Upcoming SPACES events – SPACES Awards, Technical Meeting, Heat Pump Systems

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Celebrate Great Public Spaces – SPACES Awards

12:00pm Wednesday 10th November 2021

SPACES will be holding our 2021 Awards Ceremony, including Civic Building of the Year online only. 

You can register to watch for free here (via WebinarJam). 

You can view a complete list of the projects shortlisted on the website.

Thank you to our sponsors
Bauder Roofing Education Category
Faithful+Gould Community Category and
Symetri Sustainability Category.

During the day the online Yearbook will be published, showcasing the best of public architecture.

Meet SPACES Colleagues Face to Face – Technical Meeting

Tuesday 7th December 2021

There will be a joint Technical Meeting with CIBSE HCNE at the Counting House, London on Tuesday 7th December, followed by a Christmas Buffet.

The  presenter will Hywel Davies, Technical Manager at CIBSE, and although the presentation is still tbc, it will be covering

Building Regulation Part L,
Building Safety Bill, and
the Golden Thread

As this is the Christmas meeting, the meeting will be followed by a Christmas Buffet.  NB Due to pre-ordering Christmas Buffet is only available to order up to Friday 19th November 2021

Attendance at the meeting is free for SPACES members and CIBSE HCNE members, and £35+VAT for non-members (£5+VAT if not attending the buffet).

For more information and to book your tickets please see the  SPACES website.
Check the SPACES event calendar for more events

Heat Pump Systems

Tuesday 26th October 2021

CIBSE HCNE are running an online webinar on  Heat Pump Systems – An update on UK Regulations post Brexit.

The UK has signalled that it will be a zero carbon country by 2050 and is focused on building safety and efficiency as the key areas that need to be addressed urgently. What can we expect to change?

This presentation gives an overview on the timeline for Building Regulations, Future Homes Standard, and the Building Safety Bill.. Graham Wright – Legislation & Compliance Manager at Daikin will discuss what can we expect to change.

To book a place see EventBrite.

Upcoming SPACES events

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SPACES have two upcoming face-to-face events before Christmas:

  • SPACES Awards Ceremony (10 Nov 2021) – the 2021 awards ceremony is being held on Wednesday 10th November 2021 at the Counting House, London. For more information please see the SPACES event webpage.
  • Winter Technical Meeting (7 Dec 2021) – on Tuesday 7th December 2021 SPACES will be holding their Winter Technical Meeting with CIBSE HCNE and a presentation by Dr Hywel Davies, Technical Director at CIBSE. See the SPACES webpage for more information about the event.

SPACES AGM – 7th October 2021

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This year the AGM will be held online on Thursday 7th October 2021 from 12:30 to 1:30pm (NB The AGM should not last longer than 30 minutes). You can download the AGM Papers (including agenda and positions vacant) and a proxy form in word and pdf for those that are unable to attend.

All members who are registered members on 20th August 2020 and at the AGM can attend, with private or public members entitled to vote.

If you wish to attend or send your apologies, please register on the SPACES website. NB Registration will close at midday on Wednesday 6th October 2021, to allow time to send the joining instructions out.

The following positions are available.

  • Director of Scrutiny – Mark Dunne has agreed to re-stand
  • Advisor Membership – North  – Position Vacant – Nominations requested
  • Advisor Membership – South  – Position Vacant – Nominations requested
  • Advisor: Technical – Richard Daniels has agreed to re-stand.
  • Advisor: Events Coordinator – Study Day – Greg Keeling has agreed to re-stand
  • Advisor: Events Coordinator – Yearbook and Awards – Richard Hopton is currently co-opted and is happy to stand.
  • Advisor: Zero Carbon Co-ordinator – Alex Gee is currently co-opted and is happy to stand.
  • Advisor: Marketing and Communication – Position Vacant – Nominations requested

Although Board appointments we are looking for the following Heads of Profession:

  • Head of Profession – Engineering – Steve Rufus is Vice President and we would like another person to take on this role – Nominations requested
  • Head of Profession – Project Management –  Position Vacant – Nominations requested
  • Head of Profession – Surveying – Shaun Lunn has agreed to re-stand

SPACES are always looking for members to join the board, if you are interested in the roles above or feel there is another way you can be involved, please email Fiona Fanning in the first instance.

Due to the current situation, SPACES will not be running a technical presentation this year. SPACES have run many webinars over the last eighteen months, including our Virtual Conference and these will commence again shortly. For more information about SPACES events and activities, please see our events calendar or look at the SPACES e-newsletter which is circulated monthly. If you do not receive information on our events and activities via our e-newsletter and would like to please log into your account and change your marketing options.

A benefit of SPACES membership is the opportunity to view videos following webinars. You can watch videos via the Virtual Conference Delegate Pack and previous webinars webpages (alternatively, you can access these by logging into your account and going to the information suite). We also have Technical Enquiries Group on LinkedIn which is open for members to join.

SPACES virtual conference questionnaire

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To support members in their roles, SPACES need to ensure that they are focusing on the right areas when planning for conferences, webinars etc. So please just take 2 minutes to complete this questionnaire. It’s as important for SPACES to understand why its members didn’t attend as well as feedback from those who did.

SPACES thanks the sponsors, Atkins, Faithful+Gould, IES, NPS Group and Willmott Dixon without whom they would not have been able to organise this month’s virtual conference.

SPACES membership is FREE for Public Sector Employees.  For more information on membership see the SPACES website.  

SPACES Virtual Conference – Programme Announcement

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Experts from client side, design, construction, academia & the public sector will be discussing Zero Carbon, the Climate Emergency and why we must act now!

To minimise disruption to your working day, we will be running early morning and late afternoon webinar sessions over a two week period. You will be able to take part in all the sessions or just those ones that interest you. This will be your opportunity to be part a number of events dedicated to public buildings and zero carbon before the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) that commences in Glasgow in November.

The programme has been launched and you can download a summary programme and detailed programme (draft 11th May). To be able to book a webinar you must book a ticket on our website and then you will be sent information on how you can book individual webinars. 

Free for SPACES* members, and our sponsors and for Non members £150+VAt per person for a two week pass. For more information on SPACES membership see our website.

*SPACES membership is FREE for Public Sector Employees.

Thank you to our sponsors, Atkins, Faithful+Gould, IES, NPS and Willmott Dixon.

Programme Week 1

SPACES programme - week1

Programme Week 2

SPACES programme - weeK2