Designing for Durability

This course delves into timber durability by explaining concepts, listing limitations for timber, concrete, and steel, exploring performance variations in timber, and defining risk factors for timber durability in construction.
– WoodSolutions

Engineered Timber Buildings – The Architect’s Perspective

This course covers identifying engineered timber products in Australia, selecting the right one for specific purposes, addressing structural and safety considerations, and understanding the architect’s role in prefab construction.
– WoodSolutions

Wet Area Waterproofing

This CPD will explain the importance of structural design considerations and potential risks of wet area waterproofing in design and construction. You will learn how to identify the correct wet area waterproofing design response through appropriate material selection and specification.
– Dulux / Fosroc

Joint Sealant Design

In this CPD you will learn about the importance of structural design considerations, appropriate material selection, specification considerations, application requirements and potential risks, for joint sealant design in planning, development and construction.
– Dulux / Fosroc

External Above Ground Waterproofing

This CPD will explain how to identify the correct external above ground waterproofing design response to meet a project brief by understanding the requirements of the NCC, appropriate material selection, structural design considerations and potential risks.
– Dulux / Fosroc

Ventilated Facades and Fibre Cement Materials

Gain a deeper understanding into the history and application of fibre cement facade materials with EQUITONE’s CPD presentation. This course delves into the history of fibre cement and uncovers the latest innovations in ventilated facade systems. We outline the different textures, colours and expressive surfaces and also look at the numerous approaches to internal and external design applications through a presentation of completed projects in Australia.
– Equitone

Building Acoustic Fundamentals: Sound Absorption

Learn how to investigate, evaluate and specify light weight acoustic ceilings systems based upon an understanding of technical performance and the requirements of building standards.
– Knauf

Le Corbusier’s ‘Polychromie Architecturale’

Describes Le Corbusier’s approach to ‘Polychromie Architecturale’, in which designs are conceived in colour from the beginning, as an integral part of the architecture.
– Taubmans

External Wall and Coating Systems Non-Combustibility Compliance

As part of this CPD, you will be able to access external wall coating system design solutions against project brief and National Construction Code (NCC) requirements.

Intumescent Coatings for Steel

As part of this CPD, you will be able to assess project budget and timeframe against project requirements and objectives, relevant legislation, statutory planning requirements, building codes and standards.
– Dulux