CPD - Continuing Professional Development

• Establishing the status of perimeter and boundary walls
• Ensuring that the correct Notices are served under the Party Wall Act
• Dealing with difficulties in respect of access for redevelopment
• Relevant and recent case law in relation to party wall matters
• How to deal with damage, making good and financial payments in lieu

Of interest to: Building Surveyors, Quantity Surveyors, General Practice Surveyors, Facilities Managers, Designers, Architects, Property Managers, Property Owners, Investors and Developers, Property Solicitors and Professional Advisers

Speaker: Graham North MRICS MCIArb. Graham North is a Chartered Building Surveyor, Past Chairman of the Boundaries & Party Wall Practice Panel at the RICS and a Director of Anstey Horne & Co. He has updated and edited Anstey’s Party Walls and The Party Wall Surveyors Manual both published by RICS Books, is involved in the redrafting of the RICS’S Guidance Note on the subject and edited the excellent book “The Party Wall Act Explained ” published by The Pyramus & Thisbe Club.

This third lecture in the Development Appraisal series looks at more sophisticated techniques, refinement and accuracy. The lecture will consider:

• The use of sensitivity analysis
• The use of cash flow techniques
• The importance of IRR as a measure of profitability
• Refinement and the interpretation of appraisal results
• Tracking development in the course of construction

In addition the lectue will also review some of the available property development software.

The first two lectures in the series are on the 13th and 21st of October, the last is on the 15th November.

Of interest to: APC candidates, Agents, Advisers, Investors, Developers, Lawyers, Bankers and anyone involved in property development

Speaker: Simon Wainwright BSc (Hons) FRICS. Simon established his own practice with John Peiser in 1993. J Peiser Wainwright provides a range of services and specialises in Property Investment, Development and Management

• The frequency, duration and magnitude of past economic cycles and their effect on property markets
• Economic outlook over the next five years
• Development activity and new property supply
• Occupier demand, supply and future rental value growth
• Investor demand, interest rates, inflation, investment yields and capital value growth forecasts

Of interest to: Investment Surveyors, General Practice Surveyors, Valuers, Investors, Portfolio Managers, Developers, Property Companies, Banks, Property Solicitors and Professional Advisers

Speaker: Stuart Morley MA BSc FRICS DipTP. Director & Head of Research, GVA Grimley.  Stuart undertakes consultancy research work in valuation, investment, development and planning areas. He has extensive experience in undertaking demand feasibility studies, forecasting future performance and assessing, quantitively, the effect of schemes on their surrounding areas. Stuart has set up a team within the Research Department specialising in sustainability issues.

• Misrepresentation: The basics. What is it? What happens if a misrepresentation has been made?
• A word on legal remedies What can a claimant do if there has been a misrepresentation? Damages or rescission?
• “Chocolate factories, car parks, the Spice Girls and dodgy neighbours” – a review of notable recent cases in the field of misrepresentation (with some emphasis on property related cases)
• Conclusions and lessons to be learned

Of interest to: General Practice Surveyors, Property Managers, Owners and Occupiers, Property Agents, Property Solicitors and Professional Advisers

Speaker: Nick Wood LLB (Hons) is a Senior Associate in the Real Estate Dispute Resolution team at law firm Nabarro LLP. Nicholas specialises in property related litigation including landlord and tenant claims, breach of contract matters, disputes arising in the context of redevelopment agreements and all property related disputes.

This lecture builds on the first lecture in the series (see 13th October) and looks in detail at the component inputs and detailed calculations in an appraisal. It considers:

• The calculation of the assumed value for the completed development
• The detailed breakdown and build up of development costs
• The profit margin and other outputs
• Timing and the impact of the programme on the ouputs
• The interpretation of the results
• Dealing with inflation and growth

The lecture will examine a number of worked case studies that focus on different scenarios.

The third lecture in the series will be on the 27th October, the fourth is on the 15th November.

Of interest to: APC candidates, Agents, Advisers, Investors, Developers, Lawyers, Bankers and anyone involved in property development

Speaker: Simon Wainwright BSc (Hons) FRICS. Simon established his own practice with John Peiser in 1993. J Peiser Wainwright provides a range of services and specialises in Property Investment, Development and Management.

• Funding developments is the way to lose money when the market turns down
• Are the banks exposed?
• What can go wrong?
• What are the risks?
• Can you reduce the risks?
• Completed and let value is not the same as completed and unlet

Of interest to: General Practice Surveyors, Investment and Development Surveyors, Valuers, Architects, Cost Consultants, Investors, Developers, Property Companies, Banks, Property Solicitors and Professional Advisers

Speaker: Michael Lister BSc MRICS. Mike was Head of Property for the Bank of Ireland, and led the property training section of Clydesdale Bank. He currently teaches at the University of Westminster on property development and how it works together with how banking impacts upon property and how property impacts upon banking. He also teaches the law and practice of the property markets in countries in Continental Europe.

• Understanding that what makes your team tick and what ticks them off - is YOU!
• How to foster relationships with your team by talking to them and understanding their
• goals
• Motivational techniques to inspire employees and teams
• Defining objectives and outlining a clear path to achieve them
• Managing conflicts, time and resources
• Creating processes for problem solving

Of interest to: All professionals who supervise (or who will supervise) people, or who delegate to others

Speaker: Barbara McLaughlin. Barbara is a director of Training for Greatness Ltd - the company use a combination of HR and Psychology skills to design and deliver a range of solutions to communication challenges. They deliver training in seminars or in one to one sessions and work on developing scientific based behavioural change programmes which are tailored to their client’s needs.

• How are sounds described?
• How is sound insulation described?
• What physical characteristics contribute to sound insulation?
• Acoustic design of dwellings

Of interest to: All involved in the design, maintenance and management of buildings.

Speaker: John Miller BA MSc CEng FIOA. Partner, Bickerdike Allen Partners. John has an honours degree in Architecture (BA) from the University of Sheffield and a Masters Degree in Acoustics (MSc) from South Bank Polytechnic, London. He is a Chartered Engineer and a Fellow of the Institute of Acoustics. He is a former Chairman of the Institute of Acoustics Publications Committee and a former Secretary of the London Branch of the Institute of Acoustics.

This lecture will focus on the challenges behind branding and marketing complex mixed use developments using Liverpool One (the £1bn retail-led redevelopment of Liverpool City centre) as a case study.  It will address issues dealing with:

• Stakeholder communication
• Research - such as demographic and consumer attitudinal and behavioural issues
• Marketing plans and budgeting
• Brand development
• The importance of recognising and integrating the wider city offer
• How marketing campaigns were used to build awareness and change perceptions of place

This lecture will use a variety of material to illustrate the learning points from Liverpool One.

Of interest to: General Practice Surveyors, Building Surveyors, Valuers, Facilities Managers, Property Agents, Property Investors, Owners and Occupiers, Managing Agents, Property Advisers, Architects and Developers

Speaker: Ayo Daramola-Martin BSc (Hons) MBA FCIM. Managing Director, Admotus Marketing. Ayo is a professional marketer with over 20 years’ experience, operating at senior level within Blue Chip companies (including Grosvenor, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Lloyds Register and Shell Chemicals) in manufacturing, industrial services, professional services and the property development and investment sectors.

This lecture is the first in a series of four - Part 2 is on the 21st October, Part 3 on the 27th October and the last is on the 15th November. This lecture looks at how to value property which is suitable for development or refurbishment. In particular it examines:

• The difference between a development appraisal, residual valuation, feasibility study, viability study and a comparable valuation
• The different between land speculation and property development
• Risk management and the necessity for profit
• The various purposes for which such studies are undertaken for whom and by whom
• What is considered good practice?  What guidance is available?
• What data you require before you start such an exercise and who should provide it?
• The volatility and interpretation of the results

Of interest to: APC candidates, Agents, Advisers, Investors, Developers, Lawyers, Bankers and anyone involved in property development

Speaker: Simon Wainwright BSc (Hons) FRICS. Simon established his own practice with John Peiser in 1993. J Peiser Wainwright provides a range of services and specialises in Property Investment, Development and Management.

This course is designed for those people who make occasional use of a spreadsheet package and who wish to take advantage of some of the many facilities which live in this industry-standard package.  By the end of this short session you should be able to -

• Undertake simple calculations
• Sort a simple list
• Copy figures and formulae
• Create and carry forward totals
• Manipulate ‘what if?’ statements
• Calculate balances
• Freeze areas of the screen
• Produce simple charts and graphs
• Create a set of home accounts for yourself
• Save your work and take it home - if you bring a data stick - or you can email it to yourself

Of interest to: Everyone who needs to improve their skills in using spreadsheets

Speaker: Sue Boucher BA. Sue currently works as a Visiting Lecturer at Westminster University. Previously work an IT Consultant specialising in Relational Databases. Specialist areas are membership databases (trade association, political party), and insurance systems (premium charging and claims).

Refunds cannot be made but delegates may be substituted, or moved to another computer workshop in the 2010/11 CPD Foundation programme whenever possible.

VAT receipts and joining information will be provided.

This lecture will consider the following largely in relation to existing building stock:

• Carbon reduction targets
• Policies beyond the Carbon Reduction Commitment Energy Efficiency Scheme, including:
  
  
  • Potential roll out of Display Energy Certificates;
  • Feed-in-tarrifs and,
  • Upgrading the existing stock;
  • A Green Investment Bank


• Implications for commercial property investors and occupiers
• Opportunities for commercial property markets

Of interest to: General Practice Surveyors, Building Surveyors, Valuers, Facilities Managers, Property Agents, Property Investors, Owners and Occupiers, Managing Agents, Property Solicitors, Professional Advisers

Speaker: Louise Ellison BSc MPhil MRICS. Louise joined Investment Property Forum as Research Director in March 2007. She is a Chartered Surveyor with many years experience of property research and has worked on both government and industry funded projects, looking in particular at the relationship between sustainability and property investment worth. In her current role she is responsible for the IPF Research Programme, a £1m+ programme focused on property investment research.

• Market Overview
• Commercial Property Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
• Residential Property KPIs
• Economic Summary
• Predictions, Risks & Next Steps

Of interest to: Everyone interested in what to do next.... including Valuers, Surveyors, Developers, Property Agents, Facilities Managers, Property Solicitors and other advisers

Speaker: Barry Gilbertson PPRICS ACIArb FAPFCR MInstD CRE FRSA FICPD HonANEVAR HonSAIQS HonNARA. Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers. Aged 57, Barry has been with PricewaterhouseCoopers since 1992, having previously been managing director of a property investment and development company. Acknowledged as an expert in property insolvency, a leading fixed charge receiver, and specializing in strategic solutions for real estate within a business context.

• Preparing your presentation/speech
• Using your voice - diction, expression, speed, volume
• Using equipment - microphones, PowerPoint
• Presentations with several people presenting
• Notes
• Dealing with interruptions

Of interest to: Anyone who needs, wants or has to speak in public

Speaker: Peter Morgan FRICS MCIArb. Peter Morgan is the managing director of Morgans Chartered Surveyors, a practice which specialises in all forms of retail and leisure property and a consultant with Ashwell Rogers Chartered Surveyors, a practice which specializes in retail warehousing as well as West End offices.

• Degree of market ‘take-up’ of the Code; alternative rent review structures and upward/downward rent review; the Code’s ‘default’ repairing obligation
• Break Clauses; does the Code position on ‘conditionality’ leave the Landlord unreasonably exposed?
• Reinstatement of tenant’s alterations; is the Code position clear and is the timetable workable?
• Alienation, user and alterations; is the Code position too ‘liberal’ such that investment values are vulnerable?
• Particular issues; are insurance commissions required to be disclosed?  Are ‘uninsured’ risks properly defined and dealt with? How to draft a tenant’s right to determine on damage by insured/uninsured risk

Of interest to: General Practice Surveyors, Valuers, Property Agents, Property Investors, Owners and Occupiers, Managing Agents, Property Solicitors and Professional Advisers

Speaker: Keith Hutcheson MA (Cantab) Solicitor is a consultant with law firm Nabarro LLP.  He has eight years experience as a solicitor acting for property investors, managers, developers and was for 20 years in partnership at Nabarro where he is  now a consultant.  Keith has also worked at the University of Westminster as a lecturer on all aspects of property law for the last 15 years

This course is being run by Kingston University and is specifically aimed at members who are preparing for the RICS Assessment of Professional Competence.

CPD Foundation Passport Holders in this category can obtain a discount of £10 off the regular fee of £75. To obtain the discount you must include the CPD Foundation Username you use to access our website.

Applications to attend can only be made to Kingston University - not the CPD Foundation.

The Course will be held at Friends House, 173 Euston Road, London NW1 2BJ.

The pitfalls in making and dealing with applications for consent to assign, change use and to alter.

Useful to those representing landlords or tenants, covering practical tips on how to make and deal with applications for consent:

• Recap of the strict statutory obligations of landlords to deal with applications for consent to alienate within a reasonable period of time
• A warning about the implications if the statutory duty is breached
• Implications of the decision in Good Harvest Partnership LLP v Centaur Services Limited (2010), in particular the ability of a landlord to ask for  repeat guarantors 
• The possibility of claims from repeat guarantors for reimbursement of sums paid under the mistaken belief that a guarantee was valid, pre-Good Harvest 
• Reminder of where a landlord has to act reasonably in applications for consent to alter or change use, and where it might be reasonable to refuse consent

Of interest to: General Practice Surveyors, Managing Agents, Property Investors, Landlords and Tenants, Property Solicitors and Professional Advisers

Speaker: Nick Lloyd LLB(Hons) Nick Lloyd is a partner in Nabarro’s Real Estate Dispute Resolution Team. Chambers and Partners ranks him as “up and coming” in the property litigation field and describe him as a “a good operator who never misses a detail.”

From Zero to Hero - a guide to improving your own leadership style and self confidence with a look back in history at how historical figures became heroes. Based on the story The Hero’s Way, used in international business schools:

• An overview of various leadership styles including Authoritarian leaders, Participative leaders & Delegative leaders
• The emergence of two new styles - transactional leaders and transformational leaders
• Understanding the forces that influence the styles different leaders choose for themselves, and the forces that influence their styles
• The key skills need to develop your own leadership performance - knowing yourself, communicating your vision clearly and with passion,  and allowing your hard work and competence to build the trust of others

Of Interest to: All professionals who supervise (or who will supervise) people, or who delegate to others

Speaker: Barbara McLaughlin, Director, Training for Greatness Ltd. Barbara is a director of Training for Greatness Ltd - the company use a combination of HR and Psychology skills to design and deliver a range of solutions to communication challenges. They deliver training in seminars or in one to one sessions and work on developing scientific based behavioural change programmes which are tailored to their client’s needs.

