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The Chamber
PCC offices
Llandrindod Wells
Deyrnas Unedig

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  • Times: 09:30-12:30
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Event overview

  • Dates:
  • Times: 09.30 - 16.30
  • Location: London - TBC
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This course will give an overview of the building regulation requirements that building professionals require a solid understanding of.

It will look at the application of fire safety principles to building work and the various approaches to demonstrate compliance. It will also discuss principles that can be used to vary guidance but maintain the necessary performance standard.

CPD: This course counts for 3 hours CPD
Cost: £75.00 + VAT (Increasing to £80.00+VAT from April 2024)

Platform: This course will be held via Zoom and will run for 3.5 hours including time for breaks.

Course Content & Learning Outcomes

On completion of the course you will have a good general understanding of the following:

• Fire safety requirements of building regulations for different types of building work.
• Functional requirements.
• Application of Regulation 7(2) to 7(4) to a relevant building (residential/institutional
buildings above 18m in height).
• Approved Document B overview.
• Use of BS 9999.
• Use of BS 9991.
• Regulation 38.

Who should attend

This course is suited to any building professional who wants to get a good understanding of fire safety issues.

  • Public Service Building control surveyors
  • Architects
  • Chartered architectural technologists
  • Developers
  • Builders
  • Contractors
  • Specialist contractors
  • Building consultants
  • Surveyors

 

Event overview

  • Dates:
  • Times: 09.30 - 16.30
  • Location: Manchester - Venue TBC
  • Booking closes on

This in-depth set of courses are designed for administration and technical support officers with some knowledge and experience of the role and profession. It's a three-part course and all parts should be attended in order. After the completion of all three, delegates are given the option to take an assessment which leads to potential technician membership of the CABE.

This series of courses is only open to people already working within a Local Authority. It is an essential conversion for support staff wishing to extend their technical skills and knowledge beyond basic administration support. The courses are made up of practical workshop sessions which include how to read and validate plans, using a scale rule, introductions to plan checking and site inspections, basic site safety, dangerous structures and demolitions and going the extra mile for your customers.

The aim is to improve knowledge and understanding of the professional, ethical and technical aspects of the role and enable staff to better support colleagues and customers to better answer enquiries as they happen. Delegates will gain technical knowledge including familiarisation with plans and drawings and an understanding of legislative fundamentals. An introduction to the validation and valuation of applications will also be covered.

Participation in all three parts of this course followed by a subsequent short assessment, can lead to eligibility for technician membership of the Chartered Association of Building Engineers (CABE).

CPD: This three day course counts for 18 hours CPD

Cost: £150 + VAT including lunch and course materials (£150 + VAT each for part one, two and three = total cost £450 + VAT)

Course Content & Learning Outcomes:

Part One

  • Approved Documents
    • Cutting through jargon
    • What do plan check schedule items actually mean?
    • Using the Planning Portal and other information sources
  • Applications
    • Why we need applications
    • Exempt work
    • Electronic applications and signatures
    • Use classes
    • When is it ok to use a building notice?
  • Plan validation
    • Using a scale rule
    • Calculating areas
    • Identifying existing and proposed work
    • Estimating cost of work – what is reasonable?
  • Administration of initial notices
    • Reversion
    • Grounds for rejection
    • Protocols
  • Charges
    • What do we charge for?
    • Partnership charges
    • Variation

Part Two

  • Plan checking workshop
    • Putting it into practice
    • What do surveyors look for when plan checking?
  • Checking public sewers
    • Why and how
  • Dangerous structures
    • A real case study
    • When will support staff be involved?
  • Demolitions
    • Why are we involved?
    • Notifications and notices
  • Basic health and safety on site
    • Looking after yourself as a lone worker
  • What do surveyors look for on-site?
    • Roofs - timber, trusses, spread
    • Foundations – trees, rafts, ground conditions, sewers, wells/springs
    • Dangers
    • Contraventions
  • Excellent customer care
    • Advanced telephone and communication skills
    • What about when the customer isn’t right?
    • Going the extra mile to win and keep your customers
    • Using LABC

