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FENSA Countrywide Seminars - ‘C’ through to Building Regs. Compliance

To help installers comply with the Building Regulations, FENSA (with FENSA Training) will be delivering a countrywide series of Building Regulations and WER seminars which are scheduled to commence in May through to September 2010.

The department for Communities and Local Government (CLG) will be announcing the amendments to the proposed changes to Part L and Part F of the Building Regulations during April 2010. This follows responses from over 400 industry bodies including GGF, BFRC and FENSA to the 2009 consultation document. It is generally anticipated the revisions will require at least a BFRC ‘C’ energy rated window and probably an equally demanding alternative method to demonstrate compliance. The revisions to the Building Regulations would be implemented on 1st October 2010, all replacement window and door installations from this date will need to comply with the revised regulations.

The FENSA seminars will help registered businesses (who undertake over 90% of installations within England and Wales) to find out how the amendments will affect them, and advise on options for using the simplest route towards achieving Building Regulations compliance. They will be delivered by Giles Willson, Director of Technical Affairs at the GGF and BFRC, alongside other industry experts.

A total of 99 seminars countrywide will be delivered across 33 days, with each day delivering three seminar sessions at 9.00am, 12.15pm and 3.15pm:

Town Seminar Date
Newcastle upon Tyne Tue 18 May
Sheffield Wed 19 May
Liverpool Thu 20 May
Swansea Mon 24 May
Cheltenham Tue 25 May
Birmingham Wed 26 May
Tonbridge Tue 1 Jun
Portsmouth Wed 2 Jun
Bovington Thu 3 Jun
Coventry Wed 9 Jun
Leeds Thu 10 Jun
Colchester Tue 15 Jun
Crawley Wed 16 Jun
Milton Keynes Thu 17 June
Newbury Thu 24 Jun
Yeovil Thu 25 Jun
Nottingham Tue 29 Jun
Manchester Wed 30 Jun
London Tue 6 Jul
Norwich Wed 7 Jul
Tonbridge Tue 3 Aug
Woodstock / Oxford Wed 4 Aug
Liverpool Tue 10 Aug
Birmingham Wed 11 Aug
Bristol Thu 12 Aug
Sheffield Thu 19 Aug
Chester-Le-Street Fri 20 Aug
Leicester Wed 25 Aug
Newmarket Thu 26 Aug
Nottingham Thu 2 Sep
London Fri 3 Sep
Brockenhurst Wed 8 Sep
Exeter Thu 9 Sep

Graham Hinett, CEO for both FENSA and the BFRC says ‘There are many companies delivering seminars on the revised Building Regulations. The FENSA seminars differ by offering a tailored, practical but cost effective approach for installers self certifying compliance across England and Wales.’

The seminar places cost £25 per person and are allocated on a first come, first served basis.

To book or for further information, please go to the FENSA Training and FENSA websites: http://www.fensaonline.com/default.asp and www.fensatraining.com

Apr 2010

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