Companies offering CPD Seminars Brett Martin Daylight Systems The following CPD seminars are available: Seminar: "Daylighting of Buildings – Plastic Rooflights" examines why we need daylight, including health issues connected with daylight, or rather, lack of appropriate daylight, legislation which is relevant, some of the consequences of poor lighting and how in principle the requirements can be met. Seminar: "Roof lights and their use for conservation of fuel and power" provides an overview of the revisions and changes made to UK’s part L and Scotland’s part J documents, identification and expansion of the main themes relevant to the building envelope, and rooflight options for satisfying the regulations. Seminar: "Daylight By Design" discusses how to balance good daylight with the various needs for roof safety, low U-valves and cost efficiency in any building type. Seminar: "Specifying Zero Risk Rooflights" gives a greater understanding of contemporary issues concerning rooflight specification and how to build the appropriate level of safety into future specifications. For further information contact: Mr Nigel Phelps Business Development Manager Sandford Close Aldermans Green Industrial Estate Coventry CV2 2QU Tel:02476602022 Fax:02476602745 Email: daylightsystems@brettmartin.com Top of page Cox Building Products Seminar: Daylight Concepts Format: 55min presentation and discussion forum Audience Group: Architects, Surveyors, Specifiers and Local Authorities Description: The benefits of natural daylight are explained in terms of health implications and the reducing of greenhouse gases. Part L is explored and the effects it has on rooflight design. The implication for rooflights with CDM and the fragility issues are also examined. The positive benefits of natural daylight are considered across the education, commercial, retail and the leisure sectors of the market. Finally, the issues of Sustainability are investigated. For Further Information Contact: Mr Mark Simpson Cox Building Products Unit 1 Shaw Road Bushbury Wolverhampton WV10 9LA Top of page Filon Products CPD Approved seminars are available relating to the use of rooflights to comply with: a. Part L2 (2002) Regulations – u-values and trade off. b. CDM Regulations – non-fragility issues with building life solutions. The seminars can be given at the premises of designers, engineers, building control, contractors or developers at any time to suit. Seminars are on PowerPoint and given by technically experienced staff with each seminar taking about one hour. For further information contact: Mr Dave Hathaway Filon Products Limited Unit 3 Ring Road Zone 2 Burntwood Business Park Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 3JQ Tel: 01543 687 300 Fax: 01543 687 303 Email: marketing@filon.co.uk Top of page Hambleside Danelaw Seminar: "Design Considerations for GRP Industrial Rooflights" covers the various considerations to be borne in mind when designing for rooflights: Building use, heights and shape, type of roof covering, the effects of adjacent buildings, building regulations including a worked example of thermal transmittance calculation from MCRMA, fire performance requirements and safety and maintenance. For further information contact: Deborah Tremayne 2-8 Bentley Way Royal Oak Industrial Estate Daventry Northants NN11 5QH Tel: 01327 701900 Fax: 01327 701909 Email: marketing@hambleside-danelaw.co.uk Top of page Ubbink Construction CPD Certification Service – www.cpduk.co.uk Seminar: Modular Rooflights for Flat Roofs Format: One hour in-house seminar Audience group: Architects, Surveyors, Specifiers and Local authority Building Control Officers Outline: In-house seminar which provides an overview of the designs and materials available for modular rooflights and their compliance with industry standards Description: Rooflights come in many different forms. Important factors to consider when using rooflights are discussed. Glazing materials particulary TP (a) (rigid) are considered. Important items like Part L of the Building Regulations are looked at. Fragility issues are dealt with, particularly pr EN 1873 and the HSE (ACR [M] 001-2000 Costs: Free For further information contact: Ubbink (UK) Ltd Borough Road Brackley Northants NN13 7TB Tel: 01280 700211 Fax: 01280 705332 Email: info@ubbink.co.uk Top of page Xtralite (Rooflights) Limited Seminar: "Roofing Solutions" Aims to provide a greater knowledge of the benefits of natural light, economic, psychological and physiological. The seminar will cover current legislation, Building Regulations AD L1 and L2 (2002 Edition) discussing the implications for rooflights, impact testing under ACR[M] 001:2000 - Test for Non-Fragility of Roofing Assemblies. For further information contact: Mr J Lowther Business Development Manager Spencer Road Blyth Industrial Estate Blyth Northumberland NE24 5TG Tel: 01670 354 157 Fax:01670 364 875 E mail: sales@xtralite.co.uk Top of page