Webinars - A. Proctor Group

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This panel discussion centres on moisture control strategies for all building types, in the context of the holistic approach outlined in BS5250:2021. With a wealth of knowledge and experience from across the industry, this discussion is not to be missed.

Round Table: Moisture Management in the Building Envelope

In this webinar, Keira Proctor, Managing Director of the Proctor Group, gives an introduction to the key principles of thermal bridging in buildings.

We’ll also review some of the ways these can be assessed, quantified and mitgated across all building types.

Design and Strategies for Reducing Thermal Bridging

In this 1 hr webinar, Keira Proctor, Managing Director of the Proctor Group, gives an introduction to the principles behind passive and low energy building design.

We’ll also review some of the systems and solutions that contribute to thermally efficient building envelopes across all types of building.

Systems and Solutions for Passive & Low Energy Design

In this webinar, Keira Proctor, Managing Director of the Proctor Group, gives an introduction to vapour control layers and vapour permeable membranes. These membranes play an important role in managing the movement of moisture and air in the building envelope and help ensure predictable and robust performance.

We’ll also review the wider context around controlling air leakage and moisture movement in the UK, and the relevant standards and regulations that apply.

Membranes Explained: Air and Vapour Permeability

In this webinar, Keira Proctor, Managing Director of the Proctor Group, explores the complexities of pitched roof design, focusing on air permeability and its impact on roof performance. The session covers how heat, air, and moisture interact within roof structures, the importance of airtightness and diffusion resistance, and the latest standards and solutions for managing moisture and condensation risks in various roof types.

Practical guidance is provided on codes of practice, material choices, and innovative approaches such as air and vapour permeable membranes, with special attention to modern challenges like integrated photovoltaic panels.

Air Permeability in Pitched Roofing Systems

The webinar covers the following topics: Aerogel properties and composition, Basics of thermal performance, Common challenges in retrofit, Coordinating design strategies, Limiting thermal bridging.

Spacetherm: Aerogel in Building & Construction

In this webinar, we will explore how the core principles of Passive House design can be effectively applied to large buildings such as high-rise apartments, offices, schools, and hospitals. While implementing passive design strategies in these contexts presents unique challenges, advancements in materials, technology, and construction practices are making it increasingly feasible to integrate these principles successfully.

Passive House at Scale

With growing demand and government targets for new construction increasingly conflicting with shortages of the skilled labour necessary for delivery, moving construction offsite can offer a compelling solution.

At the Proctor Group, we have collaborated with modular and offsite companies for many years, helping to deliver high quality project of all sizes while maximising efficiency and value.

Managing Moisture in Offsite Construction

A round table discussion on best practice for the implementation of the Building Safety Act across the industry. Our panel of experts will explore a range of topics around responsibility, risk and managing collaboration to deliver best practice safety management.

Building Safety for Future Generations

This RIBA assessed 40-minute webinar gives an overview of pitched roof design considerations and regulations in the UK and Ireland, along with discussing the type of construction membranes used as pitched roof underlays and the effect their performance has on design.

Pitched Roof Design Considerations Technical Webinar

This RIBA-assessed webinar aims to provide an overview of UK and Irish building regulations relating to the compliance of construction membranes, with respect to air leakage and reaction to fire. It will cover adjacent issues of moisture control and hygrothermal assessment, and the implications of air leakage strategies on both energy efficiency and "as designed" vs "as-built" performance.

Air Leakage and Fire Performance in Facade Systems

The discussion, hosted by A. Proctor Group Managing Director Keira Proctor, will explore how we evaluate and reduce the variation between the theoretical energy performance of buildings, and what is achieved on site.

Round Table: Design > Build > Test: Closing the Performance Gap

Wraptite is the only self-adhering vapour-permeable air barrier certified by the BBA and combines the critical properties of vapour permeability and airtightness in one self-adhering membrane. This approach saves on both the labour and material costs associated with achieving the energy efficiency demands in buildings.

Airtightness for Thin Internal Wall Insulation Systems

This RIBA-assessed CPD webinar provides an overview of the factors to consider in refurbishment and conservation projects, including the basics of building physics as related to hygrothermal design. It also provides an overview of the standards, regulations and frameworks involved in designing for retrofit and conservation.

Building Refurbishment, Systems for Retrofit & Conservation

This RIBA-assessed webinar aims to provide an overview of UK and Irish building regulations relating to the compliance of construction membranes, with respect to air leakage and reaction to fire. It will cover adjacent issues of moisture control and hygrothermal assessment, and the implications of air leakage strategies on both energy efficiency and "as designed" vs "as-built" performance.

Air Leakage and Fire Performance in Facade Systems

Welcome to our 30-minute webinar, "Webinar: Spacetherm Toolbox Talk". An overview of the practical application of the Spacetherm range of high performance aerogel insulation systems, their performance benefits, and best practice for site installations. The webinar is followed by a Live Zoom Q&A session with our panel of technical experts.