Part Three

  • Understanding Fire: Passive and active FP, sprinklers, fire alarms, travel distances, fire risk assessments and the role BC has in the prevention of deaths from fires
  • Testing and recording: Air testing, acoustic testing, drain testing
  • A plan check workshop:What surveyors check in commercial buildings
  • Extended services: Maximising market share by offering more services, LABC Consult, In house, making money from your team’s assets and skills
  • Marketing - What is the new normal?
  • Telephone apps, mobile working, being positive – breaking the bureaucracy cycle
  • Working with corporate constraints
  • Engaging with your customers: A workshop exercise on running a customer event
  • Competent Persons Schemes
  • CABE Technician membership test (optional)*

Testimonials:
"Anna made learning so easy and I felt that I came away with a much better understanding of what is involved in Building Control.  I have recommended that more of my team attend these training sessions in the near future. I cannot believe I passed the exam but thank you once again."
"An extremely interesting course, I didn’t know exactly how much work building control officer's covered!“
“A great trainer who made it very enjoyable"
"Really informative and interesting including the overview on dangerous structures and demolitions, plan checking and site visits”
"Thank you! The 3 day course gave me great insight to the Building Regulations,  what a building control officer's work entails and an in-depth understanding of how support roles play a large part in bringing in work. I now have the knowledge to answer questions confidently"

Who should attend:
This course is only open to people already working within a Local Authority, including:
Building control administrative staff and technical support officers
Trainees
Apprentices
New starters
Technical staff or trades people converting to Building Control and staff transferring from other disciplines

Trainer profile

Tim Parrett

Tim is a Member of the Chartered Association of Building Engineers (CABE) and also a Member of the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB).

Tim started his building control career at Shepway District Council and moved to Ashford in 1986. He was appointed as Head of Building Control in 2000 and in 2014 became Head of Development Delivery – managing a broad range of development related functions.

He is also Managing Director of ABC BC Ltd – a wholly owned LA Company- delivering  a wide  range of consultancy services to the industry.

Tim is the current chairman of the Kent Building Control Managers and Vice Chair of the South East Region of LABC.

A past chair of the LABC Training Working Group, Tim is keen to see LABC maintain its position as the market leading building control training provider.

He has lectured at South Kent College and Mid Kent College and regularly presents Continual Professional Development (CPD) seminars to private companies, the CIOB and other professional bodies.

Event overview

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  • Location: London - TBC
  • Booking closes on

Delegates who complete Parts 1 & 2 will receive CPD of 12 hours.

Many building control staff have been handed the responsibility for safety of sports grounds and don’t know where to turn for help. This foundation course is designed to identify the key general and legislative issues in this area and provide the references and contacts to progress with confidence in this extremely challenging and at times high profile world of safety of sports grounds. This course will equip those charged with responsibilities under sports ground legislation with the skills and knowledge to be able to carry out those responsibilities confidently, effectively and efficiently. Delegates will leave with an understanding of the legislative requirements, stadia design, the Guide to Safety at Sports Grounds (green guide) and how capacity is calculated. The course will also discuss the workings of the Safety Advisory Group and there will be an opportunity to learn from others experiences during the afternoon workshop sessions.

CPD: This course counts for 6 hours CPD.

Cost: £150 + VAT including lunch and course materials.

Platform: This course will be held via Zoom and will run for 3.5 hours including time for breaks.

Course Content & Learning Outcomes:

Now that you are involved

  •     An explanation of your responsibilities.
  •     Understanding the key legislation
  •     The importance of related legislation

An overview of the Guide to Safety at Sports Grounds (Green Guide)

  •     How to determine the safe capacity of a venue
  •     An introduction to P and S factors
  •     The model SAG and how it should operate
  •     A look at the SAG Constitution

The certification process

  •     Including a look at the new style certificate and the requirement for ongoing involvement
  •     A brief look at design of sports stadia including the relevance of fire engineering and the need to address sustainability

Workshop

  •     Test yourself with some real issues in a “what would you do?” scenario
  •     Stop Press
  •     An update of the “current issues” such as overcrowding on concourses, standing in seated areas etc.

