Webinar Recordings

CPD essentials has a large catalogue of webinar recordings. Please email us if you require further information before purchase.
Webinars costs £15 +VAT (£18.00)
Recordings from 2021-2024 are available in the list below and can be ordered via the ticket section. list of webinars 2024
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| Title | Speaker | |
| Acetylated wood | Justin Peckham | All about Acoya |
| Acoustics | Rob Crampton, Hush Acoustics | An update on the latest technology and legalities |
| Asbestos for Surveyors | Calum Skene | What a surveyor needs to look out for |
| A-Z of surveying, Howard Jenkins | Howard Jenkins | |
| Boundary disputes | David Powell | An amusing talk from the presenter of BBC’s “Neighbours at War” |
| Boundaries – a legal update | Ian Quayle | The latest legalities |
| Building pathology | Brian Robinson | Case studies of what a surveyor missed |
| BREEAM | ||
| Building regs Part L1A | ||
| Building Safety Act and secondary legislation | ||
| Building safety act
Building regs and listed buildings |
John Palmer |
Listed buildings and how building regs work |
| Business rates update | Andrew Hetherton | Check challenge appeal, statistics, legal and valuation issues, revaluation 2023, fundamental review and case law update |
| CDM | ||
| Carbon monoxide and fire alarms | ||
| Claim trends for Surveyors | Polly McBride & Charlie Bending, DAC Beachcroft | Tackling the key issues involving claims against Surveyors |
| Centaur roofing technologies | ||
| Cleaning building masonry | Stonehealth | The different methods showing the disadvantages and advantages of each |
| Climate change and heritage buildings | Peter Cox, Carrig Conservation | Impact of climate change, risk assessments, adaptation & sustainable development goals |
| Commercial leases | ||
| Construction insolvency | Richard Winson, Proptech Analytics | Including warning signs and recovery plans |
| Covenants & easements | ||
| Concrete repair and protection | ||
| Contaminated land | Go Contaminated Land Solutions | The current legislative framework and its philosophy. Roles and responsibilities in land clean up. Implications of land transfers |
| COVID and insurance | Jon Sharp, Silver Shemmings Ash | Market approach, force majeure, mitigation |
| Damp & mould | Joe Malone | The scary side of this issue |
| Dealing with damp | Damian Wallis, Safeguard | Tools, types, condensation and repair and treat |
| Dilapidations – back to basics | Terry Davis | A look at the basics of dilapidations for those starting out |
| Dilapidations from a Mechanical Engineering view | Simon Green | |
| Drones – an introduction | Pigs can fly | Safe use of drones and their benefits |
| Drones – best practice guidelines | Pigs can fly | Product range, insurance, uses, training |
| Ecology | Louisa Jones, Pro Vision | Bats and other endangered species |
| EMAP plans and reports | ||
| Electrics and the home survey | ||
| Ethos of conservation | ||
| Ethics | Institute of Business Ethics | An update on business ethics applied to RICS |
| Expert Witness Who are they & what do they do? | Howard Jenkins | Why we need them, in court, instructions and meetings |
| Expert report writing | Penny Harper, Legal Experience Training | The what’s, how’s whys and presentations |
| External Wall Insulation | Simon Hailes, K Systems | An update post Grenfell |
| Fibre reinforced pasters | Tom Blach, Rose of Jericho | Their use in historic buildings |
| Flexible approach to waterproofing | ||
| Fire safety compliance – flat roofs | ||
| Fire doors | Ahmarra | The risk and how to prevent spread |
| Green roofs | ||
| Giant hogweed & invasive bamboo | Dr Dan Jones, Advanced Invasives | Control methods, costs, impacts, identification and errors |
| Hart v Large | Malcolm Hollis | A look at the situation, legalities and what could have been prevented |
| Hot water & heating plant (free) | ||
| Heat pumps | The Heat Pump Federation | A full update on all things heat pumps |
| HETAS Chimneys/clean air | Michael Harvey | Technical Manager at HETAS |
| Historic bricks , stone and mortars | Kevin Stubbs | History, care and repair and use of lime in construction |
| Historic buildings and climate change | Peter Cox, Carrig Conservation | A look to the future |
| Historic buildings and damp | Kevin Stubbs | The effects of different levels of water and damp on historic structures |
| Historic cob buildings | Kevin Stubbs | History and defects in cob buildings |
| Historic detailing – the devil is in the details | Kevin Stubbs | Statutory requirements before repair, understanding the history, external & internal details & materials |
| Historic roofing slate and lead | Kevin Stubbs | Problems of failure, flashings, acid corrosion, chimneys and other sheet materials |
| Historic roofing – thatch, shingle & tiles | Kevin Stubbs | Problems of decay, fire, repair & selection of materials |
