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CPDCPD 18 2025: Understanding fire stopping and liability
Sponsored by ROCKWOOL®, this CPD module explores the role of fire stopping, setting out the legal liabilities for all parties involved in the design, construction and installation process, as well as outlining best practice for design and installation of relevant products
CPDCPD 15 2025: Fire safety and the building envelope
Sponsored by ROCKWOOL®, this CPD module looks the role of the building envelope in passive fire protection – and how non-combustible insulation can enhance fire resilience
CPDCPD 12 2025: The importance and principles of insulation
Sponsored by ROCKWOOL®, this CPD module explores the key principles behind insulation performance and how specifiers can ensure that materials meet the required standards for modern construction
CPDCPD 09 2025: Roofs, regulations and fire safety
Often underestimated in design conversations, the roof is increasingly recognised as a building’s fifth facade – a space with critical functional responsibilities and regulatory implications
CPDCPD 05 2025: Enhancing thermal performance
Despite decades of innovation in building materials, energy modelling and regulations, one stubborn truth remains: too many buildings still underperform
CPDCPD 11 2024: Thermal regulation and the performance gap
Sponsored by Rockwool, this CPD module examines the regulations and considerations relating to a building’s thermal performance and the role that stone wool insulation can play in ensuring that the as-built performance of buildings is as intended
CPDCPD 03 2024: Exploring the A to Z Essential Principles
This Rockwool-sponsored CPD module examines the A to Z Essential Principles relating to passive fire safety by RISCAuthority, highlighting the importance of going above and beyond the Building Regulations to better protect buildings and their occupants
CPDCPD 01 2024: Fifth Facade: Regulations on Roofs
This latest CPD module, sponsored by Rockwool, considers the roof as a building’s fifth facade, examining its functional uses and its vital role in fire safety, and explaining the relevant regulations and what needs to be done to require to comply with them
In FocusInsulation for life: Maximising housing stock performance
Paul Barrett, head of product management at Rockwool UK, outlines how housing providers can improve their homes’ energy, fire safety and acoustic performance
In FocusHousing block uses ROCKWOOL non-combustible insulation for recladding
Dan Court is a U-shaped seven storey building containing 138 one-, two-, and three-bedroom apartments in Wembley, London.
In FocusRecladding: ROCKWOOL supports Streamlight Tower
Façade systems, and especially the cladding of high-rise buildings, have been, and continue to be, the topic of increased discussion and scrutiny in the construction industry and beyond.
CPDCPD 06 2023: Introducing BS 5422 on pipework insulation
This latest CPD module, sponsored by Rockwool, looks at the latest version of BS 5422, the British Standard for thermal insulation of pipework and equipment, exploring recommendations and key updates for 2023
In FocusA new approach to insulation
James Francis, product manager at ROCKWOOL®, explains why housebuilders need to think differently about insulation
CPDCPD 03 2023: Understanding fire stopping and liability
This CPD module, sponsored by ROCKWOOL, explores the importance of designing for effective compartmentation and the legal liability regarding the provision of fire protection
CPDCPD 13 2022: Designing acoustics for learning environments
This CPD sponsored by ROCKWOOL examines the issues around acoustic performance in schools, sets out the relevant regulations and standards, and explains some of the solutions available. Deadline for completion Friday 30 December 2022.
CPDCPD 11 2022: Rainscreen insulation and cladding retrofit
This CPD sponsored by Rockwool explains how rainscreen cladding can be a cost-effective and environmentally friendly way to upgrade a building, and the specification factors to consider. Deadline for completion Friday 28 October 2022.
CPDCPD 10 2022: Specifying roof cover boards
This CPD, sponsored by Georgia-Pacific, looks at how roof cover boards are used in flat roofs, between the outer waterproofing layer and the insulation layer.
CPDCPD 08 2021: Passive fire protection for structural steel
This CPD, sponsored by ROCKWOOL, explains the options for fire protection on steel-framed buildings as well as the relevant product standards and building regulations. DEADLINE TO COMPLETE: 14 September 2021