19 APR Home Base Function Room 55 Salvado Rd, Subiaco 5:00 PM Registrations Closing Soon! BYDA Damage Prevention Training & NATSPEC with Richard Choy This awareness session is to promote safety and safe practices around underground (and overhead) assets, crucial to every building designer and architect's business! Join us for training and Q&A on the FREE Before You Dig Australia platform as well as: How and why damage occurs; What can you do to stay safe and avoid damages; The importance of safe excavation; Safe work practices; Legislative and Duty of Care requirements. SPECIAL GUEST SPEAKER: RICHARD CHOY Richard Choy is well known to the Australian AEC industry. He is currently the CEO of NATSPEC, a not-for-profit organisation with the objective of improving construction quality. NATSPEC maintains the national building specification (NATSPEC), the national BIM documents (NATSPEC BIM), the national construction product register (NCPR), and the local government specifications for infrastructure (AUS-SPEC). Enjoy refreshments and networking after the session |
True Zero Carbon Project Presentation - Elizabeth Wheeler With the entries for the 2023 True Zero Carbon Challenge looming in June, we are please to begin releasing training and CPD materials to provide orientation and insight to the Challenge event and what a winning entry might look like. Join us to hear Elizabeth Wheeler, a 2022 TZCC winner present her award winning design 'Omnia House' and discuss what it takes to reach carbon neutrality. |
5 MAY The Westin Hotel, 9:30 AM What do the NCC changes mean for your business? Join a panel of your go-to colleagues in an open forum event focused on the upcoming changes to the NCC and what this means for your business. This session is an opportunity to drill down into the technical detail of what to expect, how this affects the way you design and solutions for a smooth transition well before mandatory adoption. Energy Assessors will get an “action plan” to implement to prepare for the energy efficiency aspects and the forum will be designed for everyone to participate. Helping problem solve with you are Karl Russell, Richard Scott, David Lenkic and Keira Nicholson. |
TPA Upskill Now Masterclass Correctly Interpret and model building elements. Upskill Now focusses on teaching participants the fundamental skills of reading and understanding what to look for on an architectural drawing set to then perform an energy assessment of that property. |
Building Practitioner Pre-Registration Course for VBA Presented by Geoff Hoare, a Past President and Life Member of Design Matters National. Geoff served on the Building Practitioners Board for 11 years and today assists the VBA and has conducted more than 1,200 draftsperson registration assessments. This workshop is aimed at building designers who plan to seek registration with the Victorian Building Authority either now or in the near future and covers a broad range of relevant areas critical to registration. |
Turkey Study Tour 2023 ARCHITECTURAL TOUR OF TURKEY 2023 INCLUDING OLD & MODERN STRUCTERS & SUSTAINABLE PROJECTS |