• The various factors that impinge on the decision to select the correct form of construction contract

• A number of methods of construction procurement

• The importance of selecting the correct form of building contract

• The process of selecting the correct form of building contract

Of interest to: Quantity Surveyors, Building Surveyors, Architects, Engineers, Project Managers, Facilities Managers, General Practice Surveyors, Property Owners and Developers, Property Solicitors and Professional Advisers

Speaker: Keith Blizzard BSc (Hons) DipArb FRICS FCIArb FFB MEWI, Director, Shakespeare Putnam. A partner at Shakespeare Putnam, Keith is a Chartered Quantity Surveyor, Chartered Arbitrator, Panel Adjudicator, Accredited Mediator and experienced Lecturer. He has extensive pre and post contract experience on building projects.

• The role of the Red Book
• Understanding the minimum requirements
• The introduction of green issues
• What is uncertainty?

Of interest to: General Practice Surveyors, Valuers, Property Owners, Investors and Developers, Property Agents, Property Managers, Property Solicitors and Professional Advisers

Speaker: Duncan Preston FRICS, Director of Valuation, Aston Rose Duncan has 25 years experience within the valuation business with responsibility for valuations for accounts, unit pricing, loan security and acts as an expert witness in the Courts. He is Director of Valuation at Aston Rose. Duncan was also a member of the RICS Governing Council, 1997-2009.

This course is being run by Kingston University and is specifically aimed at members who are preparing for the RICS Assessment of Professional Competence.

CPD Foundation Passport Holders in this category can obtain a discount of £10 off the regular fee of £75. To obtain the discount you must include the CPD Foundation Username you use to access our website.

Applications to attend can only be made to Kingston University - not the CPD Foundation.

The Course will be held at Friends House, 173 Euston Road, London NW1 2BJ.

• Why Crossrail is needed - defining London’s rail needs
• Development of the solutions - history of the Crossrail Project
• Governance and delivery organisation
• Design and construction
• Current progress and future plans

Of interest to: Anyone who is interested in the problems associated with long term infrastructure delivery - and anyone who lives and works in and around London!

Speaker: Patrick Griffin CEng MICE, Business Manager - Corporate Affairs, Crossrail. Patrick has now been working for Crossrail for 3 1/2 years where he is responsible to the Corporate Affairs Director for the production and management of procedures, regular reporting and budget supervision. He is also the Crossrail Freedom of Information Officer.

• Low Carbon Transition Plan for Buildings

• Building Regulations to conserve fuel and power

• The building façade as first line of defence

• High efficiency building services systems

• Low and Zero Carbon Systems

• A more sustainable future

Of interest to: General Practice Surveyors, Planners, Architects, Engineers, Facilities Managers, Quantity Surveyors, Property Owners, Developers and Investors, Property Solicitors and Professional Advisers

Speaker: Ant Wilson BSC CEng FCIBSE FEI FSFE MSLL, Low Carbon Consultant. Business Unit Director , AECOM - Sustainable Development Group. Ant has worked on a wide range of construction and research projects mainly from an energy performance perspective. He has been very involved with thermal modelling and using computer simulation techniques to help with building services design.

• The basics
• The Credit Crunch - what happened?
• Debt pricing
• How much can I borrow?
• Is there any debt available?
• Summary & themes

Of interest to: Investment Surveyors, General Practice Surveyors, Valuers, Investors, Developers, Property Companies, Banks, Property Solicitors and Professional Advisers

Speaker: Edward Daubeney BSc MRICS, Partner, Corporate Finance Cushman & Wakefield. Edward is a Chartered Survyor with 15 years experience. For the last 7 years he has specialised in commercial property finance. Edward is a partner in the Corporate Finance team at Cushman & Wakefield.

This course is being run by Kingston University and is specifically aimed at members who are preparing for the RICS Assessment of Professional Competence.

CPD Foundation Passport Holders in this category can obtain a discount of £10 off the regular fee of £75. To obtain the discount you must include the CPD Foundation Username you use to access our website.

Applications to attend can only be made to Kingston University - not the CPD Foundation.

The Course will be held at Friends House, 173 Euston Road, London NW1 2BJ.

This course is being run by Kingston University and is specifically aimed at members who are preparing for the RICS Assessment of Professional Competence.

CPD Foundation Passport Holders in this category can obtain a discount of £10 off the regular fee of £75. To obtain the discount you must include the CPD Foundation Username you use to access our website.

Applications to attend can only be made to Kingston University - not the CPD Foundation.

The Course will be held at Friends House, 173 Euston Road, London NW1 2BJ.

This course is being run by Kingston University and is specifically aimed at members who are preparing for the RICS Assessment of Professional Competence.

CPD Foundation Passport Holders in this category can obtain a discount of £10 off the regular fee of £75. To obtain the discount you must include the CPD Foundation Username you use to access our website.

Applications to attend can only be made to Kingston University - not the CPD Foundation.

The Course will be held at Friends House, 173 Euston Road, London NW1 2BJ.

• Complicated and muddled as it was, we all knew where we were with the DDA - so what has changed?
• What is a “protected characteristic”?
• And “prohibited conduct”?
• Do service providers still have to remove, alter or avoid physical features?
• And to what does the public sector have due regard under this new regime?

NETWORKING EVENT

Come and hear what’s old, what’s new and who is blue!

And join us and the speaker after the talk for a 

glass of a wine and something to eat.

Of interest to: All professionals working in the property market

Speaker: Vivien King BA FInstCPD HonRICS Solicitor.  Vivien established Hatherleigh Training in 2007. She lectures, teaches and conducts in-house workshops specialising in property and property litigation issues. Vivien is a solicitor, she works as a consultant for Bond Pearce and for Malcolm Hollis.

This course is being run by Kingston University and is specifically aimed at members who are preparing for the RICS Assessment of Professional Competence.

CPD Foundation Passport Holders in this category can obtain a discount of £10 off the regular fee of £75. To obtain the discount you must include the CPD Foundation Username you use to access our website.

Applications to attend can only be made to Kingston University - not the CPD Foundation.

The Course will be held at Friends House, 173 Euston Road, London NW1 2BJ.

This course is being run by Kingston University and is specifically aimed at members who are preparing for the RICS Assessment of Professional Competence.

CPD Foundation Passport Holders in this category can obtain a discount of £10 off the regular fee of £75. To obtain the discount you must include the CPD Foundation Username you use to access our website.

Applications to attend can only be made to Kingston University - not the CPD Foundation.

The Course will be held at Friends House, 173 Euston Road, London NW1 2BJ.

The issues around including the 'green' agenda into existing portfolios, including:

• Legislation (current and future)
• The business case (for landlords and occupiers)
• Market demand
• How to plan effective, practical improvements
• Measuring and demonstrating success

Speaker: Matt Fulford BSc (Hons), MRICS, ICIOB is Head of Sustainability at EC Harris LLP

All Levels: Of interest to General Practice Surveyors, Building Surveyors, Valuers, Facilities Managers, Property Agents, Property Investors, Owners and Occupiers, Managing Agents, Property Solicitors, Professional Advisers

• Overview of the lease renewal process
• Tactics for landlord and tenant
• Evidence
• The likely terms in dispute
• Rent and interim rent
• Case summary update

Speaker: Julie Gattegno (Solicitor) is a partner at law firm , Nabarro LLP

All Levels: Of interest to General Practice Surveyors, Valuers, Property Agents, Property Investors, Owners and Occupiers, Managing Agents, Property Solicitors and Professional Advisers

This lecture was originally planned for the 24th March and has been rescheduled to the 8th June. If you booked before 24th March your booking is valid for the new date. 

• Equity Capital Flows... where is it coming from; what does it want?
• What may derail this?
• Debt Capital Markets; will the public markets re-open?
• What might this do to the market and values?

Speaker: Tony Edgley BSc MRICS is Managing Director, Corporate Finance at Jones Lang LaSalle

All Levels: Of interest to Investment Surveyors, General Practice Surveyors, Valuers, Investors, Developers, Property Companies, Banks, Property Solicitors and Professional Advisers

• What is a Right to Light?
• How do you measure it?
• Can you assist clients to minimize the problem?
• The lead cases to know about

Speaker: Elizabeth de Burgh Sidley BA(Hons) FRICS is a Partner at Drivers Jonas Deloitte

All Levels: Of interest to General Practice Surveyors, Building Surveyors, Designers, Architects, Quantity Surveyors, Property Owners, Investors and Developers, Property Managers, Property Solicitors and Professional Advisers

• Trees and risk
• Balancing tree benefits and risk
• Negligence, liability and Acts of God
• Summary of recent court cases relating to trees and personal injury
• The varying standard of the duty of care
• Frequency for checking trees
• Inspector competence
• The emerging duty of care
• National Tree Safety Group progress

Speaker: Jeremy Barrell BSc FArborA DipArb CBiol FICFor FRICS is the Managing Director of Barrell Tree Consultancy

All Levels: Of interest to General Practice Surveyors, Building Surveyors, Quantity Surveyors, Architects, Developers, Property Managers, Property Solicitors and Professional Advisers

• Sustainability drivers affecting value and rental income
• Immediate drivers - energy and carbon risk
• Trends looking forward - occupier productivity concerns and climate change
• How do you measure / monitor asset performance against these risks?
• The changing role of the property professional

Speakers: Beth Ambrose BSc (Hons) MSc Environmental Technology is a Consultant, Upstream Sustainability Services,  Jones Lang LaSalle

Alex Edds BA (Hons) is Associate Director, Upstream Sustainability Services, Jones Lang LaSalle

All Levels: Of Interest to General Practice Surveyors, Building Surveyors, Valuers, Facilities Managers, Property Agents, Property Investors, Owners and Occupiers, Managing Agents, Property Solicitors, Professional Advisers 

• Planning Obligations - Context
• Problems and Issues
• Community Infrastructure Levy Regulations
• Practical Implications

Speaker: Chris Marsh FRICS MRTPI is Managing Director of Christopher Marsh & Co Ltd, Sustainable Property Consultants.  As a Chartered Surveyor and Chartered Town Planner he has been heavily involved in research and consultancy projects for many years.

Update: Of Interest to General Practice Surveyors, Quantity Surveyors, Building Surveyors, Planners, Architects, Cost Consultants, Valuers, Investors and Developers, Property Solicitors and Professional Advisers

This course is designed for those people who make use of (or wish to make use of) the many facilities which live in this industry-standard database package.  The software can also enable information users to perform data-tracking tasks that otherwise would require the time and expertise of professional programmers.
 
By the end of this short session you should be able to -
 
• Understand relational databases
• Find your way around Access
• Data tables -
   o Create
   o Save
   o Edit
• Queries to extract information
   o Create
   o Save
   o Edit
• Reports and forms

Speaker: Henryetta Simpson MSc Business Information Technology is a Senior Lecturer Business Information Management and Operations at Westminster Business School

Elementary/Intermediate: Of interest to everyone involved in creating and using databases

The fee to attend this course is just £50 (+VAT). Bookings can be made online at www.cpdfoundation.com or cheques for £58.75 per attendee (made payable to CPD Ltd) can be sent to the address below. We also accept bookings by telephone on 020 7828 2099.

Refunds cannot be made but delegates may be substituted.

VAT receipts and joining information will be provided.

• The importance of the dates of buildings and of their individual components
• Recognising, identifying and understanding clues
• Putting two and two together to make four and not three or six
• Learn to recognise materials
• Is it timber or masonry or reinforced concrete or steel or iron?
• Is it terracotta or stone?
• None of us have x-ray eyes, but we should have a good idea of what is behind the façade – do you?

Speaker: Lawrence Hurst BSc FCGI C.Eng FICE FIStructE FBEng is a Consultant at Hurst Peirce + Malcolm

All Levels: Of Interest to General Practice Surveyors, Building Surveyors, Valuers, Engineers, Architects, and anyone who needs or wants to look at and understand buildings - their own and their clients’

(This lecture was postponed from the 1st March to the 24th May)

• How good is delay analysis?
• What are the fundamental requirements?
• When should it be binned?
• Why not use a good old-fashioned architect’s/engineer’s/CA’s assessment?

Speaker: David Richards BSc FRICS FInstCES FCIArb FAArb is a Partner at David Richards CDS LLP

All Levels: Of interest to General Practice Surveyors, Building Surveyors, Quantity Surveyors, Architects, Engineers, Project Managers, Managing Agents, Property Solicitors and Professional Advisers

The commercial negotiations that we take part in over the next year or so may be quite different from previous ones. Relationships may have changed (due to changes in the perception of power between the parties, or in previous negotiations relationship has taken a lower priority role) and may now need to be readdressed. Negotiators attitudes to long-term/short-term outcomes, commercial and personal pressures and risk may all be changing or uncertain.

• How to maximise outcomes
• Getting an awareness of what the other party is not explicitly telling you
• Structuring a negotiation to your advantage
• The underlying foundation negotiation strategy

Speaker: Gary Oakley BSc(Econ) MSc MRICS AIMgt is Managing Director of Influencing & Negotiating Services (INS Ltd)

All Levels: Of Interest to all who wish to improve the outcome of their negotiations - that's everyone!

Assignments and sub lettings

• What is a virtual assignment - Clarence House v. Nat West
• Time for response
• AGA's (Authorised Guarantee Agreements) and guarantors - Good Harvest v. Centaur

• Break Clauses and serving Notices - Akzo Nobel v. Arista Tubes
• Rent review and long delays - Idealview v. Ryman (13 year delay)

Administrations and insolvency

• Payment of rent - Nortel v. Goldacre
• Moratorium and the 54 Act

Impact of the Jackson Report on the future costs of property disputes

Speaker: Martin Thomas BA(Oxon) Solicitor is a Partner at Dundas & Wilson

Update: Of interest to General Practice Surveyors, Valuers, Property Agents, Property Investors, Owners and Occupiers, Managing Agents, Property Solicitors and Professional Advisers

- Current market update reviewing the South East Industrial and Office Markets
- Update on occupier trends
- Impact of Planning
- Review of changes to specification covering Sustainability issues and potential obsolescence factors
- Review of Valuation methodology

Speaker: Chris Strathon MRICS is a Director in the Valuation Advisors Team of Jones Lang LaSalle. He leads the South East Advisory Team working with corporate clients, property investors and banks.

All Levels: Of Interest to General Practice Surveyors, Investors and Owners, Commercial Property Owners, Property Developers, Portfolio Managers

Critical Analysis Report Writing Evening Class. 6.00pm sharp to 8.00pm This evening course covers subjects such as: choosing a suitable case; how to present it; key issues; pitfalls; etc.

Recognising unhealthy stress - in yourself and others

• Strategies for managing stress more effectively
• Techniques for remaining productive even when you are stressed

 PLUS

• The top 10 tools you can use right now - today - to survive and even thrive in the situations you find the most challenging

Speaker: Carolyn Gray BA MBA is Director of FitzroyGray Ltd. She specialises in designing and delivering personal and management skills training and in providing performance-oriented coaching for individuals and teams.

All Levels:  all those who are trying to fit a quart into a pint pot - which is almost everyone!

