CPD - Continuing Professional Development

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

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 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.

• 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.

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 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.”

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

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.

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 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

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.

• 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.

• 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.

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

• 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.

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