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Zak World of Façades United Kingdom

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79

Date

30 September 2021

Venue

United Kingdom

City

London

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Speakers & Panelists

Conference Agenda

Every speaker for the day, grouped by session. Select a topic to see who is presenting, the session focus and the talk points.

Session 1

08:00 — 08:50 Delegate Registration & Networking
08:50 — 09:00 Welcome Address
10:22 — 10:50 Networking Tea / Coffee Break

Session 2

12:50 — 13:40 Networking Lunch Break

Session 3

TRACK A
TRACK B
TRACK C
15:50 — 16:20 Networking Tea/Coffee Break

Session 4

17:52 — 18:00 Vote of Thanks & End of the Conference

09:00 — 09:30

Murray Levinson

Partner

Squire & Partners

Topic

Contemporary Craft in Context

Talk points

Designing and constructing contemporary buildings that relate to and respect their historical context
The shift from traditional materials being used in traditional ways to modern methods of construction
Collaborating with specialist craftspeople to produce crafted façades

09:30 — 09:55

Damian Rogan

Director - Façade Engineering

Eckersley O'Callaghan

Topic

Climate-Resilient Façades

Talk points

Designing for changing climate conditions
Adapting façades for future needs
Mitigating the impact of extreme weather events
Supporting a low-carbon energy network

09:55 — 10:15

Karl Stefan Dewald

Head of Façade Engineering

Schüco International

Topic

Sustainability - The Big Picture

Talk points

Building for tomorrow, what is the optimal granularity to make a relevant impact on sustainably
Between Kyoto and a pair of sneakers
What is the impact on our mind-set and activities in the industry, along the whole value chain

10:15 — 10:22

Tobias Wild-Blatt

Business Manager EU Ultraperformance Solutions

Kingspan

Topic

CALOSTAT® – Superinsulation and Fire Protection in One Panel

Talk points

Properties of a unique product and overview of reference projects

10:50 — 11:15

Russell Cole

Façade Leader

Arup

Topic

Riding the Data Wave to Deliver the Golden Thread and Sustainable Targets

Talk points

The potential impact of the Building Safety Bill and the Golden Thread on our work
How will we use information and data to complete and deliver projects and pass critical information
Importance of traceability for sustainability as well as safety

11:15 — 11:35

David Entwistle

Director of Major Projects

Saint-Gobain Glass

Topic

Infinity and Before

Talk points

Recovering end-of-life glass in a commercial world

11:35 — 12:05

Eric Parry

Founder and Principal

Eric Parry Architects

Topic

Material Matters, Questions of Mass, Line and Reflectivity

Talk points

Ceramic: The ceramic perimeter brise-soleil of One North, Singapore
Steel: The Corten exo-skeleton of 4 Pancras Square, King’s Cross London
Stone: The Stone Piers of Chelsea Barracks on Chelsea Bridge Road, London

12:05 — 12:50

Moderator

Saverio Pasetto

Head of Façades

Skanska

Panelist

Jose Montes

Technical Director - Envelopes

AKTII

Panelist

Nigel Ostime

Partner

Hawkins\Brown

Panelist

Alex Hughes

Director of DfMA

HTA Design

Panelist

Clive Atkinson

Technical Director - Façade Engineering

Mott MacDonald

Panelist

John Foster

Chief Commercial Officer

The Clarison Group

Topic

Panel Discussion: Design for Manufacturing and Assembly (DfMA): Modernising Construction to Unlock UK’s Potential?

Talk points

How can DfMA assist in achieving UK’s construction ambition to deliver projects in half the time, with half the carbon, and for two-thirds of the cost?
Bespoke versus standardised: What are the cost benefit which can be looked at through DfMA?
How can stakeholder involvement to enhance the collaborative relationship for better products?
Is DfMA the new value engineering tool?

Thomas Henriksen

Founder and Director

Henriksen Studio

Topic

Session Chair

13:40 — 14:00

Peter Swallow

Associate / Sustainability Manager

Grimshaw

Topic

Designing High Performance Façades to Support Net Zero Carbon Ready Buildings

Talk points

Making informed decisions through combined LCA/LCC analysis
Integrating circular construction principles
Lessons learnt through case studies

13:40 — 14:00

Jason Parker

Director

Make Architects

Katy Ghahremani

Director

Make Architects

Topic

Façades Inside Out

Talk points

Inside: Façades impacting experience of building from the inside, explaining a human façade, interior architecture and the influence of the building envelope
Out: Façades as a means to influence climatic change, external and internal environment and also low carbon façade, explaining façade materiality, reuse and repurposing of the building envelope, façades which integrate structure, allow the building to breathe, maintain low carbon
Future Façade: Façade of future mediating between the inside and out, not only influencing the internal environment but providing an intelligent and responsive ‘skin’, considering not only the internal occupants but giving back to its environment explaining carbon sink, algae façade
Façades that are intelligent and responsive which understand environmental conditions and building occupants

