Non - Conforming Building Products- Chain of Responsbility

Presented by David Lonton from QBCC

• New Building and Construction Legislation (NCBP)
• Chain of responsibility
• Key Features of the NCBP Legislation
• Reporting

Prefabrication Architecture

Presented by Bill McCorkell from ArchiBlox

• Identify the opportunities and challenges of designing and constructing using prefabrication technology.
• Understand the construction and assembly process of a prefabricated building.
• Recognise the benefits of incorporating sustainable building practices and technologies into the design of buildings.

Learning in Vietnam

Presented by Ed Haysom from HAYSOM Architects Vietnam

• Examination of housing solutions in a tropical city and developed at the same time as Brisbane.
• Australia has opted for particular housing solutions based on its British heritage, this shows how a French heritage plus a war develop a different solution.
• Learning from Vietnam’s mistakes in dealing with population growth and housing density
• Looking at an alternative to present high-rise solutions

Retiring? Selling Your Business?

What you need to know

Presented by Martin Checketts from Mills Oakley

• Understand how organisational and corporate structure influences succession planning and retirement decisions of practices.
• Apply a succession or retirement methodology to their practice to assist with ownership/management changes.

Building Your Brand

Marketing and Social Media

• Understand how to craft a compelling social media and marketing strategy.
• Understand the need for data and tracking marketing impact.
• Identify new and useful platforms that can assist business in marketing.

The Symbol of Memory & Humility from the Midden

Presented by Stuart Tanner, Stuart Tanner Architects

• The question of identity of a place - using experience of loci and memory to guide a response to place.
• Consumerism and desire and how it overrides the mindful response to living and experience of environment.

oject Bank Accounts

Department of Housing and Public Works

• Understand what a Project bank Account is and how it impacts architects.
• Understand what progress payments are and how they are administered.
• Identify the changes to defeast period liability Notice requirements.

Managing IP - Media and People

Presented by Rachelle Downie and David Fixler

Corrs Chambers Westgarth

• Basic understanding  of what copyright is and what it protects.
• An understanding of how to navigate copyright ownership in the digital space including on social media .
• The dos and don’ts with photos and art in buildings.
• Key considerations for managing IP within an architecture practice.

100 Resilient Cities

Presented by Maree Grenfell, City of Melbourne

• Define urban resilience and understand the interconnection between shocks and stresses
• Understand the emerging global practice of urban resilience
• Understand the drivers of urban resilience and how to apply these to a city context
• Identify ways to make a city more resilient to shocks and stresses

Flexibility - we're doing it why aren't you?

Brought to you by the Queensland Gender Equity Committee

• Ability to identify a flexible workplace, its benefits and challenges.
• Identify how practices and employees can promote flexible work arrangements.
• Identify key people and resources to assist in creating change.
• Illustrate how to implement a quick ‘win’/solution for flexibility in their workplace.

Nightingale 2.0 - Sustainability and Community

• How Nightingale 2.0 provides an 8.7 star NatHERS average and up to 9.0 stars on some of the apartments.
• An introduction to some alternative housing models
• An introduction to the Nightingale Model

Top Cybercrime Challenges - Putting Architectural Practices at Risk in 2019

• Identify the top 4 cyber-crime challenges to your business
• Identify the steps you must implement now to reduce the risk of attack
• Identify the potential costs to your business
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