Webinar: Spacetherm Toolbox Talk

The discussion will explore the future of Passivhaus and other low energy design strategies as part of the journey towards Net-Zero and beyond.

Round Table: Assuring A Low Carbon Future

For this webinar we're joined by very special guests Robertson Construction, to discuss their strategy for project delivery of passive standard School buildings.

Peter McConnachie, Passivhaus Manager and Nicola Jackson, Net-Zero Project Lead, will talk us through their approach to Passivhaus delivery, climate positive construction and how their offsite timber frame manufacturing can help facilitate the transition to net-zero.

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Peter and Nicola will then join our team of in-house technical experts to discuss these topics further in our regular Q&A session.

Products In Practice: Wraptite In Passive Schools

With rising energy costs and net-zero targets driving requirements to reduce building energy use, building operators are increasingly looking to Passivhaus standards. As well as reducing overall energy use, these high-performance, high-quality building envelopes can deliver the indoor air quality required to ensure healthy spaces to live, work and study.

Wraptite: Focus On Specification

With making progress towards net-zero increasing in importance, ensuring existing buildings are upgraded in line with best practice is critical. Achieving the necessary uplift to energy efficiency without compromising the building`s utility or causing moisture problems poses a number of varied challenges. This webinar discusses the role construction membranes have to play in ensuring the balance of heat, air and moisture control is optimised.

Specialist Airtight Membranes for Retrofit

Welcome to our webinar, "Panel Discussion: Retrofit for the Future". This event is hosted by Keira Proctor and features special guests Stephen Hodgson, Jeff Colley, Christina Gaiger, Jon Stinson alongside our Technical Director, Iain Fairnington.

Panel Discussion: Retrofit for the Future

Designed by Space & Place Architects alongside Passive House designers Gale & Snowden and delivered on-site by main contractor Keir, St Sidwell's Point is the world’s first Passivhaus-certified multi-zoned leisure centre.

This award winning 6700 square metre, 44 million pound project is a state of the art showcase for forward thinking sustainability focused design, and uses our Wraptite vapour permeable air barrier as part of the highly efficient external wall construction.

Products in Practice: Wraptite at St Sidwells Point

This RIBA-assessed webinar gives an overview of the factors to consider when specifying construction membranes, particularly in projects utilising "Modern Method of Construction" such as advanced timber frame and panelised (CLT or SIP) construction types. It also introduces the adjacent building physics that are influenced by membrane specification and design choices.

The Physics and Applications of Construction Membranes

Welcome to our webinar, "Design Solutions: Waterproofing & Gas Protection". Combined waterproofing with ground gas protection has been a hot topic of conversation for the last few years. Has the update to British Standard 8102:2022 better aligned the waterproofing standard with gas protection best practice? And has it removed the confusion that can occur when trying to keep both water and ground gases out of a building?

Design Solutions: Waterproofing & Gas Protection

Welcome to our RIBA assessed webinar, "Passive House & Low Energy Housing Design". This webinar gives an overview of the Passive House design principles, the benefits they provide in terms of energy performance, and the means by which these benefits are achieved. It also introduces some common fabric first systems and solutions to simplify the process of optimising low energy design using the passive principles.

RIBA - Passive House & Low Energy Housing Design

Welcome to our webinar "Understanding Membranes in Ventilated Rainscreen Facades". This webinar introduces and discusses the content of Guidance Document GD40, released this year by the Metal Cladding and Roofing Manufacturers Association.

Understanding Membranes in Ventilated Rainscreen Facades

Welcome to our webinar, "Wraptite, Charleston Farm, Errol". In this webinar Architect Frances Strachan-Friar presents an overview of her self build project from planning to construction, and details the fully "hands on" approach taken to the build.

Products In Practice: Wraptite, Charleston Farm, Errol

Welcome to our RIBA-assessed CPD webinar "Building Refurbishment, Systems for Retrofit & Conservation". The first of our RIBA-assessed CPD webinars provides an overview of the factors to consider in refurbishment and conservation projects, including the basics of building physics as related to hygrothermal design.

Building Refurbishment, Systems for Retrofit & Conservation

Welcome to our webinar, "The Future Benefits of Offsite Construction". Hosted by Keira Proctor, the panel will feature leading figures from the modular construction industry in the UK.

Panel Discussion: The Future Benefits of Offsite Construction

Welcome to our 30-minute webinar, "Webinar: Spacetherm Toolbox Talk". An overview of the practical application of the Spacetherm range of high performance aerogel insulation systems, their performance benefits, and best practice for site installations. The webinar is followed by a Live Zoom Q&A session with our panel of technical experts.

Webinar: Spacetherm Toolbox Talk

Welcome to our 30-minute webinar, "Protecting Buildings On Radon Affected Land". Radon is a topic that's becoming more important across the industry, having long been regarded as something that only affected projects in specific geographical areas.

Protecting Buildings On Radon Affected Land

Welcome to our 30-minute webinar, "Enerphit: Fabric First in Retrofit construction". The webinar is followed by a Live Zoom Q&A session hosted by our Managing Director Keira Proctor and our team of technical experts, and our special guest Caitriona Jordan.

