by Clair Mooney | Sep 3, 2024
Event Details
Date: 9 October 2024
Location: Online (via Teams)
Time: 11:30 – 12:30
At this meeting we will be joined by one of our legal advisors, Alistair Dean, our resident QS and contracts specialist Len Bunton and our debt recovery partner BABR, who will provide guidance and support to members.
This event is your opportunity as members to discuss the issues affecting your business. Please feed in any topics for discussion to michellearmstrong@thefis.org or complete the form below.
by Clair Mooney | Sep 2, 2024
Event Details
Date: 15 October 2024
Location: Hill Dickinson, The Broadgate Tower, 20 Primrose Street, London EC2A 2EW
Time: 09.30 – 16:15
10.15 -11:00 The Compliance Challenge and Legislative Backdrop
The Grenfell Inquiry Report and Building Safety Act and their impact on the Fit-out Sector
Speaker: Iain McIlwee, FIS and a representative of Hill Dickinson
11.20 – 12.20 Technical Considerations: Building Compliant Interior Systems
- What is a systems based approach to fit-out
- Acoustics and Pods
- Fire Doors
Speakers: Joe Cilia, FIS Technical Director, James Parlour, FIS Technical and Vetting Manager, Elliott Brown, Fire Door Inspectors, Hannah Mansell, Adoorability
12:20 - 13:15 Challenging the Fit-Out Process: Commissioning, Contracts, Procurement, Payment and Design Development
A short keynote and facilitated discussion: led by Anthony Armitage, Thirdway and Iain McIlwee, FIS
13:45 – 14:45 - Sustainability – reducing the industry environmental impact
Keynotes from: Matt Robinson, Ambit on the Understanding the Impact of CAT A and Joe Croft of Overbury on the impact of CAT B.
Rachel Hoolahan from Orms
Open Discussion facilitated by Flavie Lowres, FIS.
15:00 - 15:45 - The Potential for Re-use
Chair: Paul Gaughan, Lumybel
Short keynotes leading into a discussion from:
A contractor perspective: the importance of reducing embodied carbon of projects and how reusing products is an essential part of the journey.
Olga Manmar and Nick Bond, Space Interior Systems and Nicola Forest
Pre-demolition audits: a wasteful industry that needs to reduce wastes and make better use of existing resources. Pre-dem audits is the start of the journey to identify products and find best way to extend their life in new projects.
Katherine Adams, Reusefully
Manufacturer: how products are being taken out of buildings before the end of their useful life and how they have potential to be reused.
Nigel Harvey, Recolight
Architect: the issue with the current way to specify products which is a barrier to reusing products and the need to have more flexibility in design to allow for reused products
Dilush Selva, TP Bennett
15:45: Conclusions How FIS Project Re-use can help
*Due to limited places, should the event sell out, spaces will be offered to contractors first and may be limited to one attendee per company
by Clair Mooney | Jun 12, 2024
Event Details
Date: 23 October 2024
Location: Plaisterers Hall Offices, One London Wall, Barbican, London EC2Y 5JU
Time: 13:00 – 16:30
The aim of the group is to represent and support companies carrying out new and remedial work to heritage and fibrous plaster ceilings and plaster works in new, heritage and historic buildings.
The agenda will be available shortly. If you have any questions, please contact Joe Cilia
by Clair Mooney | Jun 10, 2024
Event Details
Date: 24 October 2024
Location: Online
Time: 10:00 – 11:00
Join us for this webinar where PlanRadar will be exploring potential solutions in response to the findings of its current research project in which they are identifying the challenges affecting fit-out companies around the UK.