Click here to book Part 2 of Safety at Sports Grounds

 

Testimonials:

"Great fun, very informative & most useful. Bravo & thank you"
"Excellent!"
"The course introduced a vast amount of information and food for thought!! A very interesting day"
"The course provided a very informative introduction to SSG and I think Ken was an excellent speaker clearly well versed and passionate about his subject"
"The speaker was excellent.  Clearly an expert on the subject"
"Excellent speaker who had very good subject knowledge and excellent delivery style that kept everyone interested. Would recommend to anyone needing general information on sports ground safety" -

Who should attend:
Building control professionals with an involvement in or responsibility for safety of sports grounds including both designated and non-designated stadia together with Regulated Stands
Fellow Local Authority professionals with similar responsibilities e.g. Environmental Health Officers
Building control professionals undertaking RICS competencies on route to corporate membership
All members of the Safety Advisory Group including Police, Fire and Rescue Services, Ambulance Services, Safety Officers, representatives from the voluntary sector involved in safety of sports grounds
The course is intended for both newcomers to the profession and those wishing to refresh their knowledge.

Event overview

  • Dates:
  • Times: 09.30 - 16.30
  • Location: London - TBC
  • Booking closes on

  Delegates who complete Parts 1 & 2 will receive 12 hours CPD.

This unique one day course will equip delegates with the knowledge and confidence to become a more effective member of the safety team. It will explain how to determine and set safe capacities covering the all-important P and S factors.  Delegates will gain an understanding of the main criteria that feed into the assessment process which then delivers these key factors. Attendees will also learn more about the Green Guide and where to look for other related relevant guidance. This course will equip those charged with responsibilities under sports grounds legislation with the skills and knowledge to be able to carry out those responsibilities confidently, effectively and efficiently to reduce risk for themselves and their organisation. Delegates will gain a greater understanding of the vast array of variables that form part of the material considerations when determining P and S factors and will take part in an interactive group workshop, learn from others and become part of a safety network of contacts. By attending this course delegates will be more confident in making a balanced assessment of P and S factors and be able to challenge the figures with confidence.

CPD: This course counts for 6 hours CPD.

Cost: £150 + VAT including lunch and course materials.

Platform: This course will be held via Zoom and will run for 3.5 hours including time for breaks.

Course Content & Learning Outcomes:

  • Understanding the safety certification process.
  • Where to look for help and how the Green Guide and related Guidance can be of help.
  • How to determine the safe capacity
  • A detailed look at the material considerations that determine the setting of realistic P and S factors.
  • A look at the “new style” safety certificate and the role of the operations manual
  • Practical workshop – Put theory into practice  - Calculating the safe capacity of a stadium.

Testimonials:
"A useful addition to “Safety at Sports Grounds Part One”.  I now feel able to get involved with SASG meetings and Licensing of stadia. Thank you for a very clear and concise summary."
"A very good course!"
"Excellent course with very knowledgeable experienced tutors"
"Extremely useful course, speakers were very knowledgeable and welcomed questions"

Who should attend:
Building control staff
Police
Fire authority
Ambulance service
Voluntary medical sector e.g. Red Cross, St Johns
Venue safety officers

 

Please click here to book Part 1 of Safety at Sports Grounds.

 

Event overview

  • Dates:
  • Times: 09.00 - 16.30
  • Location: Nuneaton Town Hall
  • Booking closes on

Venue information

The Town Hall
Coton Road
CV11 5AA Nuneaton, WAR
Deyrnas Unedig

This in-depth set of courses are designed for administration and technical support officers with some knowledge and experience of the role and profession. It's a three-part course and all parts should be attended in order. After the completion of all three, delegates are given the option to take an assessment which leads to potential technician membership of the CABE.

This series of courses is only open to people already working within a Local Authority. It is an essential conversion for support staff wishing to extend their technical skills and knowledge beyond basic administration support. The courses are made up of practical workshop sessions which include how to read and validate plans, using a scale rule, introductions to plan checking and site inspections, basic site safety, dangerous structures and demolitions and going the extra mile for your customers.

The aim is to improve knowledge and understanding of the professional, ethical and technical aspects of the role and enable staff to better support colleagues and customers to better answer enquiries as they happen. Delegates will gain technical knowledge including familiarisation with plans and drawings and an understanding of legislative fundamentals. An introduction to the validation and valuation of applications will also be covered.

Participation in all three parts of this course followed by a subsequent short assessment, can lead to eligibility for technician membership of the Chartered Association of Building Engineers (CABE).

