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CPD Seminars

Free technical CPD seminars for architects, engineers and specifiers, run through DCP Academy. Take each seminar in one of two ways: online at your own pace, or presented to your team in your office.

1 · Online, at your own pace

Video or slides, online

Watch the narrated video, or go through the slides yourself like an online PowerPoint, with the speaker's notes under each slide. Short modules, on any screen; stop and carry on later. Then pass a short assessment.

  1. Pick a seminar
  2. Watch the videoor go through the slides
  3. Pass the assessment
  4. Your certificateon your Design Desk
Choose a seminarFree · 45 to 60 min · 0.75 to 1 LEU each
2 · In your office

A DCP presenter comes to your team

A DCP specification manager presents the seminar to your team at your office, with time for questions about your own projects. It can also be a live online session for your team. Everyone who attends gets a certificate.

  1. Choose seminars
  2. Tell us whenand how many people
  3. We confirmthe date with you
  4. We presentand issue certificates
Book for your officeFree · one or several seminars

Free for every account.Look through the seminars now. To watch them, take the assessment and get your certificate, create a free account or sign in.

Seminars

How do you want to take it?

Foundation Concrete Admixtures: Workability, Durability and Hot-Weather Concreting How admixtures change fresh and hardened concrete, how they are classified and tested, and how to use them to place durable concrete in hot weather. 1 LEU60 min in total VideoSlidesIn your office Practitioner Repairing Reinforced Concrete: Diagnosis, Principles and Materials Why reinforced concrete deteriorates, how to investigate it, and how to choose and specify a repair that does not fail again, following the EN 1504 approach. 1 LEU60 min in total VideoSlidesIn your office Advanced Strengthening Concrete with Bonded FRP: Design Principles and Installation When externally bonded fibre-reinforced polymer is the right way to strengthen a concrete member, how it is designed to current guidance, and what makes the installation work. 1 LEU60 min in total VideoSlidesIn your office Practitioner Precision Grouting: Base Plates, Machinery and Anchors How grout transfers load under base plates, bearings and machinery, how to choose between cementitious and epoxy grouts, and how to detail, place and test grouts and anchors. 1 LEU60 min in total VideoSlidesIn your office Practitioner Liquid-Applied Waterproofing for Roofs, Podiums and Wet Areas How seamless liquid-applied membranes work, how polyurethane, polyurea, acrylic and cementitious membranes compare, and how to select, detail and test them on roofs, podiums and wet areas. 1 LEU60 min in total VideoSlidesIn your office Practitioner Movement Joints and Sealants: Design, Selection and Installation Why joints move, how to size them, how sealant chemistries compare against ISO 11600 and ASTM C920, and how to design and install joints that stay sealed. 1 LEU60 min in total VideoSlidesIn your office Practitioner Resin Floors: Selecting the System for the Service Conditions How resin floors are classified, how to match epoxy, polyurethane, polyurethane-cement and MMA systems to traffic, chemicals, heat and hygiene, and how to make the substrate and application right. 1 LEU60 min in total VideoSlidesIn your office Practitioner Waterproofing Below Ground: Grades, Protection Types and Combined Systems How to set the grade of protection for a basement or buried structure and combine barrier, integral and drained protection so it stays dry. 1 LEU60 min in total VideoSlidesIn your office Practitioner Waterstops and Joint Sealing in Water-Retaining Structures Choosing and detailing PVC waterstops, swelling seals and injection hoses for tanks, reservoirs and basements. 0.75 LEU45 min in total VideoSlidesIn your office Practitioner Integral Waterproofing and Watertight Concrete How pore-blocking and crystalline admixtures, mix design and crack control combine to make concrete itself the barrier. 0.75 LEU45 min in total VideoSlidesIn your office Foundation Curing Concrete in Hot Climates: Compounds, Release Agents and Retarders Why curing decides surface durability in hot, dry, windy conditions, and how to specify curing compounds, release agents and surface retarders. 0.75 LEU45 min in total VideoSlidesIn your office Practitioner Crack Injection: Diagnosing and Sealing Cracks in Concrete Telling live cracks from dormant ones and choosing epoxy, polyurethane or acrylic injection to bond, seal or stop water. 0.75 LEU45 min in total VideoSlidesIn your office Practitioner Protective Coatings for Concrete: Carbonation, Chlorides and Chemicals Selecting anti-carbonation coatings, water repellents and chemical-resistant linings to EN 1504-2 for the exposure the structure faces. 1 LEU60 min in total VideoSlidesIn your office Practitioner Vehicle Decks and Car Parks: Protecting Structures and Users Deck exposure, crack-bridging and wearing systems, slip resistance and maintenance for multi-storey, podium and basement car parks. 1 LEU60 min in total VideoSlidesIn your office Foundation Concrete Floors: Dry-Shake Hardeners, Densifiers and Sealers Improving abrasion resistance and dusting of concrete floors with dry-shake hardeners, lithium and sodium silicate densifiers and sealers. 0.75 LEU45 min in total VideoSlidesIn your office Advanced Static-Control Floors for Electronics and Data Centres Conductive and dissipative resin floors: resistance ranges, earthing, testing to IEC 61340 and integration with ESD programmes. 0.75 LEU45 min in total VideoSlidesIn your office Foundation Tile Adhesives and Grouts: Classification and Selection to ISO 13007 Reading C, D and R adhesive classes and CG and RG grout classes, and selecting adhesives and grouts for large-format tiles, facades and wet areas. 1 LEU60 min in total VideoSlidesIn your office

Pathways

Complete every seminar in a pathway to earn its certificate. Pick a pathway to see its seminars.

2 · In your office

Book seminars for your office

Choose one or several seminars and tell us when suits your team. Your booking is a Support request: the DCP specification team for Qatar confirms the date with you, and you follow it in My requests.

Book for your officeFree · one or several seminars · in your office or live online

Credit is in DCP Academy LEU (Learning Units). 1 LEU is 60 minutes of learning: the narrated video, reading the slides and quick checks, and the assessment. The video alone is shorter.