sheppard Robson Gordon Anderson, Regional Director, Bovis Lend
Lease Scotland,
Jackie Lister, Recruitment Co-ordinator, Gleeds
Chaired by: Denise Chevin, Editor, Building magazine
Overview: This session will consider how job candidates can make themselves most attractive to employers as demand becomes less certain. Recruiters from leading firms across the industry will discuss what skills and experiences will be indispensable to their businesses and how candidates can best sell themselves in applications and interviews.
Delivering Sustainable Construction
SPONSORED WEBINAR
Sponsored by: Kingspan Insulated Panels
Format: Audio/Video
Featured Speakers: Mark Harris, Divisional Building Technology Director, Kingspan Ltd. Tom McGuiness, Commercial
Director, Kingspan Ltd. Kristian Steele, Principal Consultant, On behalf of BREEAM Group, BRE Global.
Overview: Delivering sustainable construction is one of the major challenges faced by the construction industry. Increasing demands for sustainable buildings from property investors, end users, developers, architects and design teams, coupled with a challenging regulatory environment make the task increasingly important to maintain the long term viability of the construction sector.
Join Kingspan Insulated Panels and Building Research Establishment (BRE) in a seminar which not only discusses the sustainability credentials of PIR insulated panels but looks at the strategies which have been developed for the end life management of composite panels. The online seminar also looks at current and future regulations and examines the ways of demonstrating sustainability using methods such as GRI Reporting, BRE Environmental Profiling and BREEAM.
Delivering the schools we aspire to
Building Webinar
Format: Audio
Featured Speakers: Tim Byles, Chief Executive, Partnership for Schools. James Bowyer, BSF Leader, EC Harris LLP. Julia
Barfield, Director, Marks Barfield Architects. Denise Chevin, Editor, Building.
Overview: The biggest school building programme for generations is underway with the government pledging that all secondary schools in England and Wales be rebuilt up and refurbished by 2020. This Building webinar will look at the challenges the industry faces to deliver this new generation of schools that are both sustainable and provide inspiring learning environments.
Effective use of materials and techniques in the Code for Sustainable Homes
Building Webinar
Format: Audio
Overview: A Building editorial webinar sponsored by British Gypsum and Stewart
Milne
In this webinar you will hear from an architect and engineer who have already delivered homes that have achieved high code levels. They will discuss their choice of materials and will explain using Powerpoints how they achieved airtight homes.
CDM 2007: What does It mean for you?
Building Webinar
Hosted by: Building Magazine
Format: Audio
Overview: Get to grips with the new Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2007 with the help of leading
health and safety experts in Buildings first Webinar.
The online seminar will explain the new responsibilities of the client and design team and define the role of the CDM co-ordinator.
Complying with the Code for Sustainable Homes - How to make your buildings sustainable
Company Webinar
Hosted by: Tarmac and The Concrete Centre
Format: Audio/Video
Overview: The Code for Sustainable Homes is the new standard for sustainable design and construction of new homes.
Providing a valuable tool for home buyers and offering builders an opportunity to differentiate themselves on sustainability, the Code
will enable new homes to receive a star rating.
Because we want to cut carbon emissions, and help you learn about our solutions to the Code for Sustainable Homes, Tarmac Topblock
are running an interactive online seminar with an accompanying technical guide.
Interested in sponsoring your own Building webinar? Please contact Lucy Morphew at lucy.morphew@ubm.com for further information.