13:40 — 14:00

Nick Jackson

Director

Arup Architecture

Jonathan Wilson

Associate Director - Façades

Arup

Topic

Taking Existing Building Sustainability to the Next Level - 1 Triton Square

Talk points

Refreshing and updating existing buildings offers our industry the great opporutunity to avoid the ecological impact of new buildings
1 Triton Square is a great contemporary project that shows how far reuse of the building façade can be taken
How the marginal gain strategy was key to the success of 1 Triton Square

14:00 — 14:20

Gianluca Rapone

Associate - Building Physics and Sustainability Lead

FMDC

Topic

How Much Carbon Can Your Façade Save?

Talk points

The ideal low-carbon façade
Operational vs embodied carbon challenges
The ‘sustainable’ way forward

14:00 — 14:20

Steve Bosi

Director - Head of Façade Engineering

WSP

Topic

"It’s Not a Building?"

Talk points

Designing envelopes of train stations with a case study on the HS2 Old Oak Common station

14:00 — 14:20

Ana Araújo

Partner

Buro Happold

Topic

Understanding the Façade Fabric Life-Cycle – Advising and Designing Façades for Multiple Cycles

Talk points

The importance of the analysis and understanding of existing façade fabric
The lead of heritage buildings in low embodied carbon solutions
Examples of challenges to overcome to meet sustainability requirements

14:20 — 14:40

Aneel Kilaire

Associate Façade Consultant

Ramboll

Topic

Embodied Carbon of Facades: A Case Study Analysis and Future Focus

Talk points

Whole life cycle carbon emissions of a building and the importance of embodied energy
Comparing embodied carbon and operational energy to understand two different façade typologies in large scale residential development
Potential alternative materials and processes to reduce embodied carbon with interim targets and future work
Analysing reduction of carbon emissions along with durability and procurement issues

14:20 — 14:40

David Metcalfe

Director

CWCT

Topic

Fire and Façades: An Update

Talk points

An update on the CWCT/SFE guidance
Impacts of the amended regulations
Further areas of research

14:20 — 14:40

Leandro Heine

Building Envelope Consultant - Associate Director

Thornton Tomasetti

Michael Clarke

Associate Director

Thornton Tomasetti

Topic

Realising Complexity

Talk points

Overview on technical limitations of conventional materials, façade systems and envelope typologies to translate complex design visions into built form
Ilona Rose House: Mixed-use building featuring brass, GRC, steel, aluminium and ceramic cladding at different levels of the building, tied together by the use of an embossed motif which required a detailed understanding of the limitations of each material to incorporate consistently
Hoxton Press: A residential project where the entirety of the opaque external envelope is expressed in flush pointed brickwork which required an unconventional fixing methodology to continue the brick expression around recessed balconies and the vaulted ceiling on the ground floor spaces

14:40 — 15:00

Alain Garnier

Manager Sales & Business Development - Middle East

Saint-Gobain SageGlass

Topic

Dynamic Glass as an IoT Building Element

Talk points

Contributing to the connectivity of a building with dynamic glass
Increasing the occupant’s comfort, well-being and achieving sustainability goals
Case studies: Dynamic façades in the UK

14:40 — 15:00

Will Perkins

Group Managing Director

SE Controls

Topic

The Golden Thread and Live Compliance

Talk points

Hackitt and The Golden Thread: The journey of a façade fire safety product, from planning to post occupancy
Implications of the building safety bill
Technology in the future of compliance

14:40 — 15:00

James Brackenreed-Johnston

Head of Façades

A. Proctor Group

Topic

Simplifying Airtightness

Talk points

The benefits of an external air barrier to limit penetrations
Detailing of building design: Reveals and penetrations
Hygrothermal (i.e. WUFI) assessment methods

15:00 — 15:20

Allan Gibson

Global Product Segment Marketing Manager

Kuraray

Topic

Factors to Consider When Designing with Laminated Glass

Talk points

Clarity in combination with colour, functionality & design: How they can be represented in different construction types
Safety and security can be creative and attractive: Using non-linear creative thinking to explore imaginative possibilities
Considering additional complimentary features that can add benefit to the cost of ownership

