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** The deadline for NSW CPD is 31 March! Make sure you have earned all your formal and informal CPD points at deadline time by completing a range of Institute CPD activities! **
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ArchiBUSINESS - special seminar series - commenced Monday 14 February
The NSW Chapter is presenting four ArchiBUSINESS seminars in February & March which are designed to enhance the Institute’s online PALS course and provide a comprehensive introduction to the day-to-day practice of architecture. Each seminar runs from 6-9pm at Tusculum. A light supper is provided.
The cost for individual seminars is $60 members (all levels)/ $90 non-members - registration links below.
ArchiBUSINESS - 28 February - 'Making building contracts work' Presenters: Chris Larcos with David Springett. Understanding construction law - leading cases and solutions to common problems. Click here to register.
ArchiBUSINESS - 14 March - 'Negotiation, procurement and tendering' Presenters: Mark Bullen with Tamara Donnellan. The framework, administration and various phases of building contracts seen from the unique perspective of a highly experienced architect contract administrator. Click here to register.
ArchiBUSINESS- 28 March - 'Risk Management' Presenters: Ian McGilvray & Simon Gray. Taking you through a project and dealing with the aftermath of tendering, defects, disputes and final completion. Click here to register.
Core Competencies: Design, Project Management. CPD Points: 3 hours formal points upon completion of formal activity questionnaire. 6-9pm on the above dates at 3 Manning Street, Potts Point. $60 members, $90 non members.
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Thursday 24 February 2011 - REFUEL NSW - The Year Ahead: a forecast
This is the third annual presentation of this popular introduction to the coming year. How will the NSW state election affect the construction sector? What’s the credit impulse and how is it likely to impact on the Australian economy? What’s likely to happen now the Nation Building & Jobs Plan funds are winding down? Could the global financial crisis still have unforeseen consequences for Australia?
Join UWS Associate Professor Steve Keen, Australian Construction Industry Forum Executive Director Peter Barda and Housing Industry Association Chief Economist Harley Dale as they make their predictions for the economy and the construction sector in 2011.
Core Competencies: Practice Management. CPD Points: 3 hours formal points upon completion of formal activity. Tusculum, 3 Manning Street Potts Point, 9:00am - 12.30pm Thursday 24 February. Click here to register.
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NATIONAL SEMINAR SERIES1: TUESDAY 29 MARCH
ALL THE WAY WITH SECTION J addresses key design considerations for architects arising from the latest changes to the BCA’s Section J
Michael Shaw (Norman Disney and Young) will explain how architects can develop building design concepts informed by the new more stringent glazing requirements for both non-residential and residential commercial buildings. Learn ways to document your designs without adding unexpected expense in glazing or redesign at the end of the design process.
The 2 hour seminar will cover:
· passive design principles for commercial buildings
· a knowledge of the new J2 glazing rules
· the impact of glazing orientation, properties and shading on allowable glazing areas
Core Competencies: Design. CPD Points: 2 hours formal points upon completion of formal activity. Tusculum, 3 Manning Street Potts Point, 9 - 11am Tuesday 29 March. Click here to register.
This seminar is proudly supported by Viridian.
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continuum - March CPD
“Sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.” - Lewis Carroll
If you are like Alice and believe it will be impossible to have your 20 CPD points ready in the next six weeks before the April 1st registration deadline, think again: Continuum courses are valid for exactly six weeks. Continuum is the Institute’s online CPD resource which meets the needs of busy practitioners by offering flexible, interesting and informative content that you can access at a time that suits you. It’s an easy and convenient way to pick up those final points before registration so Knowledge Services has a special offer for you:
Extra 10% off 2010 extra/ordinary conference courses:
- Hear Teddy Cruz’s take on global and border neighbourhoods in Borderlands: radicalising the local
- Check out approaches to materiality, form and buildability with BURST*: the work of SYSTEMarchitects
- Listen to David Waldren’s inspirational talk on affordable housing and the Melbourne’s famous Pixel building in Common Ground: Design, Development and Society
- Find out how Alejandro Aravena thinks outside the ‘social housing box’ in Elemental design
- Look at how architecture can be porous or parasitic in Richard Goodwin’s Exploding architecture
- Get advice from Sam Jacob on how to Kill the modernist within!
- Investigate the challenges of 21st C population growth in Australia with Richard Weller’s Population vs landscape
- Create an Urban Splash with Tom Bloxham’s presentation on how to break down the boundaries between property development and architecture.
Offer ends: 31 March 2011
Click here for a full catalogue of courses.
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Open Door Productions presents ‘Managing the Client Relationship’: Negotiations Skills Program Thursday 3 March
How important are your clients to you?
Learn how to effectively manage the client-architect relationship.
Experience ‘emotionally realistic’ ‘dramatized situationals’ which track the ‘life-cycle’ of a typical client-architect relationship performed by professional role-players with industry-specific commentary provided by a senior practicing architect.
Returning due to popular demand!
Core Competencies: Practice. CPD Points: 3.5 hours formal points. Click here to download an information flyer. Click here to register online.
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Low and zero carbon buildings seminar
Showcasing green building best practice, this seminar event will feature international and Australian case studies exploring the approach, materials and technologies that collectively culminate in exemplary environmental design.
Date: Thursday, 17 March 2011
Time: 5:30pm (for a 6:00pm start) - 9:00pm
Venue: NSW Institute chapter 3 Manning St, Potts Point
Register now for this free seminar
Tim Ward, Managing Director of Chetwoods Architects in the UK, will focus on the award wining Blue Plant Chatterley Valley Project which was the UK’s first carbon positive BREEAM ‘outstanding’ (Design) rated building.
Tom Fussell, Executive Director and Chief Architect of QLD Project Services will be presenting a case study on their Dandiiri Contact Centre (DCC) at Zillmere in Brisbane’s north, which at the time of its construction in 2009, received the highest Green Star design rating ever given to an office building in Australia.
The seminar will be chaired by Toufik Refki from the Green Building Council of Australia.
We invite guests to join us for drinks and canapés after the presentation.
This seminar is proudly presented by Kingspan Insulated Panels |
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Newcastle Division News - On-Line Registrations Now Live!
A new on-line booking registration procedure has been rolled out to make the process of registering for Newcastle events easy-to-use with a simple click-through system. The following CPD event uses the new method - click through the links below to register.
Wednesday 23 February - Evening Seminar 'New Technologies in Building Products'
Presented by CMS. Travelodge, cnr King & Steel Streets, Newcastle, 6-8 pm. Cost: Non members $25; Members $15
To register click here.
Wednesday 30 March - Refuel National Seminar Series - "All The Way With Section J"
Speaker: Michael Shaw. Newcastle Travelodge Cnr King & Steel Streets, Newcastle, 6-8 pm. Cost: $50 for members
To register click here.
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