Highlights of the CIOB calendar for the coming month.
CIOB Nottingham site visit: TopHat manufacturing (offsite)
24 January, 9.30-11am, Foston
A tour of TopHat’s state-of-the-art offsite manufacturing facility in Foston, Derbyshire.
With a rapidly growing team of over 300 employees, this facility gives TopHat the capability to deliver new homes across the UK.
The tour will guide you through the process and allow Q&As. Due to capacity, places are limited, so please book early to avoid disappointment.
Contact: [email protected]
The Building Safety Act 2022: Are you ready?
24 January, 6.30-8.30pm, Leyland
The Building Safety Act is the government’s response to the recommendations coming out of the Hackitt report following the 2017 Grenfell Tower fire. The act will overhaul regulations, changing the ways in which buildings should be designed, constructed, managed and maintained to ensure they are safe to use.
This presentation by Alan Robson from Project Four Safety will give an overview of the act, its impact and what to expect going forward.
Contact: [email protected]
Outside Party Asset Protection Agreements
24 January, 7-9.30pm, Tonbridge
Asset protection (ASPRO) teams were set up to monitor construction/engineering works taking place adjacent to Network Rail infrastructure, where there is potential to cause damage or activities that may affect the safe operation of Network Rail’s operational assets.
Ivan Dowman, Network Rail national property operations interface manager, will explain the requirements of asset protection and their interaction with outside and third parties involving the safe operation of the railway, the legal framework agreements and engineering standards that govern Network Rail’s processes.
Contact: [email protected]
CIOB Academic Summit: Creating an inclusive global community
26 January, 9.30-12pm or 2.30-5pm, online
This virtual conference aims to bring together a community of built environment researchers, academics, practitioners and policymakers globally to lead the way for cross-collaborations, sharing of cutting-edge research, knowledge and education.
The event will run via Microsoft Webinar platform and offers two time slots: 9.30-12pm and 2.30-5pm.
Topics include:
- Digital transformation and information management in the post-Covid education era;
- Promoting positive mental health among young construction workers from the global south;
- Ethics in the architecture process;
- The adoption of sustainable practices in SMEs; and
- Growth of construction management education in Africa.
Contact: [email protected]
Nutrient Neutrality: What you need to know
26 January, 12-1pm, online
Find out what nutrient neutrality is and how it is affecting planning applications and construction.
Natural England states that nutrient pollution is a big environmental issue for many places. Increased levels of nutrients like nitrogen and phosphorus can affect the delicate ecosystem. Extra wastewater from new housing developments can then further impact this problem.
Join this webinar, chaired by CIOB Norwich Hub Committee chair Kevin Page, to find out:
- What effect this is having on planning applications and developments;
- How councils are applying legislation; and
- How mitigations to ensure nutrient neutrality can be put in place.
Phil Courtier, director of place serving two district councils in Norfolk, will provide an introduction and overview of the issue of nutrient neutrality and its impact on the Norfolk catchment.
He will then describe the work by the Norfolk local authorities, alongside other organisations such as Anglian Water, to try to reduce the burden of nutrient neutrality on the development sector and the plans for a programme of mitigation and environmental credits.
Ray Winney, construction director of Orbit Homes East, will explain the challenges that nutrients and neutrality has caused developers.
Contact: [email protected]
For a full list of events and to register visit www.ciob.org/events.