15:00 — 15:20

Miguel Silva

UK Head of Specification

Effisus

Topic

Futureproofing Your Projects - A1 Fire Rated Membranes

Talk points

Breather & AVCL membranes & systems
Overview on solutions fully tested and approved, since 2011 covering 100% of UK façade applications
The importance of weatherproofing design - Case studies

15:00 — 15:20

Chris Thompson

Global Product Manager

Tenmat

Topic

Open State Cavity Fire Barriers for Ventilated Rainscreen Systems

Talk points

Maintaining ventilation whilst also limiting vertical fire spread
Intumescent technology - How does it work?
Fire barrier types

15:20 — 15:50

John Downes

Global Head - Façade Supply Chain

Lendlease

Neil Dobbs

Head of Façades

Multiplex

Mark Rowe

Managing Principal - Architecture

Perkins & Will / Penoyre & Prasad

Adam Smith

Project Director & Sustainable Design Lead

Stanhope

Marc Thiry

Deputy Technical Director

Bouygues UK

Topic

Panel Discussion: Façades as Carbon Sinks: Designing Façades for NetZero Buildings

Talk points

Role of façades in the construction sector’s roadmap to CO2nstruct Zero
Material passports and circular economy: Ensure a sustainable pathway to construction?
Material of the future: Making solicitous choice with reduced embodied carbon levels
London 2030 Net-Zero Carbon target: Where are we at and what can the industry collectively do to achieve the goal?

15:20 — 15:50

Simone Starnini

Sales Director

seele

Gabriel Pierazzini

Head of Technical (Façades and Building Envelope)

Kier

Patrick Ryan

Director

Patrick Ryan Associates

John Neale

Director

DMWR Architects

James Groves

Associate - Fire Engineer

BB7

Topic

Panel Discussion: Fire & Façades: An Update

Talk points

Challenges of retrospective fire assessments and remedial changes on existing non-safe buildings
How do building safety bill / fire safety bill affect the way facades are designed?
Changes in fire codes: Where does the cladding industry stand?
Golden thread and live compliance: How does it help in high rise safety, and what are the implementation challenges?

15:20 — 15:50

Sam Potter

Design Director

Reef Group

Edwin Wealend

Head of Research and Innovation

Cundall

Kathryn Woolley

Principal

Hoare Lea

Tom Jordan

Technical Director

Barr Gazetas

Aneel Kilaire

Associate Façade Consultant

Ramboll

Topic

Panel Discussion: Indoor Air Quality and Ventilation

Talk points

Design considerations and challenges post Covid for naturally ventilated façades
Maintaining IAQ as well as the IEQ
Existing building stock: Key refurbishments strategies for ventilating existing buildings
Mixed-mode and natural ventilation: What are the future façade design adaptations for better tenant wellbeing?

Sanmukh Bawa

Director

The Glass Company

Topic

Session Chair

Maria Asenjo

Associate Director

Mace

Topic

Session Chair

16:20 — 16:40

Leigh Easden

Principal | London Office Director

Thornton Tomasetti

Topic

Trends in Natural Ventilation

Talk points

Natural ventilation for air quality
Natural ventilation to control overheating
Natural ventilation and the challenge accommodating through double skin facades

16:40 — 17:00

Philipp Hofmann

Managing Partner

Hofmann Façades Group

Topic

Decarbonizing Façades

Talk points

Carbon Impact: Façade materials & buildings
Carbon Navigator: Low carbon materials & façade systems
Case Studies: Carbon footprint reduced façade designs

17:00 — 17:07

Bassel Glore

Sales Director - Active Glass

AGC Glass Europe

Topic

Achieving Net Zero Energy Building (NZEB) Goals through Active Façades

17:07 — 17:52

Stephen Tanno

Director Pre-Construction Services

Schüco International

Aibi Ogbebor

Associate Director | Façade Engineering

Meinhardt Façade Technology

Aulikki Sonntag

Chief Business Development Officer

Staticus

Jo Bacon

Partner

Allies & Morrison

Ange Francis

Head of Façades

John Sisk & Son

Claire Tribe

Pre Construction Director - Façades

McLaren

Topic

Panel Discussion: Women in Façade Design, Engineering & Execution: Shaping the Future Differently

Talk points

The general uptake of positions in EPC by women remains very low, how can we inspire them to take it up as a career choice from a young age?
The traditional role of male site/project manager has certain connotations, can women in fact be more suited for such roles?
To what extent does flexible work arrangements post-covid allow more women to take up offsite roles in design and project management?
What specific qualities can women bring to make a difference to the way projects are managed and keep teams motivated?
Tapping the scope of having women in leadership roles

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