Construction Professionals Health & Safety Card Course

If you need to get a Construction Professionals Health and Safety (CPHS) card or a Construction Skills Register card for the first time, or if your card is up for renewal you are invited to attend the upcoming CPHS Card Health and Safety Training Course. The CPHS card, or equivalent, is required to work on […]

The urbanist’s guide to the future of towns and cities

The world changed in March of 2020. How cities have moved forward and how they will continue to change in the coming months and years in response to the COVID19 crisis will determine their resilience, inclusiveness, and economic viability.  Through the lens of urbanism this session will look at how urban centres can be brought […]

Cementing environmental gains

Concrete is the most widely used man-made material in existence – second only to water as the most-consumed resource on the planet.  The key ingredient, cement, is estimated to produce about 8% of the world’s carbon dioxide emissions and as we grapple with a climate emergency it’s vital we consider options which are more environmentally friendly. […]

Accessibility Challenges of designing for COVID-19

As the world races towards a COVID-19 vaccine many experts believe we are still a long way off from returning to how things were.  Architects have been designing in the context of the pandemic now for some time, but what about the challenges of ensuring buildings are accessible to all? Since the start of the […]

Fire Safety and Architecture – Direction of Change and Common Issues

Three years after the Grenfell Tower disaster and two after the Hackitt Review, fire safety and building design remain crucial challenges for architects.  Guidance for fire safety design of buildings across the UK and Ireland can appear complicated and open to interpretation with many options, grey areas and approval risks, making it difficult to design […]