• Why the need to consider movement joints
• How to predict likely movement
• How to calculate the size of movement joints
• Sealants for movement joints
• Typical failure mechanisms
• Common misconceptions

Speaker: Alan Cavell BSc(Hons) MICE MIStructE is Director of Quest Technical Services Ltd. He has an honours degree in civil engineering and is a Chartered Civil Engineer and is a Chartered Structural Engineer.

Intermediate: Of interest to Surveyors involved in appraising existing buildings and causes for cracking and movement joint failure, Architects involved in the design of external cladding and accommodation of building fabric movement, Structural Engineers involved in designing buildings and external cladding, Property Owners having to contend with rain ingress, Investors and Developers, Facilities Managers, Property Solicitors and Professional Advisers.

- What is the Code for Sustainable Homes?
- Is it mandatory?
- How does it work?
- The categories and issues covered by the Code
- How much does it cost?

Speaker: Joanne Rourke BA(Hons) is Associate Director of Sustainability at Peter Deer and Associates

(Please note this webcast finishes at the point that questions are asked of the audience, it appears to end abruptly)

• The focal points for development effort that will be required to help develop a customer experience that wins business
• What is really exceptional customer service?
• What makes the best companies stand out?
• What is the link between staff satisfaction, customer satisfaction and improved financial performance?
• How can a team culture be developed to sustain the "on brand" exceptional customer experience?
• What is the role of the leader?

Speaker: Nick Brice BSc(Hons) is Partner and Principal Consultant at TMI.

All Levels: Of interest to everyone involved with clients - winning them and keeping their business!

By the end of this short session you should be able to –

• Find your way around MS Excel 2007.
•  Handle nested IF statements
•  Insert valuation formulae
•  Carry out simple traditional valuations
•  Move between work sheets inside a workbook
•  Create list boxes and sliders
•  Transpose and sort data emulating a database
•  Evaluate some of the Data Analysis Tools
•  Save your work and take it home - if you bring a memory stick with you

The fee to attend this course is just £50 (+VAT). Bookings can be made online at www.cpdfoundation.com or cheques for £58.75 per attendee (made payable to CPD Ltd) can be sent to the address below. We also accept bookings by telephone on 020 7828 2099.

Refunds cannot be made but delegates may be substituted, or moved to another computer workshop in the 2009/10 CPD Foundation programme whenever possible.

VAT receipts and joining information will be provided.

Of Interest To: Everyone who needs to improve their skills in using spreadsheets

• What does the definition of a 'Trade Related Concern' include?
• Valuation methodologies - the 'profits method' and 'cross checks'
• Interpretation of accounts
• Factors affecting value
• Sector variances and market overview
• Two case studies with worked examples

Speaker: Mark Ellis BSc FRICS MCIArb MAE is Chairman of Pinders Professional & Consultancy Services Ltd

Intermediate: Of interest to General Practice Surveyors, Valuers, Property Agents, Property Investors, Portfolio Managers, Owners and Occupiers, Property Solicitors and Professional Advisers

The Carbon Reduction Commitment Energy Efficiency Scheme (CRC for short) forms part of the UK Government’s drive towards a low carbon economy and is intended to encourage energy efficiency in larger energy users.  From 1 April 2010, most medium to large energy users will be required to measure and report their energy usage (including electricity, gas and fuel oil).  From 1 April 2011, many will also be required to purchase emissions allowances, which will effectively act as permits to emit a given amount of carbon dioxide.  Smaller organisations that are not subject to the CRC may need to make an information disclosure each year as to the amount of energy used, and will probably need to join the next phase of the scheme.
 
This talk will cover the following issues:

The structure of the scheme

- The structure of the scheme
- Who has to join the scheme, and how to register for it
- Obligations for organisations within the scheme
- Buying allowances and calculating the recycling payments
- Consequences for landlords and tenants
- Practical steps that need to be taken now

Speaker: Peter J G Williams LLB is a professional support lawyer at Eversheds LLP

All Levels: Of interest to General Practice Surveyors, Building Surveyors, Valuers, Facilities Managers, Property Agents, Property Investors, Owners and Occupiers, Managing Agents, Property Solicitors, Professional Advisers

• What IS an expert witness and when is one required?
• Is an expert an advocate for his client or a judge’s little helper?
• To whom or what is the expert’s duty owed?  What the court rules and protocol have to say and some recent comments from the judiciary.
• If you are a surveyor, do YOU know what the RICS Practice Statement and Guidance Note says?
• What does a lawyer want from an expert witness?
• And who is responsible for the expert’s fees?

Speaker: Vivien King BA FInstCPD HonRICS Solicitor is Director of Hatherleigh Training. Vivien lectures, teaches and conducts workshops specialising in property and property litigation issues

All Levels: Of Interest to all professionals working in the property market

• Definitions
• Understand traditional materials and methods of construction
• Identifying defects and failures
• Surveying methods
• Diagnosis, prognosis and remediation
• Case studies

Speaker: David Watt BSc(Hons) DipArchCons(Lelc) PhD MSc FRICS IHBC is a chartered building surveyor and historic buildings consultant, working as Associate Director with Hutton + Rostron Environmental Investigations Limited

All Levels: Of interest to General Practice Surveyors, Building Surveyors, Architects, Valuers, Property Managers, Facilities Managers, Property Investors, Owners and Occupiers, Managing Agents, Property Solicitors, and Conservation Officers

• Summary of tax relief
• Vendor position on sale
• Purchaser position on acquisition
• Getting the documentation right
• Budget update

Speaker: Chris Doyle MRICS CTA is a Partner at Yewell Consulting. Chris initially trained and qualified as a Chartered Surveyor with DTZ Debenham Tie Leung. He moved in to property tax and qualified as a Chartered Tax Adviser with PricewaterhouseCoopers, before moving to Deloitte as a Tax Director to head their Capital Allowances Team.

Update: Of interest to General Practice Surveyors, Quantity Surveyors, Building Surveyors, Architects, Cost Consultants, Valuers, Investors and Developers, Property Solicitors and Professional Advisers

• Where do retailers really stand with their requirements?
• Is retail development viable, or is it a thing of the past?
• Are investors buying for growth or security?
• What will happen to secondary shopping centres?

Speaker: Graham Chase FRICS FCIArb FSA CRE FInstCPD is Managing Partner at Chase & Partners and was RICS President 2006-2007. He has specialised in the retail and leisure property market for the past 25 years.

All Levels: Of Interest to General Practice Surveyors, Valuers, Property Managers, Investment Surveyors, Portfolio Managers, Retail Property Agents, Property Investors, Developers and Owners, Property Solicitors and Professional Advisers

This workshop will deal with the principles and nuances of development appraisals and how these are incorporated into industry-standard software. The program used today will be ProDeveloper.

• The traditional appraisal
• Cash flows and discounted cash flows
• Internal rate of return
• Net present value
• Debts and grants
• Risk analysis

Speakers: Andrew Youens DipSurv FRICS is Director of Andrew Youens & Co Ltd and a course leader on Property Courses at the University of Westminster.
 
Jonathan Carmen BSc MRICS is Director of boe Systems Ltd.

Intermediate/Advanced: Of interest to General Practice Surveyors, Valuers, Developers, Investors, Property Managers, Cost Consultants and Financiers

Please note that there is a discounted fee for members of £50(+VAT) per delegate for this Workshop

Bookings can be made online (see below) or by cheque (made payable to CPD Ltd).  We also accept bookings by telephone on 020 3177 1662.

Refunds cannot be made but delegates may be substituted, or moved to another computer workshop in the 2009/10 CPD Foundation programme whenever possible.  VAT receipts and joining information will be provided.

Note: This Course will be held at the University of Westminster Marylebone Campus located opposite Madame Tussaud's

• Comparing quotes
• Types of roof - traditional cut, TDA, trussed rafters
• Planning requirements & recent changes to building regulations
• Key stages in a typical loft conversion including a step-by-step case study
• Examples of botched jobs - to send shivers down the spines of even the hardiest surveyors!

Speaker: Ian Rock MRICS is Director of Zennor Consultants Ltd

All Levels: Of interest to General Practice Surveyors, Building Surveyors, Architects, Designers, Quantity Surveyors, Property Managers, Property Owners and Developers, Property Solicitors and Professional Advisers

to be held in the BM6 suite at Upton Park, West Ham's Football Ground.

This seminar is informal and aimed at educating the Construction Industry and other Professionals in the Property and Development fields on the identification of Invasive weed issues, and methods to reduce the time and cost impact on projects.

During the seminars we discuss the following subjects:

• Japanese knotweed, Himalayan Balsam, Ragwort and Giant Hogweed
• Legal responsibilities/ border/boundary disputes
• Japanese Knotweed management plans
• Change of status
• Health and safety issues
• New tax relief incentives for in-situ solutions

If you wish to attend any of our current seminars, or wish to discuss the possibility of holding a bespoke in-house event for your company, please contact Peter Doove, either by telephone on 07500 780 794 or via email: peter@ecocontrol.co.uk

• Revaluation 2010
• Making 2005 proposals
• Valuation Tribunal for England
• Taking physical factors at the Material Day: everything else at AVD (Antecendent Valuation Date)
• Vacant Shops, MCCs (Material Change of Circumstances) and the Recession
• Recent Cases in the Lands Tribunal

Speaker: Patrick Bond BSc FRICS DipRating is Deputy Director of Rating at the Valuation Office Agency

Update: Of interest to Rating Surveyors, General Practice Surveyors, Managing Agents, Property Owners, Occupiers, Investors and Developers, Property Solicitors and Professional Advisers

Repairs and Dilapidations. Liability for maintaining a property, nuisance, repairs, lease, condition, dilapidations, etc. A 2-hour Technical Evening class held at Friends House.

This course is being run by Kingston University and is specifically aimed at members who are preparing for the RICS Assessment of Professional Competence.

CPD Foundation Passport Holders in this category can obtain a discount of £10 off the regular fee of £75. To obtain the discount you must include the CPD Foundation Username you use to access our website.

Applications to attend can only be made to Kingston University - not the CPD Foundation.

to be held in the Trophy Lounge at Fulham Football Ground.

This seminar is informal and aimed at educating the Construction Industry and other Professionals in the Property and Development fields on the identification of Invasive weed issues, and methods to reduce the time and cost impact on projects.

During the seminars we discuss the following subjects:

•    Japanese knotweed, Himalayan Balsam, Ragwort and Giant Hogweed.
•    Legal responsibilities/ border/boundary disputes
•    Japanese Knotweed management plans.
•    Change of status
•    Health and safety issues
•    New tax relief incentives for  in-situ solutions

If you wish to attend any of our current seminars, or wish to discuss the possibility of holding a bespoke in-house event for your company, please contact Peter Doove, either by telephone on 07500 780 794 or via email: peter@ecocontrol.co.uk

Find out more on the Eco Control website

This course is being run by Kingston University and is specifically aimed at members who are preparing for the RICS Assessment of Professional Competence.

CPD Foundation Passport Holders in this category can obtain a discount of £10 off the regular fee of £75. To obtain the discount you must include the CPD Foundation Username you use to access our website.

Applications to attend can only be made to Kingston University - not the CPD Foundation.

• The 3 types of transaction
• The 3 elements of the valuation
• The landlord's interest: some changes.
• Marriage value: more guidance
• Compensation where there is a headlease

Speaker: Peter Beckett FRICS, Senior Partner, Beckett and Kay

All Levels: Of interest to General Practice Surveyors, Valuers, Residential Property Investors, Residential Property Managers, Property Solicitors and Advisers. And anyone else involved in leasehold enfranchisement, or just interested in it.

Daylight and sunlight are important planning considerations in dense urban locations:

• Daylight & Sunlight
• Overshadowing - transient & permanent
• Light pollution
• Solar glare

Rights of Light are a potential major consideration in development proposals:

• What are Rights of Light?
• How to determine whether there is likely to be a rights to light injury
• Determining compensation
• Case studies
• How rights of light might affect the development process

Speaker: Michael Harper BSc (Hons), MSc, MBA, MRICS is Partner and Head of Rights of Light and Daylight and Sunlight, GIA

All Levels: General Practice Surveyors, Building Surveyors, Designers, Architects, Quantity Surveyors, Property Owners, Investors and Developers, Property Managers, Property Solicitors and Professional Advisers

Introduction to the principal; principal and duties; Brooke review; RICS structure; Conduct regulations; Carrsberg report; Setting up in practice, etc.

This course is being run by Kingston University and is specifically aimed at members who are preparing for the RICS Assessment of Professional Competence.

CPD Foundation Passport Holders in this category can obtain a discount of £10 off the regular fee of £75. To obtain the discount you must include the CPD Foundation Username you use to access our website.

Applications to attend can only be made to Kingston University - not the CPD Foundation.

Ever wondered why you solve some problems quickly and easily while others nag away at you?  Why sometimes you communicate with power and clarity and at other times you just don't feel you've been heard? Ever wondered why you just click with some people and others are such hard work? The key is in your brain and how it works - and how you use it.
 
Learn to use your brain a little bit differently -

• To get things done more quickly, more easily with fewer expensive mistakes
• To plan your most sensitive communication
• To get through to your most awkward client

Speaker: Carolyn Gray BA MBA is Director of FitzroyGray Ltd. She specialises in designing and delivering personal and management skills training and in providing performance-oriented coaching for individuals and teams.

All Levels: Of interest to anyone who has a brain and the courage to use it - that should be everyone!

Underlying influences on the market

• Consumer behaviour
• Legislation
• Funding environment
• The Economy

The pub market

• High Street
• Community
• The Tie

The restaurant market

• Casual dining
• Emerging brands
• High Class

Nightclubs

• What future?

The London scene

Speaker: Trevor Watson BSc MBA FRICS is Director of Valuation Services at Davis Coffer Lyons and has almost 20 years experience in the sector.

Update: Of interest to Generalists seeking to secure a more in depth understanding of what drives the leisure market. Licensed property specialists, General Practice Surveyors, Valuers, Property Investors, Property Agents, Portfolio Managers, Property Solicitors and Professional Advisers

Test & Answers on Dilapidations, the rules and requirements.  An opportunity to test your ability and learn from the experience.

An update on changes that have taken place within this discipline over the past 12 months

• Status of the Guidance and proposed pre-action protocol
• Recent decisions that may affect your practical decisions
• Loss, diminution and section 18.1 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1927
• Valuing loss in a recession

Speaker: Malcolm Hollis BSc(EstMan) FRICS MCIArb FBEng MAE is a renowned Building Pathologist and Surveyor.  He specialises in Defect Recognition, the Diagnosis of the Cause of Failure and the interpretation of Liability for such matters as Dilapidations, Service Charges and Risk Analysis.

Update: Of interest to Building Surveyors, Quantity Surveyors, General Practice Surveyors, Designers, Architects, Property Managers, Property Owners, Investors and Developers, Property Solicitors and Professional Advisers

• Development risks
• Why pre-let?
• What is an Agreement to Lease?
• What is in the agreement?
• Risks attaching to the agreement
• What if the contracted tenant wants to withdraw during the development phase?

