New performance evaluation guide

New publication offers practical guide to BPE

Building Performance and Evaluation

is a new CIOB guide which offers a method to identify, limit and reduce uncertainties in building performance.

Over eight chapters the book covers management tools and methodologies to support building performance and evaluation, from the design stage through to postoccupancy. It emphasises how taking a a holistic approach can test building design and building performance.

The guide outlines the various tests and methods used in evaluation, which inform clients, end-users and practitioners of possible interventions, and supports data collection and analysis so that energy use can be assessed against the energy performance expected.

The guide is written by Chris Gorse MCIOB, professor of construction engineering and management at the University of Loughborough and chair of the CIOB Sustainability Panel and Policy Forum, and Dr Kambiz Rakhshanbabanari, a research assistant at Leeds Sustainability Institute.

The guide is available to download for £40 at www.ciobacademy.org/ product/building-performance-andevaluation-guide. CIOB members receive a 20% discount.

CBC offers discounts on site-safety courses

A range of safety training is on offer from Majestic Site Management

Chartered Building Company Majestic Site Management is offering a suite of site safety courses, with discounts for CIOB members.

The company offers the following Site Safety Plus courses, which are accredited by the CITB.

● Site Managers Safety Training Scheme (SMSTS)

● Site Managers Safety

Training Scheme –Refresher (SMSTS-R)

● Site Supervision Safety Training Scheme (SSSTS)

● Site Supervision Safety Training Scheme –Refresher (SSSTS – R)

● Health and Safety Awareness (HSA)

● Temporary Works Co-ordinator Training Course (TWCTC)

● Temporary Works

Supervisor Training Course (TWSTC)

● Temporary Works

General Awareness Training Course (TWGATC) These can be delivered face-to-face at Majestic’s Huddersfield office or at a venue to suit, including active sites.

“We are able to offer these online if it helps with site constraints, and we can offers Saturdays including the SMSTS over a five-week period,” says Lee Marsden MCIOB, chartered construction manager at Majestic. The company also offers first aid training, face-toface or online, or a blend. For details or to enrol on a course, contact lee@majesticsite management.co.uk.

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