The following CPD Providers Network material is available from Aggregate Industries UK Ltd:
Achieving Sustainable Construction
(Seminar)
This seminar will look at:
- What is sustainable development
- What is BREEAM
- BREEAM markets of construction
- BREEAM buildings
- BREEAM issue categories
- Weightings
- Life cycle assessment
- Green Guild methodology
- What is an environmental profile
- BREEAM materials specification
- Eco points
- BREEAM scoring
- Code for sustainable homes
- Responsible sourcing of materials
- Exemplar project 2012 Olympics
- Exemplar supply chain
- Aggregate industries achievements
Aggregate concrete masonry products
(Seminar)
- Design of masonry construction to meet BREEAM and C4SH criteria
- Relevant product standards
- Range of available products and associated applications
- Including movement control in design
Sustainable Drainage Systems (SUDS)
(Seminar)
This seminar will provide the audience with a basic understanding of sustainable drainage systems including design issues, products available and sources of further information.
Using Concrete as Sustainable Material in Design
(Seminar)
- The basic concrete constituents and latest updates on mix designs
- Aggregate Industries mixer desk software for carbon output explained
- The special sustainable requirements for the Olympic park mix design
- Project examples including The Shard project London
- The environmental impact of buildings and climate change
- Current building legislation and BES 6001 responsible sourcing
- The code for sustainable homes, BREEAM and Green guide ratings
- Linear thermal bridging and thermal mass
- Insulating concrete formwork (ICF) structural walling systems
- Precast concrete
- Passivhaus Construction
- SUDS – a brief explanation together with hard landscape options
Further information on some of the training offered by Aggregate Industries UK Ltd
and the locations served is available:
Contact information
Katie Glover +44 (0)1530 510066
katie.glover@aggregate.com