Gerflor UK is proud to offer architects the choice of 4 RIBA Accredited flooring CPD seminars

Gerflor UK is proud to offer architects the choice of 4 RIBA Accredited flooring CPD seminars. These seminars work to increase your knowledge of the various topics related to flooring.

These flooring CPD materials fall under the design, construction and technology RIBA core curriculum. It focuses on keeping up to date with the latest design, technical and engineering practices. They also explore some of the issues and trends that those in the industry now come to face.

For further information on any of our CPDs, please get in touch by emailing contractuk@gerflor.com or give us a call on 01625 428 922. 

You can book any of the below RIBA accredited CPD seminars here.

Read more about our RIBA Accredited CPD Seminars below:

CPD #1

Vinyl Flooring: Getting the Specification Right

This CPD is designed to provide specifiers with an overview of the material; its manufacturing processes and its design versatility. The seminar’s focus is the different specification aspects that need to be considered when selecting a floor for residential or commercial use. These aspects include product performance such as slip resistance, acoustics, reaction to fire and durability as well as outlining technical solutions for different types of installation. 

It will help you to understand the following topics:

• The safety and performance requirements to consider when specifying flooring
• The versatility of modern vinyl in terms of design, colours and performance variants
• The important role of surface treatments and the benefits they offer
• Vinyl and its sustainability credentials
• The vinyl product ranges available and typical applications

CPD #2

Specifying the Right Floor When it's a Question of Sport

This seminar looks at the importance of the right sports floor specification. It will help you to understand the following topics:

• How the right floor can help reduce sports injuries
• The different types of sports floors available, their properties and where they should be used
  
• Innovative design options for sports floors
• How to select the right floor and the European standard to follow, including some of the headline tests of standard EN14904 and how they can help reduce potential injury
• How to look after sports floors and the associated issues

CPD #3

Specifying to address Risk in Healthcare Environments

This CPD is designed to provide specifiers with an overview of the aspects that need to be considered when specifying floors in various healthcare settings by credible evidence as to why this is. These aspects include product performance, such as slip resistance for safety and reduced litigation costs, durability to withstand the cleaning regimes used in healthcare and examples of evidence-based design advice for general healthcare and dementia facilities.

It will help you to understand the following topics:

• Learn more about vinyl floor durability to withstand healthcare cleaning regimes
• Understand product performance such as slip resistance for safety to reduce litigation costs
• Examples of evidence-based design advice for both general healthcare and dementia facilities

CPD #4

How to specify technical flooring solutions for pharmaceutical and high technology environments

This CPD covers all specialised aspects related to pharmaceutical and high technology environments, including special requirements for cleanroom environments. It incorporates the certification and standards that need to be met and how these are achieved through the correct flooring specification and installation, surface treatments and clean corner system. Electrostatic discharges, maintenance and design are also looked at as part of the webinar.

For further information on any of our CPDs, please get in touch by emailing contractuk@gerflor.com or give us a call on 01625 428 922. 

You can book any of the below RIBA accredited CPD seminars here.