Corus offers new RIBA approved CPD’s.

Corus Colors have recently updated their CPD portfolio. Architects and specifiers can now benefit from 4 CPD’s – Sustainability and the building envelope, Pre-finished steel for roof and wall cladding, The Importance of air-tightness in non-domestic dwellings and the Corus factory tour have all been approved by RIBA. The CPD Seminars are run by a dedicated specification team.

Sustainability and the building envelope offers an invaluable insight into the sustainable nature of steel itself, and how this can be related to the metal building envelope. It guides the specifier through the complete manufacturing process and details all the phases of the Life Cycle Anaysis of steel from "Cradle to Cradle".

Pre-finished steel for roof and wall cladding highlights the role of pre-finished steel in architecture, and explains the importance of specifying both the pre-finished steel as well as the cladding system to generate the optimum final specification.

Importance of air-tightness in non-domestic buildings demonstrates where the air-leakage paths in a steel building envelope are, and shows that when correctly specified and installed, both built-up and composite systems can help meet the requirements of ADL2A (2006). And, although U values remain the same, significant improvements in air-tightness of buildings will have to be made if the required 23.5% to 28% reduction in CO2 is to be met.

Finally the Corus factory tour CPD takes the visitor on a tour of Europe's largest pre-finished steel manufacturing facility, at Corus Colors, Shotton Works, Deeside. The guided tour encompasses all aspects of the production process, starting at the Railhead, then onto the Galvanising Lines and finishing at the Colorcoat® Lines. The finished Colorcoat® product, pre-finished steel coils of up to 20t in weight, are used by the leading UK profilers to produce high quality roof and wall cladding systems, both 'composite' and 'built up'. The tour is completed by a technical presentation, which provides additional detail about the manufacture, testing, specification and utilisation of the products. The total duration of the visit is half a day.

For more information and to register to register for your CPD seminar visit: www.colorcoat-online.com/cpdseminars