09:00–10:30 Russell Smith/ Peter Rickaby Retrofit Coordinator: the new professional role for architects in retrofit
Koko Udom/Stephen Hamil The new RIBA Building Contracts – 5 reasons why small practitioners need to be using them
Dr Peter Rickaby (Rickaby Thompson Associates Ltd.) will introduce the role of Retrofit Coordinator, one of three new roles developed at the Centre of Refurbishment Excellence (CoRE), and the business opportunities for architects. Russell Smith (Parity Projects, RetrofitWorks Ltd.) will then outline a new business model to allow all retrofit projects rigorous design and installation oversight. He will demonstrate how it can achieve successful collaboration to achieve retrofit at scale.
There has long been a need for building contracts that are simple and clear to both the client and the contractor which the RIBA has addressed through new contracts for domestic and concise building projects. Be one of the first to see the new contracts and benefit from a demonstration of the online tool in this session from lead author Koko Udom and Dr Stephen Hamil, director at NBS.
Climate: sustainable architecture
Jarvis Hall, Lower ground floor
Cany Ash Architectural practice or architectural business or both External management
A race through corporate structure options, compatibilities of personalities, a plan of work to shift a practice, practices in graphical form and business planning horizons. The speaker will arrive with experience, research and pragmatic enthusiasm. The delegates will leave entertained, wiser and worried.
Procurement and contracts
Stirling Room, 4th floor
Nicola Mathers The beginner’s guide to inclusive design Access for all
Learn about the essentials of inclusive design from Nicola Mathers and have a go at using the latest interactive resource from the Design Council showcasing latest policy, guidance and best practice. Lasdun Room, 5th floor
Tim Bailey Tomorrow’s World: Future thinking today Designing and building it
Architects work in the future, they want to know about and fashion the future, they draw, advise on and contemplate the future. Do they have the time or the inclination to consider their own future? Through provocation and discussion the session will set out a maximum of three steps for small practitioners to address tomorrow’s world. Hawksmoor Room, 6th floor
Ian Greenaway Flexible working – a threat or a way of creating a more agile business? Compliance
The opportunity for all employees to request flexible working came in recently. Is this a step too far by Government and a threat to business efficiency or are there ways in which you can use flexible working arrangements to make your business more agile and responsive? This session from Ian Greenaway looks at the importance for small practices. Wren Room, 6th floor
Lutyens Room, 2nd floor
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