| 9.30 Registration and Refreshments |
| 09.50 Welcome and Opening Remarks |
| 10.00 Developing your Skills |
• Core Competences for Facilities Managers
• Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
• Qualifications in FM and Routes to Qualification
• A preview of future developments in the BIFM Qualification) |
Speakers:
Chris Wood, Chair
BIFM Professional Standards & Education Committee
Lynne Rushton, Examination Programme Manager,
Professional Standards and Education Department, BIFM |
| 10.40 Break |
| 11.00 Property Law Briefing |
Three sessions looking at key legal issues for charities in relation to accommodation:
• Methods of Holding Land - including Charity Hubs
• Steps towards Office Relocation
• Negotiating in Heads of Terms for Leases |
Speakers:
Andrew Small, Associate
Mark Traynor, Associate
Katie Cooper, Associate
Bates Wells & Braithwaite |
| 11.40 Contracts for Maintenance and M&E |
| A look at how your organisation can approach the drafting and negotiation of contracts for maintenance and mechanical and electrical services. |
Speaker:
John Rose, Associate Director, Facilities Management,
Arup |
| 12.20 The New CDM Regulations |
| The Construction Design and Management (CDM) Regulations are health and safety regulations that apply to construction projects and everyone associated with them: clients, designers, professionals, contractors and site workers. They won’t apply to every project or everyone all of the time, but most projects and people are affected. The new regulations place additional duties on the client. This session looks at organisations will need to comply. |
Speaker:
John Burke
deBurgho Consultancy |
| 13.00 Lunch |
| 14.00 Flexible Working/Home Working: A Great Solution or Another Headache? |
• managing health and safety for home workers
• equipment for home working
• technology for connectivity
• legal responsibilities
• developing a strategy for future working arrangements |
Speaker:
Bernard Crouch |
| 15.00 Health and Safety for Charities |
• Why charities are different from a health and safety point of view
• What the Charities Safety Group has been doing to promote health and safety within the voluntary sector |
Speaker:
Sarah Tullett
Health, Safety and Facilities Manager
The Princess Alice Hospice |
| 15.20 Break |
| 15.45 Sustainable F.M. - How to manage and Reduce Water Useage |
• The practical steps facilities managers can take to manage and reduce water consumption
• A review of technologies and management strategies
• Support and advice that’s available for free through the Envirowise Programme. |
Speaker:
David Symons, Director of Corporate Services,
WSP Group plc and Specialist Advisor to Envirowise. |
| 16.25 Close |
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