CPD Essentials

WEBINAR - Recent and Upcoming changes to fire safety
2025-10-09 16:30 - 17:30 UTC
Date: 9 October 2025
Speaker: John Palmer, OWL
Time: 17:00-18:00 (with time for questions at the end)

WEBINAR - Building Regulations and their interaction with Listed/Historic Buildings
2025-10-23 17:00 - 18:30
Date: 23 October 2025
Speaker: John Palmer, OWL
Time: 17:00-18:00 (with time for questions at the end)

WEBINAR - Renter's Rights Bill
2025-11-05 17:00 - 18:30
Date: 5 November 2025
Speaker: Richard Snape
Time: 17:00-18:00 (with time for questions at the end)

Renters’ Rights Bill receives Royal Assent today, securing a fairer future for 11 million private renters in England

Renters’ Rights Bill receives Royal Assent today, securing a fairer future for 11 million private renters in England
Landmark legislation will abolish Section 21 ‘no fault’ evictions, ending a practice that has threatened thousands of renters with homelessness
The Act will rebalance landlord-tenant relations across England as part of the government’s Plan for Change

England’s 11 million private renters were granted the most significant increase to their rights in a generation when the government’s Renters’ Rights Bill received Royal Assent today at 7.40pm.
The Renters’ Rights Act delivers on the government’s Plan for Change manifesto commitment to rebalance the relationship between England’s 2.3 million landlords and 11 million tenants, ending a system that has left renters vulnerable to unfair treatment and insecurity.
At the core of the Act is the abolition of Section 21 ‘no fault’ evictions – a practice that has pushed thousands into homelessness. This seismic shift will empower tenants to challenge poor conditions and unreasonable rent increases without fear of retaliatory eviction.
The reforms will give renters the right to end tenancies with two months’ notice, while protecting legitimate landlord interests through strengthened repossession grounds that support continued investment in the sector.
In the coming weeks, ministers will outline how the reforms will be rolled out.

QS CPD Day 2025, Southampton
2025-11-11 08:00 - 17:00
Q essentials CPD day
11 November 0900 – 1630
Doubletree Hilton, Southampton
A full day of CPD aimed at those working as a Quantity Surveyor within private practice, local government or construction. A lively mix of topics will be presented which provisionally includes the following:

Ethics update
Construction case law update
Sustainable roofing
Health and Safety
Horton Heath Development
Carbon Costing

The cost of the day to include conference proceedings, all refreshments, lunch and a comprehensive delegate pack is £140 plus VAT = £168
CPD – Up to 6 formal hours
Bookings can be made online below or by cheque/BACS or by calling 07429 523183

WEBINAR - Architectural Aluminium: A Complete Guide to Design & Specification
2025-11-13 17:00 - 2025-11-27 18:30
Date: 13 November 2025
Speaker: Ivan Colvil, Alumasc
Time: 17:00-18:00 (with time for questions at the end)

WEBINAR - Party Wall Update 2025
2025-11-20 17:00 - 2025-12-04 18:30
Date: 20 November 2025
Speaker: Ben Mackie – The Party Wall Collective
Time: 17:00-18:00 (with time for questions at the end)

WEBINAR - Pitched Roof Design Considerations: Energy Moisture & Air Permeability RIBA
2025-11-27 17:00 - 18:30
Date: 27 November 2025
Speaker: Proctor Group
Time: 17:00-18:00 (with time for questions at the end)

Christmas cracker webinar offer 2025
2025-12-03 08:00 - 2026-03-27 17:00 | Online, via Zoom, United Kingdom
Christmas Cracker webinar offer
Order 12 webinars for the price of 10 £150 plus VAT saving £30.
Choose 12 from the attached list of webinars 2025
Order your Christmas cracker below and then email alison@cpdessentials with your choices. I will then email you the links to watch at your leisure.
All webinars are a minimum of 40 mins up to an hour or just over

Webinar - A retrofit solution to building sustainably
2026-01-08 08:00 - 17:00
Sustainable design is no longer a catchphrase, it’s an imperative. The need and urgency to update the existing building stock has never been greater and upgrading windows is one of the most challenging aspects of retrofit projects.
In this CPD, we help you to navigate through all the aspects of secondary glazing specification. You’ll learn how to determine what’s right for your or your client’s needs, what design considerations to bear in mind and lots more.We talk about typical applications and case studies and look at how to maximise product performance such as U-values, acoustic insulation and security. We also cover all the important regulatory aspects and design considerations, with particular emphasis on Heritage and Listed Buildings.
Contents:

