Ms  Liz Campbell
cpd@westdean.org.uk
Tel: +44 (0)1243 818219

Where we Live: Communities, Urban and Rural Design and the Planning Process - 16 July 2013, 2 to 5pm
Type: Course
This course aims to cover:

• Understanding and accommodating the setting of historic places in designing new ones
• How to establish the scope of historic setting in the context of a proposal
• How to assess and describe the historic significance of historic places within that scope
• How local and national planning policies may inform that assessment
• How to use the assessment in the design process
• How to present your assessment in terms which others will understand, consistently
• How to address and resolve differences of opinion

Professional Conservators in Practice
Type: Course
West Dean College has joined with other institutions to develop a series of short courses designed for professional conservators to refresh their skills and update their knowledge of developments in materials and techniques. Collaboration with relevant organisations and specialists has resulted in an outstanding range of expertise on each course. Teaching approaches vary according to the demands of the subject matter. Some courses are workshop-based with a high practical content while others are conference-style events.

Internal Management: Professionalism, Practice, Business and Management - 16 April 2013 9.30am to 12.30pm
Type: Seminar
This seminar aims to cover:

• Risk management relating to conservation projects
• Living with risk in conservation practice;
• How to keep out of trouble as a conservation professional;
• Managing time on complex projects;
• Looking after clients, projects and profits

External Management: Clients, Users and Delivery of Architecture - 18 June 2013, 2 to 5pm
Type: Course
The talk will focus on how the brief (ref RIBA Plan of Work /CIC) is inevitably affected by the specialist requirements of conservation work. Indeed, conservation architects have often argued in favour of a Conservation Plan of Work overlay to the RIBA Plan of Work and discussion to construct one is under way within the current RIBA Conservation Group.

Designing and Building it: Structural Design, Construction, Technology and Engineering - 16 July 2013, 9.30am to 12.30pm
Type: Course
This course aims to cover:

• An overview of historic structures from appraisal through to repair
• Understanding historic structures and the range of materials and configurations encountered
• Methods of appraisal and survey of historic structures including non-invasive techniques
• Evaluating the significance of defects and establishing if a need for repair or strengthening is really necessary
• Managing expectations of historic structures to minimise the need for intrusive works
• Balancing the expectations of clients with the needs to adopt ‘best practice’ conservation
• Deciding when compromise is needed and why intrusive works might be necessary in some instances
• The choices to be made in specifying appropriate structural repairs
• The stages would be illustrated with case studies and examples of both good and bad practice, and would aim to have some interaction with the group to encourage the logical thought process to be followed in appraising an historic structure, and interrogating the possible reasons for failure or deterioration.

Context: The Historic Environment and its Setting - 22 October 2013, 9.30am to 12.30pm
Type: Course
This course aims to cover:

• Heritage protection for practising architects
• Introduction to Heritage Protection: national and international background; philosophy and principles; key players
• Legislation and policy
• Evaluation and designation: principles and mechanisms
• Management tools
• Special challenges and opportunities in relation to twentieth century architectural heritage

Compliance: Legal, Regulatory and Statutory Framework and Processes - 16 April 2013, 2 to 5pm
Type: Course
Delegates should, upon completion of the session:

• Understand the legal history and foundations of planning permission, Listed Building (LB) Consent and Conservation Area (CA) Consent
• Appreciate the roles and interactions of the consent regimes
• Understand conservation planning processes and procedures
• Recognise the methodological approach behind the LB and CA consent regimes
• Be aware of recent and upcoming changes in heritage and conservation planning

Climate: Sustainable architecture - 17 June 2013, 2 to 5pm
Type: Course
This course aims to cover:

• The use of old materials and building techniques and impact on energy
• The most carbon-effective measures that can be applied to sustainable retrofit projects
• Some of the limitations of the planning system and potential solutions
• The areas where there is common ground between sustainability and conservation
• Some of the technical solutions to retrofitting a historic building using case studies

Building Procurement and Contracts - 17 April 2013, 9.30am to 12.30pm
Type: Course
This course aims to cover:

• Collaboration and briefing for conservation projects
• Briefing as a central point of a developing project dialogue
• The voice of the building itself in that dialogue
• Scoping collaboration: how it starts, and where it might take you to
• Processes to underpin briefing
• IT and other processes to facilitate dialogue, co-ordinate information and reduce wasted effort

Building Conservation Masterclasses
Type: Course
The Building Conservation Masterclass Programme (BCMs) provides training in technical and practical skills in the repair and maintenance of historic structures. These intensive short courses have been designed by, and are delivered by, leading practitioners in the field of building conservation. All the courses count towards your CPD requirements as indicated at the foot of page 2 and you will receive a certificate validated by English Heritage.

Bespoke Courses
Type: Course
West Dean College is able to design and tailor specific conservation short courses for organisations on request. Drawing on a wide range of expertise amongst our tutors, a comprehensive range of training can be offered.

Being Safe: Health and Safety - 18 June 2013, 9.30am to 12.30pm
Type: Course
This course aims to cover:

• Healthy design and creative safety for designers working on conservation projects
• Legal framework
• Update on health and safety statistics; health and safety legislation applicable to construction
• Compliance
• Hierarchy and interaction of legislation; compliance and conservation; conservation specific hazards
• Design risk management
• What does this mean? How do designers carry out DRM?
• DRM as a procedure – informal and formal

Access for All: Universal/Inclusive Design - 22 October 2013, 2 to 5pm
Type: Course
This course aims to cover:

• Making heritage and access work together
• The legislative perspective
• explanation of the applicable legislation and its impact on the built environment
• Who are disabled people?
• Explanation of the demographics of disabled people, with reference to particular sectors
• What is reasonableness within the context of historic buildings? – Discussion on the nuances and relevance when balancing change
• Typical conundrum – What are the main challenges which are faced when making buildings inclusive?
• Examples of practical solutions