buildings

UK & Ireland Residential Retrofit - 5 Part Series

7.5 Hours Formal CPD

Online

From £249 + VAT

Course information

September / October 2024 Schedule

  1. 11/09/2024 | 09:30 - 11:00 (BST)
  2. 18/09/2024 | 09:30 - 11:00 (BST)
  3. 25/09/2024 | 09:30 - 11:00 (BST)
  4. 02/10/2024 | 09:30 - 11:00 (BST)
  5. 09/10/2024 | 09:30 - 11:00 (BST)

The Retrofit Standard was created in response to a growing demand for retrofit services in the UK. It ensures that consumers carrying out retrofit upgrades to a residential property receive advice from skilled, regulated professionals, and protects the public interest by upholding high standards in a growing market. The retrofit standard will be effective 31st October 2024.

Join our comprehensive course designed to equip professionals with the essential skills and knowledge to excel in retrofit projects. Our five web classes offer a deep dive into critical aspects, ensuring you're poised for success at every stage.

The sessions will cover essential aspects of retrofit projects, including effective coordination, expert advice provision, detailed assessment and data interpretation, retrofit design installation and project handover, and performance review and project evaluation. These sessions will provide practical insights and strategies to optimize retrofit project success.

The five web classes are:

  • Project management
  • Property inspection
  • Design and specification
  • Contract administration 
  • Project evaluation

Enhance your professional toolkit and elevate your expertise in retrofit projects. Enrol now to gain practical insights and strategies that will propel your career forward.

Learning outcomes

Grasp the extent of the RICS Retrofit Standard

Explore the stages of a retrofit project from conception, planning and implementation

Explain the basic principles of retrofit and retrofit coordination

Describe the main features of the retrofit service with regard to retrofit inspection

Evaluate a dwelling for condition/occupancy

Identify data from online/desktop sources to input to the retrofit inspection

Determine the optimum choice of retrofit measures and other work

Create robust designs and specifications

Comprehend how to work to appropriate standards and guidance

Determine installation issues to be considered at the design stage

Understand why quality compliance is so important

Evaluate optimum methods to monitor design and specification compliance

Determine the range of testing and monitoring methods

Comprehend how to deal with and manage corrective action

Demonstrate effective completion and handover

Explain the main consequences of poor-quality retrofit

List the main components of energy pathology

Outline the BS40101 principles to inform the post retrofit assessment

Explain the requirements and skills to carry out this work

RICS Member

GBP £249 + VAT

Non-RICS Member

GBP £336.50 + VAT

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+ VAT