How secondary glazing can help meet net zero and other sustainability commitments
Thermal insulation and upgrades to Part L (including U-values)
Control of noise with acoustic insulation (including dB ratings)
Window security (including blast, intruder, ballistic and fire)
Applications (including Listed and heritage buildings)
Standards and regulations
Specification process (including the range of products)
Maintenance
Economics

Webicard webinar programme 2026
2026-01-08 08:00 - 2027-01-08 17:00
After 5 successful years of running online events, CPD essentials is continuing to run a webinar programme for 2026 with 30 live webinars.
The cost of the Webicard which provides access to the 45 – 60 min long webinars (including the recordings) for the season is £180.00 plus VAT.
Individual attendance or a webinar recordings are £15.00 plus VAT). Each webinar is around 45 minutes, with time for questions at the end. Each webinar will be either on a Wednesday or a Thursday evening at 5pm.
If you sign up part way through the year up you’ll be sent the links to all the previous recordings, including handouts/information from the speaker if provided.
The events for 2026 are as follows:

21-Jan
Metal Roof Refurbishment
Sam de Rozarieux HD Sharman
3-4pm

28-Jan
Natural fibre insulation
Gavin Moore, Sisal Wool
1-2pm

04-Feb
A retrofit solution to building sustainably
Selectaglaze
1-2pm

11-Feb
Steel for roofing and wall cladding
Elen Worthington, Tata Steel
5-6pm

26-Feb
Commercial Leases Update
Richard Snape
5-6pm

04-Mar
Nordic Copper
Richard Parrett
1-2pm

11-Mar
TBA

18-Mar
TBA

25-Mar
Valuation and red book p1
Nick French
5-6pm

15-Apr
Boundary issues
Ian Quayle
2-3pm

22-Apr
Window Protection through Secondary Glazing
Selectaglaze
1-2pm

29-Apr
RIBA 2030 climate change challenge, how steel contributes
Elen Worthington, Tata Steel
5-6pm

06-May
Valuation and red book p2
Nick French
5-6pm

14-May
Rent review – lessons from recent case law
Ian Quayle
5-6pm

20-May
Valuation and red book p3
Nick French
5-6pm

27-May
TBA

03-Jun
Landlord and Tenant Act1954: When it Applies.
Richard Snape
5-6pm

10-Jun
High St Rental auctions
Ian Quayle
1-2pm

17-Jun
Valuation and red book p4
Nick French
5-6pm

The Autumn programme will be announced shortly
You can purchase your Webicard below.
Information and bookings on the individual events can be found on the event pages.
The link for the webinar will be sent to you at least 2 days before the live event starts and the recording will follow shortly after.

Metal roof refurbishment webinar
2026-01-21 15:00 - 16:00
Over time, coated metal roof sheets degrade, which causes leaks and building damage. Specifiers need to address this degradation in order to avoid oversheeting or the need for a full roof replacement.
There are over a million commercial buildings in the UK, with upwards of five hundred thousand of these having pitched metal roofs. In total, this equates to around four hundred million m2 of plastic coated, steel sheet roofing, which only has a life expectancy of 25 to 30 years.
When it comes to deciding whether to refurbish or replace a metal roof, there are key sustainability factors that need to be considered for each option.
Replacing a roof incurs over FIVE times the amount of embodied carbon compared to using our roof refurbishment systems.
Help your clients achieve their sustainability goals and better understand at what point refurbishment should be carried with our accredited CPD.
Speaker – Sam de Rosarieux, HD Sharman

Webinar - Natural fibre insulation
2026-01-28 13:00 - 14:00
The founder of Sisalwool, was in East Africa training alongside local farmers on how to cope with the effects of climate change. While in Tanzania, he discovered farmers had fields of a plant called Sisal. Pushed out by the dominant plastic industry, farmers had no way of processing or exporting the plant and its fibres.

