SPACES Virtual Conference and Webinar recordings

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SPACES Virtual Conference

This year’s ‘Study Day’ will actually be a Virtual Conference on the theme of Net Zero Carbon and the Climate Emergency running from Monday 7th June to Friday 18th June.

Experts 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 is being finalised, so please follow us on our website, LinkedIn and Twitter for more information.

Free for SPACES* members 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 and Willmott Dixon.

Webinar recordings

We have made recordings of all SPACES webinars for our members to view at a later date.

They can be found by logging into the information suite on the SPACES website or by clicking the links below. Access to recordings is a members benefit – so thank you for not sharing with non members.

20th June 2019 (Study Day) Tomorrow’s schools Today – Part 1, Prof Stephen Heppell and Tomorrow’s schools Today – Part 2, Prof Stephen Heppell
15th May 2020 When can staff safely recommence visiting sites?, led by Greg Keeling
12th June 2020 Well, that was a surprise. Whatever next!?, Prof Stephen Heppell
26th June 2020 Ventilation, thermal comfort and indoor air quality in schools, Scott Paton, Monodraught
10th July 2020 Climate Emergency and Zero Carbon Status, needs and actions, Dr Jose Hernandez, Pick Everard
17th  July 2020 The rise of electric vehicles, Luke Osbourne, ECA
24th July 2020 Passive House School design, Jonathan Hines, Architype
9th September 2020 Low Energy Ventilation, Dr Shaun Fitzgerald, Royal Academy of Engineering
15th September 2020 The S-curve, Dr Roderic Bunn
18th September 2020 School Design Post Covid, Laura Jones, LJA Architect
9th October 2020 School Furniture Design, James Clarke, Learniture
4th December 2020 Good Estate Management for Schools, Simon Lindsay, DfE
8th December 2020 The Draft Safety Bill, Dr Hywel Davies, CIBSE (A joint webinar with CIBSE HCNE)
11th December 2020 Avoiding failures in Education Buildings, Luke Wilson, James Hardie Building Products (sponsored by James Hardie Building Products)
5th March 2021 Condition Data Collection Programme, Vince Jubb, DfE

Fiona Fanning

Executive Director, SPACES

Managing the School Estate Summit 2021

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Upcoming online event – 24th March

The ‘Managing the School Estate Summit’, organised by Public Sector Connect, is free to those working in the public sector.

“Ideally suited to the interests and responsibilities of all public sector property professionals involved in the school estate the conference agenda will examine: key government programmes such as GEMS; skills, tools and guidance needed; performance and data management; developing the career path of the property professional; the traditional mix of estate management issues; and much more…”

More information on the MSE21 event website.

Upcoming SPACES events

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Webinars

Friday 5th March 

Condition Data Collection programme @1pm

by Vince Jubb, DfE

The webinar will cover what is CDC2, differences between CDC1 and CDC2, and timescales and expectations. It will close with a Q&A. 

Please book your place on our website. 

Webinars are free. For more information and to book your place see our events calendar. NB To receive the invite to SPACES Organised events you must register through the SPACES website. Joining instructions, including the zoom link will be sent the day before. 

Previous webinars have been videoed and the links are available to members by logging into their account and going to the information suite.

Events Calendar

Technical Meeting

Tuesday 9th March @1:00pm

There will be an online Engineering Technical Meeting. The chair for the meeting is Steve Rufus, Vice-President, SPACES and Head of Profession – Engineering.

This meeting is open to all SPACES members, but will be of particular interest to engineers. Please let Fiona know if there is a technical matter that you wish to add to the agenda. 

Please see our website to book your place. 

Technical meetings are free and only for SPACES members. For more information and to book your place see our events calendar or follow this link. NB To receive the invite you must register through the SPACES website. Joining instructions, including the zoom link will be sent the day before. 

NB Technical Meetings will not be videoed. Minutes from the previous meeting are available to members by logging into their account and going to the information suite.

SPACES – Yearbook and Awards 2021

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Submission Deadline: Friday 12th February 2021

We are now looking for submissions for the SPACES Yearbook and Civic Building of the Year Awards 2021.
You are invited to submit any project which has received an element of public funding. Submissions are invited nationally and can include:

  • New building and refurbishment projects across the public sector

  • Buildings that add value to the communities they serve

  • Buildings from all sectors of public construction

  • Projects that demonstrate collaboration

  • Projects that demonstrate Engineering excellence/ingenuity

  • Surveying projects that renew embedded value

  • Examples of construction team excellence

  • Articles of interest on public sector buildings

Anyone can make a submission whether you are the client, architect, contractor, engineer, surveyor or project manager who feels there is merit in a particular building or project.

You can make your submission here.

From these a shortlist will be made of those projects that are eligible to enter the Civic Building of the Year Awards.

Please note:

  • Schemes must have been completed and be operational between 1st October 2019 and 30th November 2020 (NB An extension to allow for COVID).
  • They must also have received an element of public funding to aid their delivery.
  • There is no limit to the number of submissions per client/organisation who are members of SPACES, non members can submit up to three projects. To find out more about SPACES membership see our website.
  • Anyone involved in the scheme can submit an application.
  • In addition to completing the form, you must email up to 5 photographs (file name = project name) and any supporting documentation to SPACES Awards.
  • If a project was entered for the 2020 Yearbook and Awards, the project will also be considered in the shortlisting for the 2021 Yearbook and Awards.

A shortlist of projects for the yearbook and awards will be produced during March 2021. Subsequent information and access for visits may be required. If SPACES does not receive a response within 6 weeks we reserve the right to remove the project from the yearbook and/or awards process.

Submission Deadline: Friday 12th February 2021

For other ways to be involved with the awards and yearbook, please see our website.

Enter your project!

Good Estate Management for Schools updates

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Good Estate Management for Schools

Today the DfE have published the updated version of Good Estate Management for Schools GEMS.

The previous version was very well received, so they haven’t made a large amount of unnecessary changes.  While some of the changes are due to new guidance or legislation, most are in response to feedback from users in schools and responsible bodies.  The update published today includes:

  • An easy to read list of the benefits of good estate management
  • The GEMS Self-Assessment Tool, which is now interactive!  It can be completed online and will automatically generate an action plan
  • Another interactive tool to help track compliance with health and safety and building regulations and inspections.
  • An updated version of our popular “Top 10 questions for governing boards”
  • Another new tool to help prioritise maintenance projects and tasks.
  • A comprehensive checklist to reduce energy and water usage

For those totally new to GEMS, they have produced a short animated video about the GEMS resources.

They’ve improved navigation round the site, and reviewed all the links and signposts to further information, so they are up to date at the time of publication.

The section on Health and Safety has been refreshed as well.  It includes more information on responsibilities, and updated guidance and links from the Health and Safety Executive.

They have also updated the guidance on Managing asbestos in your school. Changes include:

  • updates on the day-to-day management of asbestos, and what to do if things do go wrong
  • the legislative framework
  • new case studies to help manage asbestos effectively/improve practice

Please do let your colleagues know about the update.  Simon Lindsay would be delighted to receive any feedback.

Webinar – Friday 4th December

 

Following on from the above, Simon Lindsay, Capital Efficiency and Capability Department, DfE will be covering their Good Estate Management for Schools (GEMS) resources, including what’s new in GEMS, new tools and checklists, and the benefits to schools.
For more information and to book your place see here. 

Webinars are free to all but recordings are only available to SPACES members. For more information and to book your place see our events calendar. NB To receive the invite you must register through the SPACES website or email Fiona. 

Information and tickets