Speaker: Michael Lister Partner BSc, MRICS, Senior Lecturer University of Westminster

All Levels: Of interest to General Practice Surveyors, Valuers, Building Surveyors, Cost Consultants, Property Developers, Investors and Owners, Property Managers, Financiers, Property Solicitors and Professional Advisers

Different organisations have distinctive cultures.  An understanding of organisational culture, in relation to your own company, and that of your competitors and your clients, is an essential tool in delivering good service.  This presentation:

• Describes how culture impacts us at the national, organisational and functional levels
• Outlines how apparently subtle differences in culture can lead to major issues
• Introduces a highly effective model of organisational culture and how it can be applied
• Describes the implications of organizational culture on business practices.

Speaker: Andrew Holmes is Managing Partner of Paricint LLP

All Levels: Of interest to anyone who wishes to increase their understanding of their own organisation, and that of their competitors and clients.

Introduction to Real Estate Management

This course is being run by Kingston University and is specifically aimed at members who are preparing for the RICS Assessment of Professional Competence.

CPD Foundation Passport Holders in this category can obtain a discount of £10 off the regular fee of £75. To obtain the discount you must include the CPD Foundation Username you use to access our website.

Applications to attend can only be made to Kingston University - not the CPD Foundation.

This course is designed for those people who make occasional use of a spreadsheet package and who wish to take advantage of some of the many facilities which live in this industry-standard package.

By the end of this short session you should be able to -

• Undertake simple calculations
• Sort a simple list
• Copy figures and formulae
• Create and carry forward totals
• Manipulate 'what if?' statements
• Calculate balances
• Freeze areas of the screen
• Produce simple charts and graphs
• Create a set of home accounts for yourself
• Save your work and take it home (bring a data stick), or you can email it to yourself

The fee to attend this course is just £50 (+VAT). Bookings can be made online at www.cpdfoundation.com or cheques for £58.75 per attendee (made payable to CPD Ltd) can be sent to the address below. We also accept bookings by telephone on 020 7828 2099.

Refunds cannot be made but delegates may be substituted, or moved to another computer workshop in the 2009/10 CPD Foundation programme whenever possible.

VAT receipts and joining information will be provided.

(This course was originally scheduled for the 28th October 2009)

Of Interest To: Everyone who needs to improve their skills in using spreadsheets

• Can turnover rents apply to any premises ?
• Are turnover rents appropriate in a recession ?
• How does a landlord ensure accuracy of tenant turnover information ?
• What levels of confidentiality apply to turnover information ?
• Can a base rent be reserved in addition to a turnover rent ?
• What restrictions can be imposed upon assignment and subletting when a turnover rent is payable ?

Speaker: Richard Evans MA(Cantab), LLB has had a long career as a solicitor specialising in commercial property. Following qualification at Stephenson Harwood in the City of London he was a partner at Nabarro Nathanson for over 20 years and latterly a consultant there. For many years he has advised a large number of the UK's leading property companies and pension funds upon the development and letting of offices and shopping centres.

All Levels: Of interest to General Practice Surveyors, Valuers, Property Agents, Property Investors, Owners and Occupiers, Managing Agents, Property Solicitors and Professional Advisers

Development Appraisals two hour Evening Class.

This course is being run by Kingston University and is specifically aimed at members who are preparing for the RICS Assessment of Professional Competence.

CPD Foundation Passport Holders in this category can obtain a discount of £10 off the regular fee of £75. To obtain the discount you must include the CPD Foundation Username you use to access our website.

Applications to attend can only be made to Kingston University - not the CPD Foundation.

• Sale and leaseback market background
• Corporate rationale – drivers and barriers
• Structuring the investment – creating the product
• Vendor due diligence
• Current market context
• The Future

Speaker: Richard Dean BSc(Hons) MRICS is a Director within the Corporate Strategies Team at CB Richard Ellis.

All Levels: Of interest to General Practice Surveyors, Valuers, Managing Agents, Property Owners, Occupiers and Investors, Property Solicitors and Professional Advisers

(Rescheduled from 14th January)

Common VAT issues and pitfalls encountered in commercial property transactions.

• Buying and selling
• Leases and surrenders
• The option to tax, including the recent changes

Update: Of Interest to General Practice Surveyors, Valuers, Facilities Managers, Property Developers, Investors and Owners, Commercial Property Agents, Cost Consultants, Quantity Surveyors, Property Solicitors and Professional Advisers

Speaker: Richard Dalton is a Senior Manager at Deloitte LLP. 

Surveyors and property professionals are often expected to visit sites on their own, which they have never been to. Property may be in poor condition, under construction or be on contaminated sites with little or no lighting. Other hazards could affect a broader cross section of your staff. How to manage these risks, including:

• Completing a Suitable & Sufficient Risk Assessment for the activities your staff undertake
• Using this process to make policy decisions on how staff will conduct themselves in the office and when they are working out of the office
• Provide your staff with information, instruction and training
• Managing this process and monitoring that the controls you put in place are working effectively

Speaker: Louise Hosking MCIEH MIOSH is Director of Hosking Associates Ltd and she works with a variety of clients as a freelance Safety Director to give direction to companies and enable them to manage safety effectively throughout their organisations.

All Levels: Of Interest to General Practice Surveyors, Valuers, Quantity Surveyors, Building Surveyors, Managing Agents, Facilities Managers, Designers, Property Owners, Occupiers, Property Investors, Property Solicitors and Professional Advisers

Some support documents can be accessed from this website - please download them and bring them with you to the lecture.

Introduction to estate agency; RICS estate agency manual; Agency Controls; Types of agency; Commission; Methods of sale; Board sizes; e-sales, etc.

This course is being run by Kingston University and is specifically aimed at members who are preparing for the RICS Assessment of Professional Competence.

CPD Foundation Passport Holders in this category can obtain a discount of £10 off the regular fee of £75. To obtain the discount you must include the CPD Foundation Username you use to access our website.

Applications to attend can only be made to Kingston University - not the CPD Foundation.

• The nature of the charge and its scope
• Self assessment obligations
• Practical difficulties, including leases
• Reliefs
• Anti-avoidance

Speaker: Graham Chase LLB CTA(Fellow) AIIT Soliitor is a Partner at Olswang and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT). 

Update: Of interest to General Practice Surveyors, Commercial Property Agents, Property Developers, Investors and Owners, Portfolio Managers, Cost Consultants, Quantity Surveyors, Property Solicitors and Professional Advisers

• Handing over from the Victorian age
• Discussion and illustrations of architectural styles
• Differentiate between pre-First World War and Post-First World War
• Pre-Second World War - the Modern Movement and its enduring influence
• Post-Second World War architecture - mostly a disaster?

Speaker: Peter Gray BSc FRICS is a sole practioner and has been valuing and surveying residential properties in north and northwest London and Hertfordshire since 1982.  Peter undertakes Expert Witness work and is an APC Assessor

All Levels: Of Interest to General Practice Surveyors, Building Surveyors, Residential Agents, Managing Agents, Property Solicitors, Professional Advisers - and more than a passing interest to those who live in houses and flats

• Profitability
• Liquidity
• Working capital utilisation
• Gearing
• Investment ratios

APC LIVE - Final assessment questions answered by the experts for free

Get your APC Final Assessment submission document issues and queries resolved by talking with APC process expert Jon Lever FRICS managing director of DeLever Limited and commercial property competency expert Ben Elder FRICS Director at the College of Estate Management.

The APC experts write weekly blogs on process and competencies in the Property Network - http://network.propertyweek.com - and now you have the opportunity to ask those burning questions in a live online instant discussion forum with both Jon and Ben.

The CPD Foundation is providing this opportunity in association with Property Week on February 10th from 1pm until 2.30pm

All who sign in will have the added bonus of receiving an exclusive not yet published copy of Jon Lever's latest research on the recent changes on 1st January 2010 to the RICS Rules of conduct.

Ben Elder BA BSc FIRCS ACIArb
Ben is a director at The College of Estate Management the leading provider of supported distance learning for real estate and construction professionals.
Ben is an RICS APC assessor and has extensive experience in undertaking competence based assessment.

Jon Lever FRICS
Jon is managing director of DeLever is a RICS UK Final Assessment Assessor Trainer, a member of the RICS Regulatory Board, an RICS Training Advisor and an APC Chairman of Assessors.

Register now with your email address on the Property Week site

• Develop a consciousness and awareness of time
• Understand what wastes our time
• Understand the pro-activeness or re-activeness of your role
• Prioritise your time
• Give yourself some private thinking time

Speaker: Neil Boulton BSc is a Director of Brooke Boulton Leadership Development Ltd and former HR Director of AB Electronic. Neil was also formerly Senior Leadership Consultant The Work Foundation and is Leader of The Garnet Leadership Experience

All Levels: Of interest to all professionals who want to or need to become more efficient and particularly for those who just find there isn't enough time!

• What is insolvency - processes and their differences; statistics; publication of notices; and current view of market
• Why are contracting businesses vulnerable - fragility of supply chain and allocation of risk
• Impact of insolvency through the supply chain - what happens and the transfer of risk to the counterparties
• Financial instruments to mitigate risk of insolvency - operation of performance bonds, retentions, payment terms
• Novation process for completion contracts - how a novation operates and the benefits and pitfalls
• Interactive time-line analysis of payment cycle  - payment flow through the supply chain and the impact of contractors' cash management techniques

Speakers: Richard Winson MSc (London) MRICS MCIArb and Michael Edginton MRICS are Directors of Acasta Consulting Ltd

All Levels: Of interest to anyone involved in the construction industry, but in particular: Employers & Building Promoters, Architects & Contract Administrators, Quantity & Building Surveyors, Funders and Insolvency Practitioners

• What’s better - arbitrator or expert in today’s market?
• Should you act as Expert Witness or advocate or both?
• How to write an arbitration report that will influence an arbitrator
• How to get control of the arbitration
• Should you consider making calderbank offers?

Speaker: Mike Pain BSc FRICS MCIArb IRRV Mike led the West London professional team for Rogers Chapman for 18 years before the firm merged with Jones Lang LaSalle where he was a regional (European) director in the Lease Advisory team. Mike is now a part time senior lecturer at University of Westminster a part time lecturer at Kingston University, and a private practitioner. Mike is a Landlord & Tenant expert in the office, industrial and warehouse sectors.

All Levels: Of interest to General Practice Surveyors, Valuers, Architects, Building Surveyors, Property Managers, Property Agents, Portfolio Managers, Property Solicitors and Professional Advisors

• Building Regulations - What the future holds
• Reviews and integration of guidance
• Alternative ways of compliance
• Complaints and disputes
• What is currently under review
• Part G - sanitation, hot water safety and water efficiency

Speaker: John Miller FRICS FBEng is a Building Regulations and Access Consultant with 44 years experience in Building Control Surveying in both the public and private sectors.

Update: Of interest to General Practice Surveyors, Building Surveyors, Architects, Designers, Quantity Surveyors, Facilities Managers, Property Managers, Property Owners and Developers, Property Solicitors and Professional Advisers

• What happens when your tenant becomes insolvent?
• Maximising your remedies for unpaid rent
• Claiming rent as an expense in an administration
• Getting the lease back
• What can and can't a landlord do?
• An update on pre-packs and company voluntary arrangements

Speakers: Nick Lloyd LLB(Hons) and Jennifer Rickard LLB(Hons) are Partners at the law firm Nabarro. 

Update: Of interest to General Practice Surveyors, Managing Agents, Property Investors, Landlords and Tenants, Property Solicitors and Professional Advisers
 

Introduction to the principle; Security of tenure; Contracting out; Statutory notices; Grounds of opposition; Interim Rent;Compensation etc.

This course is being run by Kingston University and is specifically aimed at members who are preparing for the RICS Assessment of Professional Competence.

CPD Foundation Passport Holders in this category can obtain a discount of £10 off the regular fee of £75. To obtain the discount you must include the CPD Foundation Username you use to access our website.

Applications to attend can only be made to Kingston University - not the CPD Foundation.

• Why are we interested in IRR?
• What is it?
• How do we calculate it - from first principles?
• Complications for using IRR with property
• Short-form calculation
• IRR vs NPV (Net Present Value) - which to use

Calculation will be undertaken on Excel to demonstrate the above.

Speaker: Michael Lister Partner BSc, MRICS, Senior Lecturer University of Westminster

All Levels:  Of interest to Investment Surveyors, General Practice Surveyors, Valuers, Investors, Developers, Property Companies, Banks, Property Solicitors and Professional Advisers

This presentation examines the main changes to the JCT 2005 suite of contracts:

• Third party rights
• Design obligations and submissions
• Acceleration
• Variations
• Programme
• Extensions of time
• Money claims (loss and expenses)

Speaker: Paul Lomas-Clarke MRICS FCIArb FCIOB is Executive Director at Knowles and has worked in the Construction Industry on dispute resolution issues for nearly 35 years.

Update: Of interest to Quantity Surveyors, Building Surveyors, Architects, Engineers, Project Managers, Facilities Managers, General Practice Surveyors, Property Owners and Developers, Property Solicitors and Professional Advisers

This workshop will deal with the principles and nuances of investment valuations and how these are incorporated into industry-standard software. The programme used today will be BOE Valuer.

• Cash flow analysis
• Growth rates
• Exit values
• Over-rented properties
• Discount rates
• Debt

Please note that there is a discounted fee for members of £50(+VAT) per delegate for this Workshop

Bookings can be made online (see below) or by cheque (made payable to CPD Ltd).  We also accept bookings by telephone on 020 3177 1662.

Refunds cannot be made but delegates may be substituted, or moved to another computer workshop in the 2009/10 CPD Foundation programme whenever possible.  VAT receipts and joining information will be provided.

Note: This Course will be held at the University of Westminster Marylebone Campus
located opposite Madame Tussaud's 

The workshop will be run by Andrew Youens DipSurv FRICS (course leader on property courses at the  University of Westminster Director and director of Andrew Youens & Co Ltd) and Jonathan Carman BSc MRICS (Director of boe information systems Ltd).

Intermediate/Advanced: Of interest to General Practice Surveyors, Valuers, Investment Analysts, Cost Consultants, Financiers, Bankers and Professional Advisers

• Ambiguities in drafting; how wrong can you be and still be right? Coors v Daw; Sec. Of State for Communities v Standard Securities; Margram v Durrant and other cases considered

• Treatment of tenant's works? Understanding how to deal with these so as to avoid potential contradictions in 'standard' drafting - Funnell v Adams; Cadogan v Escada

• 'Virtual' or assumed comparables? Drafting to avoid the pitfalls?

• Is time of the essence? How can you tell?

• Treatment of initial rent free periods on review; ensuring you say exactly what you mean….especially ticklish points for large office buildings.

Speaker: Keith Hutcheson MA(Cantab) Solicitor is Consultant Nabarro LLP and a Senior Lecturer at the University of Westminster.  Keith has 28 years experience as a solicitor acting for property investors, managers and developers.

