CPD Essentials

WEBINAR - Building Refurbishment: Systems for Retrofit and Conservation RIBA
2025-05-01 17:00 - 18:30 UTC
Date: 1 May 2025
Speaker: Proctor Group
Time: 17:00-18:00 (with time for questions at the end)

WEBINAR - Historically accurate glazing with modern build values
2025-05-08 17:00 - 2025-11-27 18:30
Date: 8 May 2025
Speaker: Brian Scott, HistoGlass
Time: 17:00-18:00 (with time for questions at the end)
This CPD will explore different historic glazing types and which types were used in which era (to which vernacular it belongs). From there, the presentation will demonstrate how historic glazing can be incorporated in modern systems to achieve both the correct historic look and feel as well as modern acoustic and thermal insulation values. By the end of the CPD you should have a greater understanding of:
– How to identify historic glazing (which type it is and which era it belongs to)
– How to specify the correct historic glass type in combination with either thin double glazing or laminated systems
– How to identify which U and dB values are achievable for glazing in historic windows

WEBINAR - Standing Seam CPD
2025-05-15 17:00 - 18:30
Date: 15 May 2025
Speaker: Elen Worthington, Tata Steel
Time: 17:00-18:00 (with time for questions at the end)

WEBINAR - Internal Floor Drainage – Design & Specification
2025-05-22 17:00 - 2025-06-05 18:30
Date: 22 May 2025
Speaker: David Brown, Alumasc
Time: 17:00-18:00 (with time for questions at the end)

WEBINAR - Impact and Actions for Metal Roof and Wall Cladding Systems
2025-05-29 17:00 - 2025-06-12 18:30
Date: 29 May 2025
Speaker: Clare Horner, Euroclad
Time: 17:00-18:00 (with time for questions at the end)

WEBINAR - Highway Law and Car Parking Issues
2025-06-05 17:00 - 18:30
Date: 5 June 2025
Speaker: Ian Quayle
Time: 17:00-18:00 (with time for questions at the end)

WEBINAR - Safety at Height
2025-06-12 17:00 - 2025-06-26 18:30
Date: 12 June 2025
Speaker: Stuart Pierpoint – MSA Safety
Time: 17:00-18:00 (with time for questions at the end)

WEBINAR - Hidden Operational Risks That Undermine Asset Value: What Surveyors and Property Managers Overlook
2025-06-19 17:00 - 18:30
Date: 19 June 2025
Speaker: Deborah Israel
Time: 17:00-18:00 (with time for questions at the end)
Hidden Operational Risks That Undermine Asset Value: What Surveyors and Property Managers Overlook
This technical CPD session highlights the operational risks that often go unnoticed – but can quietly erode asset value and disrupt portfolio performance. From lease clause liabilities and non-compliant EPCs to failing M&E systems and poor service charge recovery, these issues can significantly affect valuation if not addressed early.
Delegates will gain practical insight into identifying high-risk red flags during inspections and reporting, and learn how to present these findings in a way that supports asset and investment strategy.
Learning Outcomes:

Identify hidden risks that directly impact value and tenant retention
Understand how leases, compliance, and asset condition contribute to long-term risk
Translate technical property issues into commercially relevant reporting
Apply a structured risk assessment approach to inspections and client updates

CPD Relevance:
Aligned with the following RICS competencies:

Property Management
Inspection
Valuation
Landlord & Tenant
Sustainability / Health & Safety

WEBINAR - Solar PV CPD
2025-06-26 17:00 - 18:30
Date: 26 June 2025
Speaker: Michael Williams
Time: 17:00-18:00 (with time for questions at the end)

WEBINAR - The Building Safety Act 2022
2025-09-11 17:00 - 18:30
Date: 11 September 2025
Speaker: Ian Quayle
Time: 17:00-18:00 (with time for questions at the end)

WEBINAR - Air Leakage & Fire Performance in Façade Systems
2025-09-18 17:00 - 18:30
Date: 18 September 2025
Speaker: Proctor Group
Time: 17:00-18:00 (with time for questions at the end)

WEBINAR - Passive House and Low Energy Housing Design
2025-10-02 17:00 - 18:30
Date: 2 October 2025
Speaker: Proctor Group
Time: 17:00-18:00 (with time for questions at the end)
This webinar gives an overview of the Passive House design principles, the benefits they provide in terms of energy performance, and the means by which these benefits are achieved. It also introduces some common fabric first systems and solutions to simplify the process of optimising low energy design using the passive principles.

WEBINAR - Recent and Upcoming changes to fire safety
2025-10-09 16:30 - 17:30
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.

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

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

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.