CPD: This three day course counts for 18 hours CPD

Cost: £150 + VAT including lunch and course materials (£150 + VAT each for part one, two and three = total cost £450 + VAT)

Course Content & Learning Outcomes:

Part One

  • Approved Documents
    • Cutting through jargon
    • What do plan check schedule items actually mean?
    • Using the Planning Portal and other information sources
  • Applications
    • Why we need applications
    • Exempt work
    • Electronic applications and signatures
    • Use classes
    • When is it ok to use a building notice?
  • Plan validation
    • Using a scale rule
    • Calculating areas
    • Identifying existing and proposed work
    • Estimating cost of work – what is reasonable?
  • Administration of initial notices
    • Reversion
    • Grounds for rejection
    • Protocols
  • Charges
    • What do we charge for?
    • Partnership charges
    • Variation

Part Two

  • Plan checking workshop
    • Putting it into practice
    • What do surveyors look for when plan checking?
  • Checking public sewers
    • Why and how
  • Dangerous structures
    • A real case study
    • When will support staff be involved?
  • Demolitions
    • Why are we involved?
    • Notifications and notices
  • Basic health and safety on site
    • Looking after yourself as a lone worker
  • What do surveyors look for on-site?
    • Roofs - timber, trusses, spread
    • Foundations – trees, rafts, ground conditions, sewers, wells/springs
    • Dangers
    • Contraventions
  • Excellent customer care
    • Advanced telephone and communication skills
    • What about when the customer isn’t right?
    • Going the extra mile to win and keep your customers
    • Using LABC

Part Three

  • Understanding Fire: Passive and active FP, sprinklers, fire alarms, travel distances, fire risk assessments and the role BC has in the prevention of deaths from fires
  • Testing and recording: Air testing, acoustic testing, drain testing
  • A plan check workshop:What surveyors check in commercial buildings
  • Extended services: Maximising market share by offering more services, LABC Consult, In house, making money from your team’s assets and skills
  • Marketing - What is the new normal?
  • Telephone apps, mobile working, being positive – breaking the bureaucracy cycle
  • Working with corporate constraints
  • Engaging with your customers: A workshop exercise on running a customer event
  • Competent Persons Schemes
  • CABE Technician membership test (optional)*

Testimonials:
"Anna made learning so easy and I felt that I came away with a much better understanding of what is involved in Building Control.  I have recommended that more of my team attend these training sessions in the near future. I cannot believe I passed the exam but thank you once again."
"An extremely interesting course, I didn’t know exactly how much work building control officer's covered!“
“A great trainer who made it very enjoyable"
"Really informative and interesting including the overview on dangerous structures and demolitions, plan checking and site visits”
"Thank you! The 3 day course gave me great insight to the Building Regulations,  what a building control officer's work entails and an in-depth understanding of how support roles play a large part in bringing in work. I now have the knowledge to answer questions confidently"

Who should attend:
This course is only open to people already working within a Local Authority, including:
Building control administrative staff and technical support officers
Trainees
Apprentices
New starters
Technical staff or trades people converting to Building Control and staff transferring from other disciplines

Trainer profile

Tim Parrett

Tim is a Member of the Chartered Association of Building Engineers (CABE) and also a Member of the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB).

Tim started his building control career at Shepway District Council and moved to Ashford in 1986. He was appointed as Head of Building Control in 2000 and in 2014 became Head of Development Delivery – managing a broad range of development related functions.

He is also Managing Director of ABC BC Ltd – a wholly owned LA Company- delivering  a wide  range of consultancy services to the industry.

Tim is the current chairman of the Kent Building Control Managers and Vice Chair of the South East Region of LABC.

A past chair of the LABC Training Working Group, Tim is keen to see LABC maintain its position as the market leading building control training provider.

He has lectured at South Kent College and Mid Kent College and regularly presents Continual Professional Development (CPD) seminars to private companies, the CIOB and other professional bodies.

Event overview

  • Dates:
  • Times: 09.30 - 16.30
  • Location: 30 Euston Square - London
  • Booking closes on

Are you up to speed on all elements of fire safety in high risk buildings?

Sorry - this event has already taken place. Register your interest for our next conference "Building a Safer Future – what will Dame Judith Hackitt’s final report mean to the construction industry?"

Join us at this essential CPD event taking place in Manchester on 22 March 2018.

Highlights from the fire conference programme include:

  • Dame Judith Hackitt’s interim report
  • Defining “high risk” buildings
  • Design and specification concerns
  • Structural safety in high rise
  • The fire fighter perspective

Tickets are just £130+VAT which includes lunch and refreshments.