Update: Of interest to General Practice Surveyors, Valuers, Property Agents, Property Investors, Owners and Occupiers, Managing Agents, Property Solicitors and Professional Advisers

• An analysis of take-up and supply of industrial and logistics property across the UK
• A detailed analysis of the sector by grade, size band and location
• What logistics trends are affecting the market?
• What are occupiers in the industrial and logistics market thinking?
• New uses for warehouses, the property implications of the waste management and recycling sector

Speaker: Kevin Mofid BSc (Hons) MSc is a Logistics Research Analyst at BNP Paribas Real Estate

Update: Of interest to General Practice Surveyors, Valuers, Investment Surveyors, Industrial Agents, Property Investors, Developers and Owners, Landlord and Tenant Surveyors

Introduction to the principle; Definitions; Construction of valuation tables; Traditional valuation methods; Contemporary valuation models, etc.

This course is being run by Kingston University and is specifically aimed at members who are preparing for the RICS Assessment of Professional Competence.

CPD Foundation Passport Holders in this category can obtain a discount of £10 off the regular fee of £75. To obtain the discount you must include the CPD Foundation Username you use to access our website.

Applications to attend can only be made to Kingston University - not the CPD Foundation.

• Key developments in International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and implications for the property sector
• Leasing:  what do the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) proposals mean for your organisation?
• The future of UK Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP): practical implications of the adoption of IFRS for SMEs in the UK
• Regulatory update including Company Law, Corporate Governance and HMRC online filing requirements
• Financing in the property sector

Speakers: Judith Tacon MA MPhil ACA  and Rob Hughes BA ACA are Senior Managers at Deloitte LLP.

Update: Of interest to General Practice Surveyors, Portfolio Managers, Investment Surveyors, Property Investors, Managers and Owners, Property Solicitors and Professional Advisers

• Planning Act 2008: acquisition of land for major infrastructure projects
• Planning assumptions and problems after Transport for London vs Spirerose
• Short tenancies and compensation problems
• Disturbance of businesses: loss of profits
• Latest cases from the Tribunal and the Courts

Speaker: Barry Denyer-Green LLM PhD FRICS HonMember CAAV is Vice Chairman Compulsory Purchase Association and a Barrister at Falcon Chambers, specializing in, amongst other things, compulsory purchase and compensation matters acting for claimants and acquiring authorities.

Update: Of interest to General Practice Surveyors, Valuers, Managing Agents, Property Owners, Occupiers and Investors, Property Solicitors and Professional Advisers and others who are involved with compulsory purchase regularly or occasionally

A practical presentation about surveying commercial buildings, after an introduction to the RICS Guidance Note and some general principles.

 Illustrative examples will be given on what to look out for with -

• Shops: what shop fittings might be hiding?
• Offices: the importance of flexible space
• Warehouses: problems on the ground
• The importance of addressing clients' underlying concerns

Speaker: Stuart Johnson BSc FRICS DipPM FBEng MAPM is Director of Stuart A Johnson Consulting Ltd. Stuart established his own company in 2006 having spent five years as a director of Savills Commercial where he was responsible for professional services within the building consultancy department.

All Levels: Of interest to Building Surveyors, General Practice Surveyors, Property Solicitors and Professional Advisers

• Establishing your cashflow
• Options, scenarios and sensitivity analysis
• Key performance indicators
• Data, information and knowledge
• Risk and development milestones
• Reporting and leveraging off your analysis

Speaker:  Nick Duffy MBA BSc DipProjMan(RICS) MRICS is Senior Development Manager at EC Harris. He has been a development surveyor for 20 years and has worked in the public and private sectors in relation to all sorts of real estate.

All Levels: Of interest to General Practice Surveyors, Valuers, Building Surveyors, Cost Consultants, Property Developers, Investors and Owners, Property Managers, Financiers, Property Solicitors and Professional Advisers

Introduction to the principle; Quality of evidence; Basis of unit comparison; Code of measuring practice; Rental Analysis etc.

This course is being run by Kingston University and is specifically aimed at members who are preparing for the RICS Assessment of Professional Competence.

CPD Foundation Passport Holders in this category can obtain a discount of £10 off the regular fee of £75. To obtain the discount you must include the CPD Foundation Username you use to access our website.

Applications to attend can only be made to Kingston University - not the CPD Foundation.

• Whether you are new to or an old hand in the field of dilapidations, it does not harm to go back to basics.
• Remember you are dealing with a claim at law so you need to consider
  - the wording of the contract (the lease and other documents) and
  - in case you cannot settle your case, what the courts require of you.
• Remember, too, the landlord has enforcement options both during the lease term and when the lease comes to an end.
• And whilst it is usually the tenant who has the liability, what are its compliance options?
• And if the case is settled, how should the settlement be recorded and what happens about costs?

Speaker: Vivien King BA FInstCPD HonRICS Solicitor is Director of Hatherleigh Training. Vivien is a solicitor who practised for many years in the City of London and who is a Consultant to the College of Law, a visiting Lecturer at the College of Estate Management, a member of the RICS dilapidations working party, of its dilapidations forum and of the management board of the RICS Inclusive Environment Consultants’ scheme.

Update: Of interest to General Practice Surveyors, Building Surveyors, Valuers, Property Agents, Property Investors, Owners and Occupiers, Managing Agents, Property Solicitors, Professional Advisers and anyone at any level involved in claims (or potential claims) for dilapidations

Everyone brainstorms for ideas and solutions to problems, but few realise that brainstorming is a process invented more than 60 years ago, with strict rules that are essential to success.

• Back to basics with the original rules
• The importance of discipline and structure
• Brainstorming techniques at four levels
• A fresh approach to lateral thinking
• Separating ideas generation from analysis and evaluation

Speaker: Nick Fitzherbert MCIPR is a  Communications Consultant and Member of the Magic Circle. He spent 20 years in communications consultancy, working in sectors including Drinks, Media, Marketing Services, Public Sector, Industry Organisations and Financial Services. He worked for PR consultancies such as Countrywide and Ludgate, as well as running his own top-100 firm SFB for seven years.

Technical Evening Class on Valuation Standards covering: the International Context; Outline of the Red Book; Practice Statements; Market Value; Other definitions; Depreciated replacement cost; etc.

This course is being run by Kingston University and is specifically aimed at members who are preparing for the RICS Assessment of Professional Competence.

CPD Foundation Passport Holders in this category can obtain a discount of £10 off the regular fee of £75. To obtain the discount you must include the CPD Foundation Username you use to access our website.

Applications to attend can only be made to Kingston University - not the CPD Foundation.

A 2-hour Technical Evening class, the lecture covers Contract formation, letters of intent, sub-contracting, concessions, compensation, insurance, administration, dispute resolution, etc.

This course is being run by Kingston University and is specifically aimed at members who are preparing for the RICS Assessment of Professional Competence.

CPD Foundation Passport Holders in this category can obtain a discount of £10 off the regular fee of £75. To obtain the discount you must include the CPD Foundation Username you use to access our website.

Applications to attend can only be made to Kingston University - not the CPD Foundation.

• Definitions used - Hazard/Risk/Residual Risk/Significant Risk
• Health as well as safety hazards
• Risk assessment
• Five steps to risk assessment
• Risk reduction & control measures
• What CDM regulations require
• Method statements - what to include

All Levels: Of Interest to anyone who has to assess risk or understand assessments made by others.  Primarily in connection with the construction/property industry but the principles apply to any activity

Speaker: Paul Winstone DipBS FRICS ACIArb MIIRSM is a chartered building surveyor and a director of Watts Group PLC.  He is Chair of the RICS Asbestos Working Group that produced the revised Guidance Note on Asbestos, Second Edition, published in May 2009.

Critical Analysis Report Writing Evening Class. 6.00pm sharp to 8.00pm This evening course covers subjects such as: choosing a suitable case; how to present it; key issues; pitfalls; etc.

This course is being run by Kingston University and is specifically aimed at members who are preparing for the RICS Assessment of Professional Competence.

CPD Foundation Passport Holders in this category can obtain a discount of £10 off the regular fee of £75. To obtain the discount you must include the CPD Foundation Username you use to access our website.

Applications to attend can only be made to Kingston University - not the CPD Foundation.

•    Some proven strategies for having fewer, shorter, sharper meetings
•    Tools and behaviour that quickly build trust and productivity
•    What you can do when your meeting gets stuck

- plus -

•    One outstanding tool for presenting a difficult issue

Speaker:  Carolyn Gray, BA MBA, Director, FitzroyGray Ltd

Of Interest To:  Anyone who has ever felt bored … or wary … or just plain stuck in a meeting

There have been some serious fires in the last two years; sadly some with high profile life loss - Penhalygon Hotel, Camberwell Flats etc.

The Presentation will look for common factors and try and establish if there are lessons to be learnt. There are and they are a bit scary!

Speaker: Peter Jackman, Founder and Technical Director / Chairman  ofInternational Fire Consultants Ltd / IFC Group

Of Interest To: All disciplines in the construction team, fire risk assessors, managers of modern properties

All writing projects an image.  This presentation will:

•    Define successful writing
•    Identify the necessary process for achieving the required outcomes
•    Confirm appropriate structure
•    Clarify the ABC of effective style

to ensure YOU create the desired image when writing.

Speaker: Ms Deirdre d'Arcy, BA (Hons) MCIPD MInstLM, Director, D.d'Arcy Consultancy Ltd

Of Interest To: To all professionals who communicate in writing and need to achieve results

•    Common defects in survey reports
•    Review the approach to building inspection
•    Test your skills by undertaking a virtual survey
•    Review of the outcomes of the virtual inspection

Speaker: Prof Malcolm Hollis BSc(EstMan) FRICS MCIArb FBEng MAE, Building Pathologist and Surveyor

Of Interest To: General Practice Surveyors, Residential Valuers, Building Surveyors, Property Solicitors and Professional Advisers

•    Planning and the Political Agenda
•    Changing policy context - PPS4 "Planning for Prosperous Communities"
•    Community Infrastructure Commission
•    Planning - Where Next?

Speaker: Julia Riddle, Planning Dept, DTZ Debenham Tie Leung

Of Interest To: Planning Consultants, General Practice Surveyors, Property Developers, Property Investors, Owners and Occupiers, Property Solicitors and Professional Advisers

•    Funding developments is the way to lose money when the market turns down
•    Are the banks exposed?
•    What can go wrong?
•    What are the risks?
•    Can you reduce the risks?
•    Completed and let value is not the same as completed and unlet

Speaker: Michael Lister Partner BSc, MRICS, Senior Lecturer University of Westminster

Of Interest To: General Practice Surveyors, Investment and Development, Surveyors, Valuers, Architects, Cost Consultants, Investors, Developers, Property Companies, Banks, Property Solicitors and Professional Advisers

General Commercial Landlord and Tenant Case Law Update
A general round up of the most important cases from the last year in the areas of rent review, tenant's break options and the 1954 Act, including the Court of Appeal decisions in:

• Newham London Borough Council v Thomas-Van Stoden (application of the 1954 Act)
• Inclusive Technology v Williamson (compensation under the 1954 Act)
• Orchard (Developments) Holdings Plc v Reuters Ltd (service of break notices)

Reviewing the Impact of the Recession in the Courts
Commercial landlord and tenant case law thrown up by the recession including:

• Scottish & Newcastle Plc v Raguz..Shaw v Doleman and Landlord Protect Ltd v St. Anselm Development Co Ltd (Going after third parties in the event of tenant insolvency)
• Clarence House Ltd v National Westminster Bank Plc (protecting the landlord on assignment)
• Sunberry Properties Ltd v Innovate Logistics Ltd (In Administration) (The effect of administrations and Company Voluntary Arrangements (CVAs) on the rights of landlords)

Speakers: John Male QC and Camilla Lamont MA BCL(Oxon) are Barristers with Landmark Chambers

Update: Of interest to General practice surveyors, valuers, property advisers and property solicitors

Six little words that mean so much but do YOU know their true effect?

• Without prejudice to what?
• Subject to what contract?
• If these words are used, can you rely on the document in court?
• Can they invalidate a break clause or rent review notice?
• And what do the judges make of their use?

Speaker: Vivien King BA FInstCPD HonRICS Solicitor is Director of Hatherleigh Training. Vivien lectures, teaches and conducts workshops specialising in property and property litigation issues.

All Levels: Of interest to: All professionals working in the property market - and particularly those who read or write letters, reports and contracts 

Some knowledge of MS Excel is required and this Course is not, therefore, intended for those who have no previous experience of the programme. An introductory course on MS Excel is scheduled for Wednesday 28 October.

• YP Formulae in Excel
• Valuation templates
• Hardcore, term & reversion and equivalent yield calculations
• Goal seek
• Naming and fixing cells
• Presentation tips including custom formatting

Please note that there is a discounted fee for members of £50(+VAT) per delegate for this Workshop

Bookings can be made online or by cheque (made payable to CPD Ltd).  We also accept bookings by telephone on 020 7828 2099.

Refunds cannot be made but delegates may be substituted, or moved to another computer workshop in the 2009/10 CPD Foundation programme whenever possible.  VAT receipts and joining information will be provided.

Note: This Course will be held at the University of Westminster Marylebone Campus
located opposite Madame Tussaud's 

The workshop will be run by Graham Harvey MSc MRICS who is Partner, Commercial Valuations at Knight Frank LLP

Elementary: Of interest to General Practice Surveyors, Cost Consultants, Valuers and Property Investors

• Market background
• The who, the what & the why of property derivatives
• What do property derivatives imply about the market?

Speaker: Paul Rostas is Head of Property Derivatives, London at ICAP plc.  Paul has fifteen years experience in financial markets and now runs ICAP’s business in European & Asia Pacific property derivatives. Paul leads a dedicated team providing derivative based solutions to banking and property institutions looking to manage their exposure in both the commercial and residential property sectors. 

Intermediate: Of interest to General Practice Surveyors, Portfolio Managers, Investment Surveyors, Property Investors, Managers and Owners, Property Solicitors and Professional Advisers

• Discussion and illustration of architectural styles
• Why buildings of different ages look the way they do
• Ruskin, Pugin and all that
• Revivals and the Victorians
• Setting the scene for 20th century architecture

Speaker: Peter Gray BSc FRICS is a sole practioner and has been valuing and surveying residential properties in north and northwest London and Hertfordshire since 1982.  Peter undertakes Expert Witness work and is an APC Assessor.

All Levels: Of interest to General Practice Surveyors, Building Surveyors, Architects, Residential Agents, Managing Agents, Property Solicitors, Professional Advisers - and more than a passing interest to those who live in houses and flats

• Regulatory framework of accounting
• General factors for interpretation
• Income statement
• Balance sheet
• Cash flow statement
• Other statements
• Ratio analysis

Speaker: Danny Leiwy is a Partner at Leiwy Sherman & Co, accountants and registered auditors.