Cleaning building masonry
2026-01-21 15:00 - 16:00
Speaker – Tim Crowe – Stonehealth

Webinar - Natural fibre insulation
2026-01-28 16:00 - 17:00
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 Sisalwool 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

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

Commercial leases update
2026-03-04 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 - 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 - Valuation and red book, part 1, Valuation concepts
2026-03-25 17:00 - 18:00
This is part one of 4 webinars on Valuation and Red Book for one of the most respected speaker on the topic
The four topics are

Valuation concepts
A refresher of the red book
Residential and commercial valuation
Valuation and guidance for specialised properties

Speaker – Nick French
Nick is a recognised expert in the area of property valuation and appraisal. Previously, he has worked at various Universities in the UK, Europe and the USA teaching extensively in the areas of valuation, investment and corporate real estate on BSc, MSc and MBA programmes. In 2018, Nick set up Real Estate Valuation Theurgy, a vehicle that allows him to continue writing papers, presenting conference papers and undertaking in-house training for the real estate profession at home and abroad. His research interests concentrate upon the interface of property legislation and regulation and its impact on value and valuation models. In recent years, he has won the RICS Prize for the Best Paper in Valuation and the Appraisal and the Appraisal Journal Prize for the Best Paper in Appraisal at European Real Estate Society Conferences. In 2018, he was awarded a “Lifetime Achievement Award” by the International Real Estate Society. Nick is the Editor of the Journal of Property Investment & Finance, the award winning academic international journal of the real estate industry. He also writes regularly for, the Journal of Property Investment & Finance, the Property Chronicle, the European Journal of Real Estate Research, the Journal of Corporate Real Estate and other professional and academic journals. He is a member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) and has regularly served on the various committees such as the UK Valuation Board and the Corporate Real Estate Strategy Group. He was also a member of the Professional Board of the International Valuation Standards Council (IVSC).

Property Valuation Webinars – Spring 2026 Property Valuation under the Red Book - A Practical Approach
2026-03-25 17:00 - 2026-06-17 18:00
A series of 4 webinars – can also be watched as recordings if you cant make the live events – on Property Valuation under the Red Book
Valuation is the lynchpin of all real estate decisions. These workshops provide an essential insight into the role of regulation under the RICS Valuation Global Standards (Red Book) and the UK National Supplement to provide rigorous and appropriate valuation reports

General valuation concepts
Definitions and Bases of Value
Approaches, Methods & Models
Market Valuations and Worth
Red Book fundamentals
The importance of ESG
Secure lending valuation
Report writing
Residential & Commercial valuations
Specific valuations – Specialised Property
Professional Standards vs Practice Information
Use of software packages/AI

Course Outline

AGENDA – Webinar Part 1 of 4 (25th March 2026)
Valuation Concepts

1
Introduction – Value, Price and Worth
A short revision of the role of the valuer and the distinction between Valuation & Calculation of Worth

2
Approaches, Methods and Models
A discussion of Valuation Standards in the context of definitions and requirements on valuers

3
Market Approach
The importance of simple heuristics and the importance of comparables in marking to market

4
Valuation and Market Pricing
It is important that users of valuations understand the valuation in context of market.

AGENDA – Webinar Part 2 of 4 (6th May 2026)
Valuation Standards – A refresher of the Red Book

1
Mandatory vs Advisory
Understanding the mandatory requirements of the Red Book

2
Incorporating ESG into all valuations
Sustainability, resilience and the role of Environmental, Social and Governance

3
Professional Standards and Practice Information
The difference between “should” and “must”

4
Report Writing
Providing the client with the appropriate information – Market and Economic Context

AGENDA – Webinar Part 3 of 4 (20th May 2026)
Valuation Standards – Residential and Commercial Valuation

1
Residential Valuations
The Red Book and other regulations as they apply to Residentail Property

2
Commercial Valuations
The Red Book and other regulations as they apply to Commercial Property

3
Valuations for Bank Lending
Determining Market Value for assets that underpin residential and commercial mortgages

4
Alternative Use Valuations
The Interface between residential and commercial use of properties

AGENDA – Webinar Part 4 of 4 (17th June 2026)
Valuation Standards – Valuation Models & Guidance for Specialised Property

1
Valuation Models
The Use of Explicit Valaution Models for Cash Flow Investments

2
Specialised Property
Additional Guidance for specific property types – Best Practice Guides

3
The Automation of Valuation
The acceptable use of AVMs and AI in market valuations

4
Summary and Conclusions
An recap on the salient points of the course

The webinars will allow for questions both during and between the sessions. The course director will answer as many questions as possible during the webinars but will also provide written responses to all delegates after the completion of each session.
