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SELF BUILD SEMINAR INFO
National Self Build & Renovation Centre
Lydiard Fields, Great Western Way,
Swindon SN5 8UB
SELF BUILD EXPERTS
The seminars will be hosted by Allan Corfield Architects, with industry experts providing engaging talks throughout the day. We are delighted to have secured the following speakers –
Allan Corfield
AC Architects
Self Build and Low Energy Expert
Allan is a Chartered Architect and ACA’s founder, the Self Build Architectural practice, working on one-off homes throughout the UK. His goal is to provide prospective self builders with the inspiration, support, and education they require to build their own cost effective, energy efficient, dream home. You can read more about Allan here.
Tom McSherry
BuildStore
Finance Expert
Tom has worked in the financial services industry for 30 years. He has spent the last 16 of these, specialising in self build mortgage at BuildStore, providing expert advice to hundreds of customers embarking on major homebuilding projects. Tom has completed self build projects himself, and is widely regarded as a self build finance expert.
Brian Singleton
ADM Systems
MVHR Expert
Brian has been involved in MVHR since the mid 90s and he is also a qualified BPEC accredited engineer and regularly commissions installed systems. Witnessing self-builders dreams turn to reality is what drives Brian. Even with his wealth of knowledge Brian is still hungry to learn and impart his experience to clients.
David Gallagher
AC Structures
Structural Engineer
David attained an MEng in Civil Engineering Design and Management at Dundee University in 2006. During his career, he has obtained a wealth of experience working in the UK, Middle East and New Zealand working on a number of high profile projects before joining AC Structures as Technical Director.
James Bryden
CLPM
Project Management and QS
James is a construction project cost expert and has over 25 years’ experience in the construction industry, within both the commercial and private sectors. James founded ClearPlan Project Management Ltd with his wife Nicky back in 2009, which merged with Charlie Laing Ltd to form CLPM Ltd in 2014.
David Hilton
Heat & Energy
Renewable Heating Expert
David is an authority in sustainable building and energy efficiency, with extensive knowledge in building fabrics, heating systems, heat recovery ventilation, emerging technologies and renewables, including heat pump technologies, Solar systems, biomass and also conventional heating systems.
SEMINAR AGENDA
08.30 – 09.00
Arrival and refreshments (1)
09.00 – 09.20
Introduction & agenda
09.20 – 09.30
The NSBRC and how it can help with Gareth Nicholas
09.30 – 10.00
Finding and Assessing Land
10.00 – 10.40
Funding and protecting your project with Tom McSherry
10.40 – 11.00
Refreshment break (2)
11.00 – 12.00
Your project team and the design process
12.00 – 12.40
Project Management and cost control with CLPM
12.40 – 13.40
Lunch Break, VR at stand/walkaround NSBRC (3)
13.40 – 14.20
Future Homes Standards and Construction Systems
14.20 – 15.00
Renewable Heating Design with David Hilton
15.00 – 15.30
MVHR design with Brian Singleton
15.30 – 15.50
Refreshment break (4)
15.50 – 16.30
Panel Q&A and close
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