| Historic timber frames | Kevin Stubbs | A look at housing from the 20th century and ways of identification |
| History of clay tiles | Keymer tiles | Background, manufacture and use |
| How old is that house | Philip Santo | A look at houses over the ages |
| Introduction to sustainable building | ||
| Introduction to ecology & planning | Louisa Jones, Pro-vision | Protected species, bats and birds |
| Invasive plants and bamboo | ||
| Introduction to our heritage | Kevin Stubbs | Dating, listed buildings, conservation areas, common structural & decay problems |
| Japanese knotweed | Dr Dan Jones, Advanced Invasives | Identifying, damage, solutions, management, locations and media |
| Land registration | Ian Quayle | Update from an experienced and popular Solicitor |
| Leasehold enfranchisement | ||
| Leashold flats in the light of EW1 | Richard Snape | A legal approach |
| Legionella | ||
| Legal role of the contract administrator | Kai Von Pahlen and Sara Hollow VWV | Letters of intent, certificates and payments in contracts, defects & delay |
| L&T Act | ||
| Legal update | Emma Preece, CRS | A commercial legal update |
| Life cycle analysis of building materials | ||
| Lovingly restored property nightmares | ||
| Low pitched roofing | ||
| Low carbon technologies | ||
| Low carbon designs | ||
| Making fees from MEES | Martin Gibbons, Vital | The opportunities for Surveyors from MEES |
| MEES update | Ben Strange, Mobius | An update on the latest developments |
| Modern methods of masonry repair | Craig Walker Helefix | Typical defects, repair solutions, remedial reinforcement and tiles |
| Mortar analysis | Tom Balch | Rose of Jericho |
| Natural cement | The Benefits, History and applications of Natural Cement based products including Concrete Repairs, Waterproofing, Screeding, Grouting and Sprayed Concrete | |
| NEC | William Brown, Quigg Gordon | Ethos, suite structure, design liability, subcontracting, dispute resolution , claiming more time & money |
| New Homes Ombudsman | ||
| New house, old house | Howard Jenkins | Another excellent talk from this popular speaker |
| Party walls & the Building Surveyor | Steven Way, Collyer Stevens | A run through what a Surveyors should look out for regarding party walls |
| Passivhaus | ||
| Pest control surveys | ||
| PII update | Greg Harrison, Howdens | Market update, approaching renewal, risk, liability & insurance in Valuation Guidance Note Edition 2 |
| Planning update | James Iles Pro vision | White paper, permitted development, housing targets, use classes, nitrate neutrality, climate emergency, biodiversity gain |
| Profile sheet roofing | Harry | Repair or replace |
| Property litigation | ||
| RAAC and Asbestos | ||
| Radon | Rebecca Coates | What is it and should I care?, How to test and how to reduce levels |
| Rating update | Andrew Hetherton | Update from the President of the IRRV |
| Rent reviews | ||
| Red book update | Paul Batho | The essentials, UK national supplement, changes from 2020, Covid guidance |
| Reinforced concrete structures | Ryan Williams | Structurecare |
| RICS Home Survey Standards | Phlip Santo and Tom Littler | A 3 part webinar covering context, content and reporting |
| Rights of Light | ||
| Rights of way | Ian Quayle | An update from this excellent solicitor |
| Safety at height | John Hynes, Autumnal Services | The latest of safe working and fall arrest |
| Scaffolding | ||
| SDLT | Ian Quayle | An update from this excellent solicitor |
| Smart homes | ||
| Spray foam | ||
| Stabilising structures | Craig Walker | Helefix |
| Surveyors liability | DAC Beachcroft | Hart v Large, risk management, implications and impact on surveyors |
| Sustainable timber | ||
| Sustainability of concrete roof tiles | ||
| Sustainable retrofit | Lucy Pedler, The Green Register | Definitions, drivers and measures |
| Technology for Surveyors | Garry Taylor | Drones, Infra red |
| The affect of Covid on construction contracts | Henry Hathaway, Silver Shemmings Ash | A look at what you should consider during these times |
| The terrible truth about lawyers | Ian Quayle Legal training | Problems with conveyancing, how to solve them, what causes them, deficiencies of land registration |
| Thermography | How surveyors can benefit from this technology | |
| Timber framed historic buildings | Kevin Stubbs | History and development, decay, repair, dating and fire |
| Tree Identification | ||
| Traditional paints and finishes | Tom Balch, Rose of Jericho | The range of historic materials and their uses |
| Unveiling the impacts on mine entries on the conveyancing market | ||
| Understanding flood risk | Paul Drury, Ambiental | Flood disaster management, forecasting and modelling date and climate change |
| Valuation update | Anthony Banfield | RICS red book requirements, material uncertainty, market value, uncertain times |
| What can I tell you about cracks | Malcolm Hollis | A talk from the master of defects |
| Why gutters fail | ||
| Zinc as a building envelope |