Enerphit: Fabric First in Retrofit Construction

Welcome to our 30-minute webinar, "Wraptite In Low Energy Housing". The webinar is followed by a Live Zoom Q&A session hosted by our managing director Keira Proctor and our team of technical experts, joined by special guest and project architect David McFarlane of Allan Corfield Architects.

Wraptite In Low Energy Housing

Welcome to our 30-minute webinar, "Fire Performance of Construction Membranes". This webinar is followed by a Live Zoom Q&A session hosted by our Managing Director Keira Proctor, alongside our team of technical experts.

Fire Performance of Construction Membranes

Welcome to our 30-minute webinar, "Panel Discussion: The Future of Construction in the UK". This event features special guests Sean Smith, S. Scaysbrook, Lucy Black, Oliver Novakoviv.

Panel Discussion: Future of Construction in the UK

Welcome to our 30-minute webinar, "Managing Moisture: BS5250:2021". This event features a special guest presentation from Chris Sanders of Glenfeulan Consulting, former chairman of the BSI BS5250 committee.

Managing Moisture: BS5250:2021

Welcome to our 30-minute webinar, "Smart Retrofit: Data Driven Design". This event features a guest presentation from Stewart Little, CEO of IRT Surveys.

Smart Retrofit: Data Driven Design

Welcome to our webinar, "Building Net-Zero Communities". This event features a guest presentation from David Somervell, secretary of community led organisation CHOISS - Cohousing In Southern Scotland, and advisor on sustainable architecture.

Building Net-Zero Communities

This webinar covers discussion of Leeds sustainability institute thin insulation study, characteristics of thin internal insulation systems, performance of aerogel wall liner, review of on-site survey data, whole house energy performance, hygrothermal performance, modelled vs measured.

Solid Wall Insulation: Thin Solutions for Retrofit

This webinar, "Detailing: Buildings, Weather and the Seasons", from special guest Professor Stephen J Scaysbrook, visiting professor of Architectural Technology at Birmingham City University's School of Engineering, Computing and the Built Environment, covers the effects of weather on building design, as well the fundamental physics behind the weather and the seasons.

Detailing: Buildings, Weather and the Seasons

Welcome to our webinar, Protecting Buildings On Radon Affected Land. The webinar is followed by a Live Zoom Q A session with special guest Michael Hancock, Director of Glencoe Radon Gas Centre, and members of our Sales and Technical team.

Protecting Buildings On Radon Affected Land

Welcome to our webinar, Net Zero Carbon: Building Fabric and Technology. This webinar is followed by a Live Zoom Q&A session, hosted by our Managing Director, Keira Proctor with Rosanna Lawn and our team of Technical experts. This webinar will cover Net Zero Carbon Strategies, Building Fabric Beyond Passive, Smart Homes and Smart Grids, Design & Technology Collaboration and Advanced Offsite Construction.

Net Zero Carbon - Building Fabric & Technology

Welcome to our webinar, Spinning the Golden Thread: Data Management and Data Quality. Featuring a special guest presentation from Deeo CEO Mark Williams and Twinnedit Media Master Jodie Davies, this webinar will cover the use of the Twinnedit platform to collate, manage and distribute complex building datasets. This will be followed by an overview of the upcoming construction product information code consultation from Proctor Group Managing Director Keira Proctor.

Spinning the Golden Thread - Data Management and Data Quality

An overview of building physics, the types and differing compositions of construction membranes, and guidance, legislation, testing & certification.

RIBA - The Physics and Applications of Construction Membranes

This webinar covers passive and low energy design principles, efficient construction technologies, moisture management and indoor air quality, and fabric first energy performance.

Passive House & Low Energy Housing Design

Covering the future of housing and construction, looking at some of the concepts and technologies that will shape these developments. Featuring special guest Professor Sean Smith, Director of the Centre for Future Infrastructure.

Future Homes - Concepts & Technologies

The refurbishment and upgrade of existing buildings can be challenging. Here we look at factors that must be considered prior to commencing work, and the systems and solutions that are most suitable for different situations.

Building Refurbishment - Systems for Retrofit & Conservation

This webinar covers the sources of noise problems in buildings, and discusses the basic mechanisms of sound transfer and how these can be best addressed. This webinar includes a live Q&A session with our special guest, Professor Sean Smith, Director of Sustainable Construction at Napier University and a Fellow of the Institute of Acoustics.

Airborne & Impact Sound Solutions for Floors

This webinar covers designing facade systems that limit air leakage and meet fire protection requirements, including a look at the relevant sections of the building regulations across UK & Ireland.

Fire Performance & Air Leakage in Facade Systems

This webinar covers Spacetherm aerogel applications and product solutions, and analyses some differences seen between insulation types when a Hygrothermal Assessment Methodology such as WUFI is applied.

Aerogels in Building Refurbishment