You will need to bring along a copy of the M&S 2009 Annual Accounts to both this and the later session scheduled for 13th January 2010. Download them here (3.3MB)

All Levels: Of interest to all professionals and particularly those involved in 'Going Concern' valuations and those who need to determine the financial stability of prospective tenants, contractors, etc.

• Appraisal strategy
• The architecture of the appraisal
• Development values
• Development costs
• Development chronology
• Performance outputs
• Notes and tips

Speaker:  Nick Duffy MBA BSc DipProjMan(RICS) MRICS is Senior Development Manager at EC Harris. He has been a development surveyor for 20 years and has worked in the public and private sectors in relation to all sorts of real estate.

All Levels: Of interest to General Practice Surveyors, Valuers, Building Surveyors, Cost Consultants, Property Developers, Investors and Owners, Property Managers, Financiers, Property Solicitors and Professional Advisers

• Significance of asbestos in the recession
• RICS activities – 2nd edition of Asbestos Guidance Note and plans for new publications
• Health and Safety Executive - update on MDHS 100 (Methods for the Determination of Hazardous Substances) and prosecutions
• Procuring asbestos surveys
• Asbestos in schools

Speaker: Paul Winstone DipBS FRICS ACIArb MIIRSM is a chartered building surveyor and a director of Watts Group PLC.  He is Chair of the RICS Asbestos Working Group that produced the revised Guidance Note on Asbestos, Second Edition, published in May 2009.

Update: Of interest to General Practice Surveyors, Building Surveyors, Architects, Managing Agents, Property Agents, Facilities Managers, Property Owners, Developers and Investors, Property Solicitors and Professional Advisers

• Background to sustainability and property: why are 'green' issues relevant?
• Is this a short and long term issue - what are the drivers?
• Do investors care about sustainability? And, if so, why and what in particular are they
interested in?
• How might sustainability issues affect values - what does the market evidence tell us?
• What are the implications for valuation and investment practice and is there any help
available?

Speaker: Miles Keeping BSc(Hons) MSc MRICS CEnv, Director and Head of Sustainability, GVA Grimley

Of Interest To: General Practice Surveyors, Investment Surveyors, Valuers, Property Agents, Investors, Portfolio Managers, Developers, Property Companies, Banks, Property Solicitors and Professional Advisers

• London office markets in the financial crisis: in the eye of the storm
• The credit crunch and office investment
• Development trends: from surplus to squeeze
• Office demand and rents: how far to the bottom?
• Market prospects:  opportunities and challenges

Speaker: Peter Damesick MA. PhD is an executive Director and Head of Research UK, at CB Richard Ellis. He is an ex-Chairman of the Society of Property Researchers and has also been a member of the Bank of England Property Forum.

Update: Of interest to  General Practice Surveyors, Valuers, Property Managers, Investment Surveyors, Portfolio Managers, Retail Property Agents, Property Investors, Developers and Owners, Property Solicitors and Professional Advisers

Learn how to improve your Presentation Skills with the Rules of Magic

• Principles used instinctively by the best magicians and equally effective in business communication.
• Engaging an audience
• Gaining and retaining their attention
• Adding impact to your messages
• Convincing your audience

Speaker: Nick Fitzherbert MCIPR is a  Communications Consultant and Member of the Magic Circle. He spent 20 years in communications consultancy, working in sectors including Drinks, Media, Marketing Services, Public Sector, Industry Organisations and Financial Services. He worked for PR consultancies such as Countrywide and Ludgate, as well as running his own top-100 firm SFB for seven years.

All Levels: Of interest to all who wish to improve their presentation skills and win the business/get their message across

Architecture - like all built environment professions - is highly dependent on other people and other forces. The trouble is that architects, like other built environment professionals, tend to deny this dependency. The lecture will look at this gap, and suggest that architecture’s dependency has a number of positive consequences, which might also inform the other built environment professionals. These include:

• The application of professional intelligence in areas beyond the strict confines of the profession, thereby extending the potential areas in which built environment professionals might operate
• The acknowledgment of a wider social and economic context for professional work, thereby making the work of built environment professionals both more accountable and more relevant to societal needs
• The development of an ethical basis to professional practice, thereby giving a stronger basis for trust to be established between built environment professionals and the public

Speaker: Jeremy Till MA, Dip Arch, RIBA is Dean of the School of Architecture and the Built Environment at the University of Westminster

All Levels: Of interest to Building Surveyors, Quantity Surveyors, General Practice Surveyors, Designers, Architects, Property Managers, Property Owners, Investors and Developers, Property Solicitors and Professional Advisers

How did we get to where we are now?

• The economic outlook for output, expenditure and employment growth in the sectors most relevant to occupier demand in the office, retail and industrial property sectors

• Qualitative factors which will affect occupier demand

• Development activity and the supply of floorspace in recent years and over the next few years

• Rental value trends and where rental levels are now relative to long term trend levels in different market sectors

Speaker: Stuart Morley is a director of GVA Grimley Ltd and is head of Research.  He undertakes consultancy research work in valuation, investment, development and planning areas.  He has extensive experience in undertaking demand feasibility studies, forecasting future performance and assessing, quantitively, the effect of schemes on their surrounding areas.

Of Interest To: Investment Surveyors, General Practice Surveyors, Valuers, Investors, Portfolio
Managers, Developers, Property Companies, Banks, Property Solicitors and Professional
Advisers

• Ensuring occupiers get the right quality of service, owner/manager responsiveness and value for money

• Drafting, and enforcing, lease terms to minimise the likelihood and effect of 'nasty surprises'

• Understanding the legal detail; what is recoverable under a 'sweeper' clause? What is recoverable (or not) as the cost of a 'repair'?

• RICS updates on the 2007 Code: Sinking funds - a good idea, or not? Apportionments and changing floor areas

• Maximising your negotiating leverage in drafting leases for new and pre-existing developments

Speaker: Keith Hutcheson, Consultant, Nabarro

Of interest to: General Practice Surveyors, Managing Agents, Property Investors, Portfolio Managers, Landlords and Tenants, Property Solicitors and Professional Advisers

• Features common to all claims
• Property Litigation Association Protocol and RICS Guidance note
• The different types of claim:

    -  cost of works
    -  straightforward, with worked examples
    -  deeper analysis
    -  possible futures for the building, with worked examples

Speaker: Peter Beckett is a senior partner of Beckett & Kay, a firm specialising in landlord and tenant work, with particular emphasis on damage to the reversion, leasehold enfranchisement, value investment, and recovery.

Of interest to: General Practice Surveyors, Building Surveyors, Valuers, Property Agents, Property Investors, Owners and Occupiers, Managing Agents, Property Solicitors and Professional Advisers

• What is insolvency?
• Sectors at risk
• Strategy: Hold v Sell
• Questions for clients
• Clues to remaining solvent

Speaker: Professor Barry Gilbertson PPRICS FNARA MInstD CRE HonANEVAR HonSAIQS has been with PricewaterhouseCoopers since 1992, having previously been managing director of a property investment and development company.  Acknowledged as an expert in property insolvency, a leading fixed charge receiver, and specializing in strategic solutions for real estate within a business context.

Please note that there will be no handout available on the night, but you will be able to download it from this website from the 27th October.

Barry's latest challenge at PwC is to bring his experience and expertise to work out the c$15bn (gross) real estate investment assets of, and corporate property occupied by, Lehman Brothers within the Administration.  Barry's team are also working on Castlemore and Oakdene, respectively the largest commercial and residential property company casualties of this recession so far.

All Levels: Of Interest to Investment Surveyors, General Practice Surveyors, Valuers, Investors, Developers, Property Companies, Banks, Property Solicitors, Property Managers and Professional Advisers

The lecture will examine some of the common defects encountered in commercial property including the basic principles behind the problem, what to look for and how to deal with them.

In particular, it will focus on:

• Flat Roofing: failures in TPO, EPDM and PVC roofing; liquid membranes and traditional coverings
• Masonry Facades: movements and distortions caused by thermal, moisture and chemical composition
• Cladding and curtain walling, mechanisms of failure and typical defects
• Floor structures and raised access floors including vibration problems

Speaker: Trevor Rushton FRICS FBEng ACIArb is Technical Director at Watts Group PLC, his particular expertise is in relation to building and materials failures and defects, having wide experience of defects in many varied forms of buildings ranging from nuclear defence facilities to large commercial developments, listed buildings and residential sites. He edits the Watts Pocket Handbooks and serves on the editorial boards of ISURV and the Building Surveying Journal.

All Levels: Of interest to General Practice Surveyors, Building Surveyors, Architects, Designers, Quantity Surveyors, Property Managers, Facilities Managers, Property Owners and Developers, Property Solicitors and Professional Advisers

• Dry rot, wet rots and moulds
• Non-destructive inspection
• Non chemical treatments
• Environmental control and sustainable solutions
• Damp, moisture and timber decay
• Timber mycology and pathology
• Designing out timber deterioration
• Management of timber decay - an integrated approach

Speakers: Dr Jagjit Singh BSc MSc PhD CFIBiol FRSPH FRSA Past President ISBE is the Director of Environmental Building Solutions Ltd, where he works with Huw Lloyd BSc AIWSc who is the Technical Director.

All Levels: Of interest to General Practice Surveyors, Building Surveyors, Quantity Surveyors, Architects, Designers, Facilities Managers, Property Managers, Property Owners, Developers and Investors, Property Solicitors and Professional Advisers

This course is being run by Kingston University and is specifically aimed at members who are preparing for the RICS Assessment of Professional Competence.

CPD Foundation Passport Holders in this category can obtain a discount of £10 off the regular fee of £75. To obtain the discount you must include the CPD Foundation Username you use to access our website.

Applications to attend can only be made to Kingston University - not the CPD Foundation.

The Course will be held at Friends House, 173 Euston Road, London NW1 2BJ.

• Capital Gains Tax - the new rules revised
• The treatment of goodwill and property in the transfer of a business as a going concern
• Using losses
• The anti-avoidance rules
• Partnerships and LLPs (Limited Liability Partnerships):
  - Statement of Practice D12
  - Admission of new partners
  - Transfer of business (or property) to a corporate  partner

Speaker: Mark McMullen MA FCA TEP is Director of Private Client Tax Services at  Smith & Williamson. Mark advises partners, private clients and their families on their financial and tax affairs and his specialisms include non UK domiciliaries, UK direct taxes, UK property, limited liability partnerships and trusts.

Update: Of interest to General Practice Surveyors, Valuers, Property Developers, Investors and Owners, Commercial Property Agents, Cost Consultants, Quantity Surveyors, Property Solicitors and Professional Advisers

• The case for regulation of agents
• Transparency in fees charged
• Redress and compensation
• Investment in property in the future
• Buy to Let the way ahead
• Rental as a choice of tenure and its security

Speaker: Ian Potter FARLA is Head of Operations at The Association of Residential Letting Agents. Ian entered the lettings industry in 1990, and was the founder chairman of Association of Residential Letting Agents in Scotland.  He has been a director of ARLA from 1993 with responsibility for Finance and Compliance and Operations Manager since 2007.

Update: Of interest to General Practice Surveyors, Residential Lettings Agents, Managing Agents, Landlords, Tenants, Property Investors, Property Solicitors and Professional Advisers

• What’s the truth behind the hype of the internet?
  - What proportion of retail is taken up by internet spending?
  - How has the internet reshaped the retail sector?
  - Does it really spell the death of the high street?
• What will be the impact going forward?
  - How large will the internet be in five years time?
  - Which online retail sectors will see the fastest growth?
  - What is the likely impact on physical shops?
•  How can retailers win online?
  - What are the strategies they need to employ?
  - What are the common pitfalls they need to avoid?
  - What will best practice look like over the next five years?
• How can physical retailers fight back?
  - What do shopping places and retailers need to do to ensure they attract footfall?

Speaker: Neil Saunders BA (Hons), is currently Consulting Director at Verdict Research. In this role he is responsible for all aspects of the consulting division and heads up most client projects, working with retail and consumer related companies to help develop, evolve and implement business strategies.

Neil serves as a non-executive director of the train operating company First Great Western and is a Visiting Fellow at the School of Management, University of Surrey.

All Levels: Of Interest to General Practice Surveyors, Valuers, Property Managers, Investment Surveyors, Portfolio Managers, Retail Property Agents, Property Investors, Developers and Owners, Property Solicitors and Professional Advisers

* Why do people have boundary / neighbour disputes?
* How to handle clients
* Basic measurement tips
* Report writing
* Giving evidence in court
* A European-type Cadastre?
* RICS Neighbour Disputes Service

Speaker: David Powell FRICS FRGS MAE is Chairman, David J Powell FRICS and a leading expert in Boundary and Rights-of-Way dispute resolution.  He is one of the prime movers in the RICS Neighbour Dispute Service and the author of "Anstey’s Boundary Disputes" (RICS Books).  David has lectured on the subject of "Neighbours at War" throughout Europe and in the West Indies and has featured on BBC TV and radio.

All Levels: Of Interest to General Practice Surveyors, Valuers, Building Surveyors, Architects, Developers, Property Managers, Property Solicitors and Professional Advisers

This course is being run by Kingston University and is specifically aimed at members who are preparing for the RICS Assessment of Professional Competence.

CPD Foundation Passport Holders in this category can obtain a discount of £10 off the regular fee of £75. To obtain the discount you must include the CPD Foundation Username you use to access our website.

Applications to attend can only be made to Kingston University - not the CPD Foundation.

The Course will be held at Friends House, 173 Euston Road, London NW1 2BJ.

• Use of the voice - audibility, diction, speed, expression
• Understand your audience
• The venue
• Use of equipment, including microphones
• Powerpoint - when to use and how to use
• Presentations - team work and preparation

Speaker: Peter Morgan FRICS MCIArb is a Consultant with Ashwell Rogers and was formerly the European Retail director of DTZ. He wrote a book, published by the Estates Gazette entitled Retail Property Development and has been on the President’s panel of Arbitrators and Independent Expert valuers for more than 14 years.

All Levels: Of Interest to anyone who needs, wants or has to speak in public

• Overview of The Part Wall, etc Act 1996 – after 12 years surely we are aware of the Act by now - or are we?
• Key points and traps
• A practical Act so use it practically
• Remedies for breach - the use of the injunction
• The scope of the appointed surveyors' jurisdiction - Onibanjo v Pearson (2008)
• The conclusive effect of awards - Rodrigues v Sokal (2008)
• Damage to adjoining property - what liability under the Act? - Hough v Annear (2007)
• Costs - Reeves v Blake (2009)

Speaker: Andrew Francis MA Barrister, is a Barrister at Serle Court with extensive property practice (both advisory and litigation) and with specialisation in restrictive covenants, rights of light and party walls.

Update:  Of interest to Building Surveyors, Quantity Surveyors, General Practice Surveyors, Designers, Architects, Property Managers, Property Owners, Investors and Developers, Property Solicitors and Professional Advisers

    * What has changed to the Red Book
    * Market Value v Worth
    * Application of Red Book in challenging times
    * Who understands uncertainty
    * Understanding the minimum requirements

Speaker: Duncan Preston FRICS is one of the UK's best-known valuers and is the Director of Valuation at Aston Rose. He has extensive experience having been Valuation Director at Jones Lang LaSalle. Duncan is currently an RICS vice-president.

