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July’s CPD Update: Live and in your living room

Although signs of normality are slowly starting to show again, the construction industry is still a long way off from a ‘business as usual’ approach. As a result, in the place of office-based seminars and factory tours, many architects are still looking for remote CPD to keep up to date with their requirements.

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Live and remote CPD content provides attendees with the chance to fully interact and ask questions, just like being there in person. Even when delivered remotely, RIBA approved CPD is still worth double points.

Check out the below providers that have made their CPD content available live and online, so that you gain points from the comfort of your own home.

Wireless Lighting Controls - An Introduction
by 299 Lighting

Wayfinding and Best Sign Practice
by RIVERMEADE

Meeting Compliance in Healthcare Doorset Design
by Specialist Door Solutions

Stopping the Noise from Tiled Floors Being Heard in Rooms Below
by Marmox UK Ltd

If you prefer a different format to an online seminar, several providers have also made their content available as articles or videos you can utilise in your own time. Check out a few below.

Kitchen Design: Back to Basics (article)
by Symphony Group

Specifying the Correct Floor for Dance and Performing Arts: What You Need to Know (video)
by Harlequin Floors (British Harlequin plc)

To Slide or to Fold: That is the Question
by Solarlux Systems Ltd

The demand for live and online CPD has proven very popular and is still growing, see what Phil Ward, at Lee Evans Partnership had to say after attending his first virtual RIBA CPD seminar here.

You can also view the latest RIBA CPD content for July here.

To stay up-to-date with RIBA CPD, be sure to register for the monthly newsletter, and follow @RIBA_CPD on Twitter, where we regularly post about those providers offering remote CPD, so they’re easy for you to find.