The Wood Protection Association (WPA) has presented a webinar about flame-retardant treated wood for the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS).
The hour-long CPD event, which took place at the end of June, looked at the qualities that make wood products perform predictably in a fire and how treatment with an appropriate flame retardant slows the spread of flame, heat, and smoke generation, providing valuable additional time for the occupants of a building to escape.
The correct way to specify flame retardant treatments for internal and external applications was explained with several typical building applications used as examples. The webinar concluded with a lively Q&A and an invitation to the architects to access the extensive WPA website library of free generic guidance notes about flame retardant treated wood to avoid the pitfalls of a specification going expensively wrong.
The webinar was presented by Stephen Cope, Consultant Auditor for the Wood Protection Association (WPA), on behalf of TDUK and the Scottish Timber Trade Association, and was chaired by RIAS’ Head of Practice, Zoe Black.
- Some 164 people registered for the online CPD event, with around 80 joining it live.
- 93% of participants rated the webinar as ‘very good’ or ‘excellent’
- 98% said they learned something new from the webinar
- 95% said they would apply the knowledge gained for their job.
The WPA and TDUK are willing to run this webinar again for any organisation with an interest in building design, building control, surveying or the insurance sector.