Update: Of interest to General Practice Surveyors, Valuers, Property Owners, Investors and Developers, Property Agents, Property Managers, Property Solicitors and Professional Advisers

This course is being run by Kingston University and is specifically aimed at members who are preparing for the RICS Assessment of Professional Competence.

CPD Foundation Passport Holders in this category can obtain a discount of £10 off the regular fee of £75. To obtain the discount you must include the CPD Foundation Username you use to access our website.

Applications to attend can only be made to Kingston University - not the CPD Foundation.

The Course will be held at Friends House, 173 Euston Road, London NW1 2BJ.

In this lecture, Andrew Holmes will present a whistle-stop tour of risk management. During the presentation he will:

    * Describe the nature of risk today
    * Outline why risk management is critical to every organisation
    * Highlight why we often get the balance wrong (too much risk, or too little)
    * Introduce an effective framework for managing risk
    * Discuss the impact of culture on risk
    * Identify key roles and responsibilities
    * Summarise the ten steps to successful risk management

Speaker: Andrew Holmes is Managing Partner of Paricint LLP and his book on Risk Management can be found here.

All Levels: Of interest to anyone who wishes to understand the importance of risk management in the current climate and that’s everyone!

This course is being run by Kingston University and is specifically aimed at members who are preparing for the RICS Assessment of Professional Competence.

CPD Foundation Passport Holders in this category can obtain a discount of £10 off the regular fee of £75. To obtain the discount you must include the CPD Foundation Username you use to access our website.

Applications to attend can only be made to Kingston University - not the CPD Foundation.

The Course will be held at Friends House, 173 Euston Road, London NW1 2BJ.

• The basics
• Post Credit Crunch
• The current situation
• Is there any debt available?
• Does gearing still make sense?
• What do banks want?
• Current issues

Speaker: Andrew Chrysostomou BSc MRICS is a Senior Analyst and Surveyor at Cushman & Wakefield LLP

All Levels:  Of interest to Investment Surveyors, General Practice Surveyors, Valuers, Investors, Developers, Property Companies, Banks, Property Solicitors and Professional Advisers

• Government drivers for more sustainable buildings
• The carbon neutral/carbon zero requirements
• How 2010 Building Regulations Part L (Conservation of Fuel and Power) fits in
• Measuring Green buildings
• The building fabric and systems needed to meet the requirements

Speaker: Ant Wilson BSc CEng FEI FSFE MCIBSE MSLL is Director of AECOM.

All Levels: Of interest to General Practice Surveyors, Planners, Architects, Engineers, Facilities Managers, Quantity Surveyors, Property Owners, Developers and Investors, Property Solicitors and Professional Advisers

Vivien King BA FInstCPD HonRICS Solicitor is Director of Hatherleigh Training. Vivien lectures, teaches and conducts workshops specialising in property and property litigation issues.

• Where does the Government's aim re "equality for all" leave the disabled?
• Pursuant to the disability discrimination legislation:
  - Who are the disabled?
  - Who owes the disabled a duty?
  - What are those duties?
• What is the meaning of "reasonable" within the context of Disability Discrimination?
• How does the legislation affect the commercial property market?
  What do the courts make of the legislation?
• And what does the Government make of the judges' decisions?

Update: of interest to General Practice Surveyors, Valuers, Quantity Surveyors, Building Surveyors, Managing Agents, Architects, Designers, Developers, Property Owners, Occupiers, Facilities Managers, Property Investors, Employers, Service Providers, Property Solicitors and Property Advisors

This course is being run by Kingston University and is specifically aimed at members who are preparing for the RICS Assessment of Professional Competence.

CPD Foundation Passport Holders in this category can obtain a discount of £10 off the regular fee of £75. To obtain the discount you must include the CPD Foundation Username you use to access our website.

Applications to attend can only be made to Kingston University - not the CPD Foundation.

The Course will be held at Friends House, 173 Euston Road, London NW1 2BJ.

More than ever before, success at work depends on being able to use your time, energy and talent adding value where it is needed most - and helping others to do the same!  Whether you lead a large team or just want to be able to leverage your own performance, this presentation will:

• Help you to set brilliantly clear objectives
• Show you how to monitor progress in a way that is both disciplined and inspiring
• Share tips for getting back on track when performance goes wrong

Speaker: Carolyn Gray BA MBA is Director of FitzroyGray Ltd. She specialises in designing and delivering personal and management skills training and in providing performance-oriented coaching for individuals and teams.

All Levels: of interest to anyone who wants to deliver outstanding performance at work.

•   A strategic approach
•   Your development
•   Planning your research
•   Undertaking your research
•   Your data and information

Speaker: Nick Duffy MBA BSc DipProjMan(RICS) MRICS is Senior Development Manager at EC Harris LLP

All Levels: Of Interest to General Practice Surveyors, Valuers, Building Surveyors, Cost Consultants, Property Developers, Investors and Owners, Property Managers, Financiers, Property Solicitors and Professional Advisers

This lecture will address:

• The three main types of surveying failures, using examples of actual building projects and instructions:
  - Management Failures
  - Fabric Failures
  - Investigator Failures
• Competencies required in investigating and analysing failures
• Impact on professional development of surveyors and engineers

Speaker: Norman Train BSc C.Eng FIStructE FICE FCIArb FConsE is Principal at Train and Kemp. As an engineer, Norman Train has been involved in a wide spectrum of projects from forensic expert witness instructions to the construction of large building structures and civil engineering projects. 

All Levels: Of Interest to General Practice Surveyors, Building Surveyors, Quantity Surveyors, Architects,  Managing Agents, Property Owners and Investors, Property Solicitors, and Professional Advisers

This course is being run by Kingston University and is specifically aimed at members who are preparing for the RICS Assessment of Professional Competence.

CPD Foundation Passport Holders in this category can obtain a discount of £10 off the regular fee of £75. To obtain the discount you must include the CPD Foundation Username you use to access our website.

Applications to attend can only be made to Kingston University - not the CPD Foundation.

The Course will be held at Friends House, 173 Euston Road, London NW1 2BJ.

This course is being run by Kingston University and is specifically aimed at members who are preparing for the RICS Assessment of Professional Competence.

CPD Foundation Passport Holders in this category can obtain a discount of £10 off the regular fee of £75. To obtain the discount you must include the CPD Foundation Username you use to access our website.

Applications to attend can only be made to Kingston University - not the CPD Foundation.

The Course will be held at Friends House, 173 Euston Road, London NW1 2BJ.

This course is being run by Kingston University and is specifically aimed at members who are preparing for the RICS Assessment of Professional Competence.

CPD Foundation Passport Holders in this category can obtain a discount of £10 off the regular fee of £75. To obtain the discount you must include the CPD Foundation Username you use to access our website.

Applications to attend can only be made to Kingston University - not the CPD Foundation.

The Course will be held at Friends House, 173 Euston Road, London NW1 2BJ.

This course is being run by Kingston University and is specifically aimed at members who are preparing for the RICS Assessment of Professional Competence.

CPD Foundation Passport Holders in this category can obtain a discount of £10 off the regular fee of £75. To obtain the discount you must include the CPD Foundation Username you use to access our website.

Applications to attend can only be made to Kingston University - not the CPD Foundation.

The Course will be held at Friends House, 173 Euston Road, London NW1 2BJ.

This course is being run by Kingston University and is specifically aimed at members who are preparing for the RICS Assessment of Professional Competence.

CPD Foundation Passport Holders in this category can obtain a discount of £10 off the regular fee of £75. To obtain the discount you must include your CPD Foundation Passport Number or the Username you use to access our website.

Applications to attend can only be made to Kingston University - not the CPD Foundation.

You can only make a reservation (and pay) on line.

Go to www.kingston.ac.uk/designbookonline for the appropriate link. In case of difficulty get in touch with the University by phone on 020 8547 7066 by fax 020 7547 7069 or email shortcourse.design@kingston.ac.uk.

The Course will be held at Friends House, 173 Euston Road, London NW1 2BJ.

This course is being run by Kingston University and is specifically aimed at members who are preparing for the RICS Assessment of Professional Competence.

CPD Foundation Passport Holders in this category can obtain a discount of £10 off the regular fee of £75. To obtain the discount you must include your CPD Foundation Passport Number or the Username you use to access our website.

Applications to attend can only be made to Kingston University - not the CPD Foundation.

You can only make a reservation (and pay) on line.

Go to www.kingston.ac.uk/designbookonline for the appropriate link. In case of difficulty get in touch with the University by phone on 020 8547 7066 by fax 020 7547 7069 or email shortcourse.design@kingston.ac.uk.

The Course will be held at Friends House, 173 Euston Road, London NW1 2BJ.

This course is being run by Kingston University and is specifically aimed at members who are preparing for the RICS Assessment of Professional Competence.

CPD Foundation Passport Holders in this category can obtain a discount of £10 off the regular fee of £75. To obtain the discount you must include your CPD Foundation Passport Number or the Username you use to access our website.

Applications to attend can only be made to Kingston University - not the CPD Foundation.

You can only make a reservation (and pay) on line.

Go to www.kingston.ac.uk/designbookonline for the appropriate link. In case of difficulty get in touch with the University by phone on 020 8417 7066 by fax 020 8417 4229 or email shortcourse.design@kingston.ac.uk.

The Course will be held at Friends House, 173 Euston Road, London NW1 2BJ.

Elizabeth de Burgh Sidley BA(Hons) FRICS is a Partner at Drivers Jonas

• What is a right to light?
• How do you measure it?
• Can you assist clients to minimise the problem?
• Injunction or compensation?
• The lead cases to know

All Levels: Of interest to General Practice Surveyors, Building Surveyors, Designers, Architects, Quantity Surveyors, Property Owners, Investors and Developers, Property Managers, Property Solicitors and Professional Advisers

THIS LECTURE HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED FROM THE 10TH JUNE BECAUSE OF STRIKE ACTION ON THE LONDON UNDERGROUND.  PLEASE NOTE THE LATER START AT 18:30.

John Male QC and Camilla Lamont MA BCL(Oxon) are Barristers with Landmark Chambers

Rent Reviews

• Upwards and downwards
• Initiating the reviews
• Unusual valuation assumptions
• The valuation date and post-valuation date evidence

Break Clauses

• Exercising the right
• Premature break notices
• Saving defective notices: Mannai ten years on
• Conditional break clauses
• Handing back the keys

All Levels: Of interest to General Practice Surveyors, Managing Agents, Property Investors, Portfolio Managers, Landlords and Tenants, Property Solicitors and Professional Advisers

This course is being run by Kingston University and is specifically aimed at members who are preparing for the RICS Assessment of Professional Competence.

CPD Foundation Passport Holders in this category can obtain a discount of £10 off the regular fee of £75. To obtain the discount you must include your CPD Foundation Passport Number or the Username you use to access our website.

Applications to attend can only be made to Kingston University - not the CPD Foundation.

You can only make a reservation (and pay) on line.

The Course will be held at Friends House, 173 Euston Road, London NW1 2BJ.

Gary Oakley BSc(Econ) MSc MRICS AIMgt is Managing Director of Influencing & Negotiating Services (INS Ltd)

The re-negotiation season is open.

In this economic downturn it is unlikely that agreements made even six months ago still serve all the parties as well as they could do.

Historically re-negotiation has been seen as a competitive activity, usually initiated by the party that has suddenly become more powerful, to achieve short term gains at the expense of relationship. This should not be the case.

• How to re-negotiate collaboratively
• Changing needs and priorities
• Using common ground
• Improving outcomes now while improving relationships ready for the improving economy

All Levels: Of interest to all who wish to improve the outcome of their negotiations - that's everyone.

Julie Gattegno Solicitor is a Partner at law firm Nabarro.

• Overview of the process, considerations and tactics for landlord and tenant in a downturn
• The likely issues in dispute : break option, rent review and term
• Rent and interim rent
• Case summary update

Update: Of interest to General Practice Surveyors, Valuers, Property Agents, Property Investors, Owners and Occupiers, Managing Agents, Property Solicitors and Professional Advisers.

Geoff Hunt BSc(Hons) MRICS is Director of Geoffrey Hunt Building Surveying Services Ltd

• Introduction to the Architectural Timeline
• A look at what causes defects
• Defects of different periods from the 14th century onwards
• How to assess the risks defects pose
• How to manage defects
• The top ten modern defects

Intermediate Level: Of interest to General Practice Surveyors, Building Surveyors, Valuers, Property Agents, Facilities Managers, Property Investors, Owners and Occupiers, Managing Agents, Property Solicitors and Professional Advisers

Michael Felton LLB is Principal of Michael Felton Associates 

• Conspiracy of carrots
• Credit crunch - competition
• Recession – who and how to play the game?
• Landlords – is there hope?
• Parliamentary enquiry 2009 – trick or treat?
• Value and valuation

All Levels: Of interest to General Practice Surveyors, Valuers, Property Managers, Investment Surveyors,Portfolio Managers, Retail Property Agents, Property Investors, Developers and Owners,Property Solicitors and Professional Advisers

Nick Brice BSc(Hons) is Partner and Principal Consultant at TMI.  Peter Jones GM QGM BA(Hons) is formerly a Commander of a Special Forces Detachment. 

Six key team leadership competencies to get the best out of people in a challenging environment:

• Get centred
• Clarify your mountain
• Build the plan
• Build the team
• Create experiences
• Walk the task

All Levels:  Of interest to all professionals who supervise (or who will supervise) people, or who delegate to others.

This course is being run by Kingston University and is specifically aimed at members who are preparing for the RICS Assessment of Professional Competence.

CPD Foundation Passport Holders in this category can obtain a discount of £10 off the regular fee of £75. To obtain the discount you must include your CPD Foundation Passport Number or the Username you use to access our website.

Applications to attend can only be made to Kingston University - not the CPD Foundation.

The Course will be held at Friends House, 173 Euston Road, London NW1 2BJ.

Chris Doyle MRICS CTA is a Partner at Yewell Consulting. Chris initially trained and qualified as a Chartered Surveyor with DTZ Debenham Tie Leung. He moved in to property tax and qualified as a Chartered Tax Adviser with PricewaterhouseCoopers, before moving to Deloitte as a Tax Director to head their Capital Allowances Team.  He is also currently the Chairman of the RICS Taxation Policy Panel.

• Recent legislative changes
• Opportunities when buying and selling property
• Planning for refurbishments and new-build
• Green incentives
• Budget update

Update:  An update of interest to General Practice Surveyors, Quantity Surveyors, Building Surveyors, Architects, Cost Consultants, Valuers, Investors and Developers, Property Solicitors and Professional Advisers.

Chris Strathon MRICS is a Director in the Valuation Advisors Team of Jones Lang LaSalle. He leads the South East Advisory Team working with corporate clients, property investors and banks.