On further investigation and lots of questions about exporting, uses, plastic free options and the thermal properties it was decided that it would make a great insulation product. Due to its tough nature it was blended with wool to find the perfect solution. The final result is one of the market’s lowest carbon, highest quality sustainable thermal insultation products. The original blend was all virgin fibres, Zero Waste Scotland funded research for Sisal Wool to produce the same product using fully recycled material.
Gavin Moore will explain the benefits in details

Webinar - Selectaglaze, a retrofit guide to building sustainability
2026-02-04 13:00 - 14:00
Sustainable design is no longer a catchphrase, it’s an imperative. The need and urgency to update the existing building stock has never been greater and upgrading windows is one of the most challenging aspects of retrofit projects.
In this CPD, we help you to navigate through all the aspects of secondary glazing specification. You’ll learn how to determine what’s right for your or your client’s needs, what design considerations to bear in mind and lots more.We talk about typical applications and case studies and look at how to maximise product performance such as U-values, acoustic insulation and security. We also cover all the important regulatory aspects and design considerations, with particular emphasis on Heritage and Listed Buildings.Our aim is to give you confidence to design discreet, sympathetic treatments that meet the required performance levels and encourage you to involve your secondary glazing provider early on in the design process.
Contents:

How secondary glazing can help meet net zero and other sustainability commitments
Thermal insulation and upgrades to Part L (including U-values)
Control of noise with acoustic insulation (including dB ratings)
Window security (including blast, intruder, ballistic and fire)
Applications (including Listed and heritage buildings)
Standards and regulations
Specification process (including the range of products)
Maintenance
Economics

Speaker – Selectaglaze

Webinar - steel for wall and roof cladding
2026-02-11 17:00 - 18:00
Steel for roof and wall cladding

Steel substrate and properties (Gauge, Galvanising, Different paint system properties and performance)
Structural performance
Fragility, Health and Safety and compliance with CDM Regulations
Aesthetics, Durability & testing and Fire performance
Part L and contribution of systems
Acoustics, Sustainability and Guarantees

Commercial leases update
2026-02-26 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker – Richard Snape
This lecture is aimed at: Property professionals and fee earners involved in both contentious and noncontentious property work
Learning Outcome: To give an increased knowledge of the subject matter. To update on current
issues, case law and statutory provisions and to be able to apply the knowledge gained in the better
provision of a service to the client.

Webinar - Nordic Copper
2026-03-04 13:00 - 14:00
Nordic Copper is the product range for architectural applications, e.g. facades and roofs, made by Aurubis. The unrivaled range of factory-applied surface treatments provides copper and brass with various stages of oxidation and patination immediately.
Nordic Copper stands for individual architectural solutions, a long life cycle for buildings and a responsible legacy for future generations.
Copper has been used in building envelopes for many centuries and is characterised by an exceptionally llongevity of several hundred years.
Copper is a beautiful and timeless material with unique properties and performance benefits.
It can be easily folded both mechanically and by hand, on site or in the workshop, and can take on virtually any three-dimensional shape.
Speaker – Richard Parrett – VM Zinc

Webinar - How climate change affects properties
2026-03-11 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker – Tim Kenny
Tim is a residential surveyor and has been a DEA, Home Inspector and Property Manager in the past. Along with authoring two sections of iSurv for RICS he has also a contributor to the RICS Building Surveying and Residential Journals. Both in teaching and in his own business Tim is focused on how surveyors can deliver the highest possible quality of customer service and benefit to clients.
Outside of his day job Tim is also a Yoga teacher and runs regular webinars for LionHeart, a charity that supports RICS members.

Webinar - Security through secondary glazing
2026-04-22 13:00 - 14:00
Windows are the most vulnerable parts of a building. This is especially true in Listed and Heritage buildings with their original, often fragile, single glazed primary windows.
This seminar provides a comprehensive understanding of how security secondary glazing can be used to upgrade their protection, and what needs to be considered – with particular emphasis on the impact of the Terrorism Protection of Premises Bill (Martyn’s Law).
Contents:

Introduction to secondary glazing for security benefits
The impact of the Terrorism Protection of Premises Bill (Martyn’s Law)
Types of security: intruder resistance, blast mitigation, ballistic attack, fire protection
Test standards and methods of assessing security levels of products
Suitable products for use and their performance capabilities

Webinar - RIBA 2030 climate change challenge, how steel contributes
2026-04-29 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker – Elen Worthington, Tata Steel
RIBA 2030 climate challenge: How steel building envelope solutions contribute
Covers:

Operational energy.
Embodied Carbon.
Potable water use.
Best practice health metrics.
How to meet the challenge.
