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Information - BuildingCPD 18 2025: Understanding fire stopping and liability
Sponsored by ROCKWOOL®, this CPD module explores the role of fire stopping, setting out the legal liabilities for all parties involved in the design, construction and installation process, as well as outlining best practice for design and installation of relevant products
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Information - BuildingCPD 17 2025: Specifying fire-rated doorsets – navigating standards, legislation and best practice
Sponsored by JELD-WEN UK, this module explores how to specify fire doorsets with confidence in the light of recent changes to fire safety legislation
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SponsoredBSR gateway system makes warranty compliance a make-or-break step in approval
As the high-rise building world adjusts to the gateway system implemented by the Building Safety Act, the needs of warranty providers can still threaten a successful gateway 2 submission going to site.
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Information - BuildingCPD 16 2025: Leveraging BIM for strategic advantage
Sponsored by BSI, this module explores the legal protections of listed buildings, focusing on the replacement of timber windows to balance heritage preservation with modern standards
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SponsoredUK infrastructure: delivering the next decade
If clients and contractors can work together to rethink risk, attract diverse talent, embrace digital and embed carbon reduction, the UK can deliver infrastructure that is faster, smarter and greener, writes Mary Osuagwu, operations director - EMEA, Soben part of Accenture
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Information - BuildingCPD 15 2025: Fire safety and the building envelope
Sponsored by ROCKWOOL®, this CPD module looks the role of the building envelope in passive fire protection – and how non-combustible insulation can enhance fire resilience
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FeaturesIntroducing JCT Target Cost Contract 2024 (TCC 2024)
The JCT Target Cost Contract 2024 is a new contract family introduced as part of the JCT 2024 Edition. The family includes a main contract, sub-contract, and respective guides. The ethos of the contract is risk sharing. This conceptually is apposite for the current difficult marketplace. The ...
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Information - BuildingCPD 14 2025: Restoring heritage buildings: The role of timber windows
Sponsored by George Barnsdale, this module explores the legal protections of listed buildings, focusing on the replacement of timber windows to balance heritage preservation with modern standards
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Information - BuildingCPD 13 2025: Fire partitioning – test, extend and classify
Navigate the complexities of fire safety regulations for internal partitions with this module, sponsored by Siniat. Gain essential knowledge on testing, extended application and third-party classification to confidently specify compliant and high-performing systems
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SponsoredGateway 2 – rethinking competence, compliance and classification
Building in partnership with Siniat convened a roundtable of architects, designers, contractors and manufacturers to explore how to close the growing gap between compliance expectations and practical delivery at gateway 2 of the new building control regime
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Information - BuildingCPD 12 2025: The importance and principles of insulation
Sponsored by ROCKWOOL®, this CPD module explores the key principles behind insulation performance and how specifiers can ensure that materials meet the required standards for modern construction
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Information - BuildingCPD 11 2025: Bi-fold and sliding doors for marine and coastal environments
Sponsored by Solarlux, this CPD module covers the specification of bi-fold and sliding doors for marine and coastal environments, focusing on performance, compliance and security
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SponsoredUnpacking the ongoing impact of the Building Safety Act on housing and construction in the Midlands
A Building the Future Think Tank roundtable addressed how housebuilding and construction in the Midlands are meeting the challenges of the Building Safety Act
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FeaturesTimber Excellence Elevated: Dale Joinery and Mumford & Wood Come Together
Dale Joinery and Mumford & Wood have long been trusted names in the world of high-quality timber windows and doors
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Information - BuildingCPD 10 2025: Designing safe access for working at height
Sponsored by MSA Safety, this CPD explores best practice for safe access and egress when working at height
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Information - BuildingCPD 09 2025: Roofs, regulations and fire safety
Often underestimated in design conversations, the roof is increasingly recognised as a building’s fifth facade – a space with critical functional responsibilities and regulatory implications
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Information - BuildingCPD 08 2025: Understanding and identifying grey belt land
As pressure mounts to deliver new housing and infrastructure in England, the Green Belt – long considered sacrosanct – is once again at the centre of planning debate
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SponsoredThe Place of Value: learning lessons for our future education estate
As pressures mount to deliver better outcomes with fewer resources, what can the Scottish and English approach to school building learn from the other? Chris Malcolm, principal, Ryder Architecture explores.
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FeaturesUnique façade image for property developer Arteco’s base of operations
Impress with surprising choices and stylish combinations? They can do that at Arteco. The property developer showed off its skills in the French town of Saint-Nazaire, flanked by the surging Loire.
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Information - BuildingCPD 07 2025: Mastering sliding and bi-fold doors
Sliding doors date back over a thousand years to Japan, where shoji – paper-covered wooden frames – offered space-saving elegance in homes and temples. Even earlier, grooves in Pompeii’s stone floors suggest the Romans used sliding doors to enhance spatial flexibility.