• The valuation of over-rented and vacant properties
• Avoiding of negligent valuations
• Update on negligence case law

All Levels:  Of interest to all levels of General Practice Surveyors, Valuers, Portfolio Managers, Property Investors and Owners, Portfolio Managers, Property Solicitors and Professional Advisers.

Bill Page BSc(Hons) is Head of UK Offices Research at Jones Lang LaSalle. Vanessa Clark BSc(Hons) is also at JLL and is Director National Offices Team & East London Business Team.

• The what, why, when and how of the Thames Gateway
• Property performance, relativities and expectations
• Transport and infrastructure improvements and their implications
• The planning pipeline and development timescales
• Demographics and demographic change

All Levels:  Of interest to all levels of General Practice Surveyors, Valuers, Property Developers, Investors and Owners,Property Agents, Managing Agents, Portfolio Managers Property Solicitors and Professional Advisers.

(Originally scheduled for the 2nd February)

Henryetta Simpson is a Senior Lecturer in Business Information Management and Operations at Westminster Business School’s Marylebone Campus.

This course is designed for those people who make use of a package providing project management tools and who wish to take advantage of some of the many facilities which live in this industry-standard package.  Please note there is a members' fee of just £50+VAT to attend our Computer Workshops.

By the end of this short session you should be able to -
• Create a task list
• Set up resources
• Assign resources to tasks
• Exploring how MS Project can help control work, schedules and finance
• Present information and reports in various formats
• Save your work and take it home (if you bring a data stick) email it to yourself

Of interest to everyone involved in the management of projects.

Lanny Silverstone BA(Hons) Solicitor is a litigation Partner at CKFT Solicitors. Lanny's principal areas of practice are property and commercial litigation and contentious employment law.

How to give yourself an edge in litigation:
• Identifying the parties
• Pre-action preparation
• Where to sue and why it matters
• What to include in the claim - and what to leave out
• Making it worthwhile

All Levels:  Of interest to all levels of General Practice Surveyors, Valuers, Property Managers, Investment Surveyors, Portfolio Managers, Retail Property Agents, Property Investors, Developers and Owners, Property Solicitors and Professional Advisers.

Graham Chase FRICS FCIArb FSA CRE FInstCPD is Managing Partner at Chase & Partners and was RICS President 2006-2007. He has specialised in the retail and leisure property market for the past 25 years.

• Current market trends
• Carnage, catastrophe or just another day in the life of a retailer?
• Shopping malls - dinosaur or dynasty?
• Investment in retail is for life
• Do Governments understand retail property and is current Government policy relevant and appropriate?

All Levels:  Of interest to General Practice Surveyors, Valuers, Property Managers, Investment Surveyors, Portfolio Managers, Retail Property Agents, Property Investors, Developers and Owners, Property Solicitors

NETWORKING EVENT: We invite you stay on after the lecture to meet the speaker and fellow delegates over  a glass of wine and other refreshments.

Carolyn Gray BA MBA is Director of FitzroyGray Ltd. She specialises in designing and delivering personal and management skills training and in providing performance-oriented coaching for individuals and teams.

In this interactive session you will learn -

• What to delegate and what not to delegate - and to whom
• How to step back from a delegated task and still make sure it's done alright
• How to get the information and autonomy you need when someone else delegates to you

All Levels:  Of interest to anyone who wants (or needs) to get rid of tasks and to those who end up doing them - which means everyone!

Alan Tovey CEng FIStructE MCIArb is Director of Tecnicom Ltd and Executive Director of The Basement Information Centre.

•    The performance benefits, uses and construction options for basements
•    Purpose and types of construction: New build, Refurbishment, Retrofit (installing under an existing building)
•    The range of available publications for basements
•    The effect or interaction between structural design and waterproofing
•    Thermal Insulation of basements: The methods of determining the amount of insulation to meet a given U-value
•    Other Building Regulation matters
•    Accreditation schemes

Intermediate Level:  Of interest to General Practice Surveyors, Building Surveyors, Architects, Designers, Quantity Surveyors, Property Managers, Facilities Managers, Property Owners and Developers, Property Solicitors and Professional Advisers.

Alan Clarke BSc MiF is UK economist at BNP Paribas.  He joined the firm's Economics Team in Sep 2000 and has been UK Economist since 2004. 

• Why is the housing market in this mess?
• What are the best early warning indicators?
• What are they saying?
• What is the impact on the wider economy?
• How deep and how long is the slowdown likely to be?

All Levels:  Of interest to Investment Surveyors, General Practice Surveyors, Valuers, Investors, Portfolio Managers, Developers, Property Companies, Banks, Property Solicitors and Professional Advisers.

Duncan Preston FRICS is one of the UK's best-known valuers and is the Director of Valuation at Aston Rose. He has extensive experience having been Valuation Director at Jones Lang LaSalle. Duncan is currently an RICS vice-president.

• Review of 2009 edition and changes
• Valuation Uncertainty
• Price and Worth

Update:  Of interest to General Practice Surveyors, Valuers, Property Owners, Investors and Developers, Property Agents, Property Managers, Property Solicitors and Professional Advisers.

Ian Rock MRICS is Director of Zennor Consultants Ltd and is an experienced residential chartered surveyor who first began refurbishing properties during the 1980s. 

• What’s so good about Britain’s 3 million 1930s houses ?
• Common defects and suggested solutions
• Future threats

All Levels:  Of interest to General Practice Surveyors, Building Surveyors, Architects, Designers, Quantity Surveyors, Property Managers, Property Owners and Developers, Property Solicitors and Professional Advisers.

Vivien King BA FInstCPD HonRICS Solicitor is Director of Hatherleigh Training. Vivien lectures, teaches and conducts workshops specialising in property and property litigation issues.

• What IS an expert witness and when is one required?
• Is an expert an advocate for his client or a “judge’s little helper”?
• To whom or what is the expert’s duty owed?
• If you are a surveyor, do YOU know what the RICS new edition of the Practice Statement and Guidance Note says?
• What does a lawyer want from and expert witness?
• And who is responsible for the expert’s fees?

All Levels:  Of interest to anyone who is, wants to be or thinks he/she is an expert!

Alistair Parker BA (Hons) BPL MRICS MRTPI is a partner at Cushman & Wakefield.

Alistair is known across the industry as a specialist in retail-led city and town centre regeneration schemes. Alistair’s expertise pans both the UK and abroad and has played an integral role in implementing a number of major shopping centre developments.

This evening's session will be a practical review of the retail-led major city centre regeneration schemes drawn from schemes like Liverpool One and Canterbury Whitefriars through to proposals like Sheffield Sevenstone and Preston Titheburn.

- Planning:  first ideas, revising policy and shaping the debate
- Evolving design:  enclosed boxes, covered squares and open streets
- Partnership:  city leadership, culture clash and community outreach
- Financial appraisals:  ten year programmes, market cycles and scenario modelling
- New delivery vehicles:  City Development Company (CDC), Local Asset Based Vehicle (LABV) and Tax Increment Financing (TIF)

• Non-destructive inspection techniques
• Inspection and acquiring data
• Remedial measures
• Monitoring equipment
• Environmental management
• Case studies

Nigel Cooper BA(Hons) MCD DipSurv MRICS MRTPI is Head of Planning & Local Authority Development Consultancy at Collies CRE 

Nigel has been with Colliers CRE for more than 20 years and is currently advising Councils in Reading, Guildford, Slough, Bedford, Scarborough and Darlington. This evening he will cover:

• Why enter a joint venture?
• Summary of types of joint ventures
• Joint ventures between the private and public sectors
• Statutory responsabilities of the public sector
• Local asset backed vehicles
• Flexible arrangements and implementations

William Boss BA(Hons) Solicitor is a partner at SJ Berwin LLP and will present tonight on the following:

• Choosing a development vehicle
• Striking the right balance
• Coping with the residential legislation
• Think outside the box
• Getting the structure right

Of interest to General Practice Surveyors, Building Surveyors, Quantity Surveyors, Architects, Property Managers, Property Owners, Developers and Investors, Property Solicitors and Professional Advisers

Michael Haddock BSc(Hons) RICS is a Director at CB Richard Ellis responsible for EMEA capital markets research and has worked in the property sector since 1985, initially qualifying as a member of the RICS through the general practice division.  This evening he will address the following questions:

What do we mean by Sovereign Wealth Funds?

• Who are they?
• Where do they come from?
• What distinguishes them from other investors?
• What is their attitude to property?
• What do they invest in?
• How do they do it?
• How is this changing?
• How will this influence the market in the future?

Stuart Hill BSc(Hons) MRICS FBEng is an Associate at calfordseaden and this evening's session will cover the following:

• Why repair? Approaches to different repairs scenarios
• Evaluating the changing role of the surveyor
• Market opportunities
• Sustainability
• Difficult market conditions - an opportunity to re-shape skills
• Surveys and repairs - writing in plain English or surveyor-ese?
• Learning new skills - or re-learning old skills in a new way?
• Keeping the horse in front of the cart?
• Paperwork, contracts, records

Patrick Bond BSc FRICS DipRating is Deputy Director of Rating at the Valuation Office Agency's head office particularly responsible for commercial valuations for rating.  This evening's topic will cover:

• Empty property rates
• Revaluation 2010 - progress
• Material changes of circumstances
• Recent Lands Tribunal cases

John Tebbit CEng MICE is Industry Affairs Director and Deputy Chief Executive, Construction Products Association. During this lecture, he will cover the following aspects of energy saving considerations:

• The big picture on energy use in the UK
• Energy and co2 - the relationship
• Energy demand in the built environment
• Energy supply - constraints
• Why improvements to the existing property stock is so important
• When is it worth landlords/owners doing these improvements?
• Actions now and over the next decades

Peter Beckett FRICS is Senior Partner at Beckett & Kaya, a firm specialising in landlord and tenant work, with particular emphasis on damage to the reversion, leasehold enfranchisement, value investment, and recovery. He will cover the following:

• A review following recent cases
• The three types of transaction
• The three elements of the valuation
• The landlord's interest
• Marriage value
• Collective enfranchisements

Trevor Watson BSc MBA FRICS is Director of Valuation Services at Davis Coffer Lyons and has almost 20 years experience in the sector.  He will present an insight into the prospects for Leisure Property:

• What is happening to leisure property values?
• Where are landlords, operators and banks most exposed?
• What can be done to minimise risk?
• Sector by sector review
• Pubs
• Hotels
• Restaurants
• Nightclubs

Carolyn Gray BA MBA is Director of FitzroyGray Ltd. She specialises in designing and delivering personal and management skills training and in providing performance-oriented coaching for individuals and teams.

Ever wondered why you solve some problems quickly and easily while others nag away at you? Why sometimes you communicate with power and clarity and at other times you just don't feel you've been heard? Ever wondered why you just click with some people and others are such hard work?

The key is in your brain and how it works - and how you use it. This evening, you will learn to use your brain a little bit differently -

• To get things done more quickly, more easily with fewer expensive mistakes
• To plan your most sensitive communication
• To get through to your most awkward client

Of interest to anyone who has a brain and the courage to use it - that should be everyone!

Peter Jones BA(Econ) FRICS is a Director at Turley Associates. He has had considerable experience evaluating the maturity of locol and regional markets and assessing their potential for improved performance, in terms of both planning and Investment criteria. This evening he will cover:

• A town centre revolution: introducing the new Planning Policy Statement 6
• Regional and local perspectives
• The wider economic and social perspectives
• Competition and choice, or town centre regeneration?
• Will the new guidance work?

John Miller FRICS FBEng. is a Building Regulations and Access Consultant with 43 years experience in Building Control Surveying in both the public and private sectors.

• What was the outcome of the recent review of Building Control?
• Do we make the best use of the flexible system?
• What is the timetable for future amendments?
• Can sustainability be addressed through regulations?
• Are we achieving a reasonable level of compliance with Part L (Conservation of Fuel and Power)

Michael Lister BSc MRICS is Partner Principal of MLPE and Senior Partner Strategic Development at Clydesdale Bank where he originates property transactions and provides property expertise to the property lending team as well as running property training. This evening's lecture will incorporate:

• Development risks
• Why pre-let?
• What is an Agreement to Lease?
• What is in the agreement?
• Risks attaching to the agreement
• What if the contracted tenant wants to withdraw during the development phase?

Professor Malcolm Hollis BSc(EstMan) FRICS MCIArb FBEng MAE is a renowned Building Pathologist and Surveyor.  He specialises in Defect Recognition, the Diagnosis of the Cause of Failure and the interpretation of Liability for such matters as Dilapidations, Service Charges and Risk Analysis. 

Resolving and settling claims for lease breaches is a pragmatic art, peopled for many years by practical people imbued with common sense. Codifying the practice by seeking to impose onesize-fits-all rules has created conflict. This presentation will outline the debate and give reliable guidance for those who operate in this arena.

• Protocols – is it time to ignore them? The current status of pre-action protocols suggests
that there is no need for a special protocol for dilapidations.
• What must a dilapidation claim contain?
• The report- is there a mandatory requirement for the layout?
• Is the surveyor acting as expert or advocate?
• Contingency fees – do they have a place?
• Recent changes

Yvonne Simpson BSc MSc MRICS is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Greenwich and John Dye BA(Hons) MSc MRICS CDipAF is Commercial Director at TPS Consult Limited. In this session they will introduce prime contracting:

• What is regional prime contracting?
• Defining maximum price target cost
• Different stages of design and cost
• Handling risks
• How pain/gain works
• Value for money

Nick Lloyd LLB(Hons) is a Senior Associate in the Real Estate Dispute Resolution Team of the law firm Nabarro. He has 10 years experience as a property litigator dealing with landlord and tenant disputes and a variety of contentious property related matters. He will present an overview of how contractual damages will be awarded in a property context:

• The principles behind the award of damages
• When will gain based damages be awarded?
• What steps should be taken to mitigate loss?
• The approach to damages for breach of covenant in a lease
• Dilapidations - how are damages approached?

Sharon Langford is Principal Consultant with Kaleidoscope Learning Solutions who uses a range of tools and techniques; coaching facilitation, solutions focused approaches and creative and accelerated learning.  This session will explore:

Why do some people seem to be able to make decisions whilst others vacillate and remain
undecided - then rush to a conclusion?

• What makes a good decision-maker
• A six step process for making decisions
• Three tools to help with the decision making process
• Key strategies to help you make decisions

This course is designed for those people who make regular use of a spreadsheet package and who now wish to take advantage of some of the lesser known facilities which live in this industry standard package in order to undertake more complex calculations

By the end of this short session you should be able to -

• Handle nested IF statements
• Insert valuation formulae
• Carry out simple traditional valuations
• Move between work sheets inside a workbook
• Create list boxes and sliders
• Transpose and sort data emulating a database
• Evaluate some of the Data Analysis Tools
• Save your work and take it home - if you bring a CD with you

Of interest to everyone who needs to improve their skills in using spreadsheets