Programme

09.30

Registration & Refreshments

 

09.55

Welcome to the conference

Phil Hammond, LABC

10.00

Hackitt Interim Report  - the key points that may affect professionals in the industry

Barry Turner, LABC

10.30

Scene setting - what is "high risk?"

David Ware, Fire Risk Consultancy

11.00 

Crowd Behaviour & Emergency Management

Anne Templeton, University of Kent

11.30

Structural Safety in High Rise

Richard Hill, Arup

Andrew Lawrence, Arup

12.00

Lunch & Networking

 

13.00

A better way to stop passing the buck and achieve better cover

Graham De Roy, Griffiths & Armour

13.30

Arups' current top 10 design and specification concerns

Paul Williams, Arup

14.00

What does the Grenfell Tower fire and the Hackitt review mean for the construction sector 

Emily Monastiriotis, Simmons and Simmons

14.30

We see this thousands of times - why?

Rob Burridge, LABC Warranty

Richard Smith, LABC Warranty

15.00

Networking & Refreshments

 

15.15

How fire fighters respond and what you've done that will hamper them

Merlyn Forrer, Greater Manchester Fire & Rescue Service

15.45

Should industry agree to limit who can work on high risk buildings?

Peter O''Reilly, Institution of Fire Engineers

16.15

Conference summary and close

Phil Hammond, LABC

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Fire Safety Conference

Event overview

  • Dates:
  • Times: 09.00 - 16.30
  • Location: London - TBC
  • Booking closes on

This course gives a great overview of the history, background and practices of the profession. Delegates will gain an overall perspective of how building control has changed and must continue to do so, the challenges faced and how building control dovetails with the construction industry and other Local Authority colleagues.

Please note this is a one day stand-alone short course for people involved in building control administration – we also run a 3 day in-depth course which can lead to a qualification as a technician with the Chartered Association of Building Engineers. If you are undertaking the technical support course you do not need to attend the administration course. For technical support course dates and locations, please click here.

 

CPD: This course counts for 6 hours CPD.

Cost: £150 + VAT including lunch and course materials.

Course Content & Learning Outcomes:

  • Building control
    Why we do what we do
    The history of the role, how it has evolved and how we must keep developing as part of the design team
    The complexities of building control as a technical function and the legal framework in which we operate
  • The Building Act 1984
  • The Building Regulations – where they came from and how they have changed
  • Approved documents
    Different types of applications
    Which projects need an application
  • The Approved Inspector System and how we administer it
  • Performance Standards – being better at what we do
  • Adding value to your team, business innovation and increasing market share
  • Relationships, roles and responsibilities
    How administrative and technical roles are interlinked
    How to improve business relationships
    Communication skills
    The relationships between local authorities, customers and competitors.
  • The LABC network and how to get the most from it
    LABC products and services
    How to use them to market your service
  • The future, new systems, technology and standards

Testimonials:
"Excellent presentation from Anna Thompson, a good balance of being informative and entertaining!! Thank you"
"Anna is very approachable, interesting to listen to and very knowledgeable. An enjoyable, interesting, informative day. Thank you!"
"Fantastic course and fantastic trainer"
"I found the course very informative, plus the speaker was excellent, mixing in an element of humour and interesting facts which was very good for holding my attention"

Who should attend:

This course is only open to people already working within a Local Authority, including:

  • Building control admin and technical support officers
  • Trainees
  • Apprentices
  • New starters
  • Technical staff transferring from other disciplines
  • Elected members
  • Managers from outside building control who now have responsibility for its functions

Trainer profile

Tim Parrett

Tim is a Member of the Chartered Association of Building Engineers (CABE) and also a Member of the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB).

Tim started his building control career at Shepway District Council and moved to Ashford in 1986. He was appointed as Head of Building Control in 2000 and in 2014 became Head of Development Delivery – managing a broad range of development related functions.

He is also Managing Director of ABC BC Ltd – a wholly owned LA Company- delivering  a wide  range of consultancy services to the industry.

Tim is the current chairman of the Kent Building Control Managers and Vice Chair of the South East Region of LABC.

A past chair of the LABC Training Working Group, Tim is keen to see LABC maintain its position as the market leading building control training provider.

He has lectured at South Kent College and Mid Kent College and regularly presents Continual Professional Development (CPD) seminars to private companies, the CIOB and other professional bodies.

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