Wessex Surveyors CPD Club
2016-09-06 18:30 - 2017-06-06 19:30 UTC | Mortimer Arms Hotel, Romsey Rd, Ower, SO51 6AF, United Kingdom
Wessex Surveyors CPD is a not for profit club which aims to provide an affordable alternative to your CPD requirements. Organised by an experienced committee of Chartered Surveyors who have been involved in organising CPD locally for many years, the programme sets out to offer core topical CPD at a value for money price.
The programme which starts in September and runs typically on the first Tuesday and second Wednesday of each month at 1830 at the easily accessible Mortimer Arms, Ower (just off J2 of M27), includes the following topics. The speakers are all experienced and well respected members of their profession who have received good feedback from previous events.

Legal update
Bats
Rating
Construction legal update
Dilapidations
MEES
Planning

The Programme 2016-17 can be downloaded here
The cost for the whole programme is £90.00 (£65.00) for trainees) for the year which runs from September 2016 through to June 2017. With a minimum of 15 seminars this works out at just over £5 per event. All members will also receive a complimentary drink of their choice from the bar each time they attend. Each member will receive a membership card and an annual record of the seminars attended to help complete CPD records.
More detail can be found on the Wessex Surveyors CPD website
To join the club you can print off the Application form and pay by BACS or cheque as instructed on the form

Historic Building workshop, Stowe, Bucks
2016-11-04 10:00 - 16:30 | The New Inn, Stowe, Stowe Ave, Buckingham, MK18 5EQ, United Kingdom
Historic Building workshops –
Historic Timber Structures and Roof Coverings
Date: 4 November 2016

When: 1000 – 1630
Where: New Inn, Stowe Ave, Buckingham MK18 5EQ
Cost: £120.00 plus VAT (£144.00) to include seminar proceedings, all refreshments, lunch and comprehensive delegate pack
The day’s course will consider in depth three aspects of building conservation.

The care and repair of historic timber frames and roof structures
The range of historic roof coverings
Problems of decay and methods of repair

The venue has been carefully chosen as the building itself is multi-period ranging from the medieval to the early 20th century. It has examples of mainly clay tiled roofs, and adjacent in the Cathedral Close are a number of excellent 18th century buildings with a variety of roof coverings
Main Themes

The historic development of timber frames and roof structures
Causes of decay and failure including mechanical failure, rot and insect attack.
Approach to structural repairs, selection and use of materials and techniques.
Thatch, problems of decay, selection of materials, fire and fire mitigation.
Shingle, decay and repair including selection of materials.
Tile, history, manufacture, problems of decay and repair.
Slate, Metamorphic and stone, history and quarrying, problems of failure, selection of materials and repair.
Lead, flashings and lead sheet, problems including under sheet corrosion, acid attack, correct detailing and installation.
Other sheet materials and rainwater disposal.
Chimney pots and roofscapes

Speaker
Kevin Stubbs BA(Hons) DipBldgCons(AA) IHBC CertEd
Kevin Stubbs is a Historic Buildings Consultant and comes with a background of education, archaeology and building conservation. He was Director of Archaeology for the Test Valley in Hampshire and later moved to Hampshire County Council to join the Historic Buildings Bureau, where he became the Principal Buildings Conservation Officer for the County. For eleven years he acted as the Director of a Conservation Centre and now runs his own Historic Building Consultancy and Training Company.
He advises on the repair and maintenance of all historic structures and provides training at all levels for the building conservation industry. This includes the development of historic building technology, traditional materials and hands-on craft training. Work for Local Government Authorities includes Conservation Area appraisals, historic building condition surveys and feasibility studies. He has provided training exercises with local communities to raise awareness of their village plans and local heritage interpretation documents and he has provided Traditional Skills Awareness Courses for a number of bodies.
He undertakes the Historic Analysis of buildings and produces: Statements of Significance; Method Statements; Impact Assessments and Specifications for the repair and conservation of traditional buildings.
He lectures for various CPD providers, Universities and national building conservation organizations including SPAB, RICS and the Weald and Downland Museum. Topics include: Bricks and Mortar; Lime, Plasters and Renders; Cob and Earth, Timber Frame and Stone Structures and Traditional Roofing.

The day will include formal Power Point presentations, material handling sessions and first hand observations of the building.
stowe roof flyer can be downloaded here
stowe booking form can be downloaded here
