CAB Autumn Webinars 2025

Now open for booking!

Our lunchtime webinars for Autumn 2025 are now open for booking, with each scheduled to take place from 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm on the dates shown. These webinars are free for all CAB members! Just click on the relevant button below to book your free place and to receive joining instructions. There will be time for Q&A at the end of each session.

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Please find further details below or use the above links to find more information and book your place!


Aluminium Surface Finishing: The Sublimation Process Explained

Wednesday 29th October

Details

The presentation provides an overview of the sublimation process and demonstrates how timber, rust, and other effect finishes can enhance both the aesthetic appeal and functional performance of aluminium.

Speaker

Brian O’Hara

Business Development & Specification Representative at Architectural & Metal Systems

Brian is a consultative sales professional with a strong background in financial services & investment management product sales. Relocating back to Ireland from Canada in 2022, Brian transitioned into the aluminium industry with Architectural & Metal Systems. He currently serves the Irish market, where he supports architectural firms by driving the specification of AMS’s curtain wall, window, and door products.

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What is QUALICOAT 3.0?

Tuesday 11th November

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The aim of this QUALICOAT 3.0 presentation is to provide a comprehensive overview of  its forthcoming inclusion and the evolution of the QUALICOAT Specification. We hope to explain why it was developed, what it entails, and how it will shape the future of architectural aluminium finishing. It highlights the persistent corrosion challenges that drove the creation of QUALICOAT 3.0, outlines the new requirements for aluminium alloys, extrusion quality, pretreatment, and mandatory testing, and explains the expanded role of extruders within the certification framework. The presentation also directly addresses the CWCT position paper, clarifying QUALICOAT’s stance on the validity of testing, the recommended copper content in alloys, and the implications of using recycled aluminium. Finally, it sets out  practical guidance for architects, specifiers, coaters, extruders, and clients, ensuring that all stakeholders understand both the technical foundations and the broader implications of QUALICOAT 3.0.

Speaker

Mo Panam

Managing Director & Chairman, Barley Chalu

Mo Panam is Chairman of Barley Chalu, renowned throughout the industry, in the UK and Europe, for their powder coating, anodising and pre-anodising, superior finish, thermal insulation, production standards and quality administration procedures. He has been involved with the company for the past 37 years.

Mo is an active member of Qualicoat in the UK and was past President of Qualicoat Worldwide for 10 years; a role which took him all over the world promoting the Specification and attending meetings on their behalf. He remains and active member and is on the Board of Governors, Executive and Technical Committees, is Chair of Qualicoat 3.0 and the Preanodising Working Group for the Organisation. He was also the President of the Council for Aluminium in Building (CAB) for 11 years and remains a member and on the Board of Directors. He is also a member of Aluminium Federation of Great Britain (ALFED), where he occasionally attends their Parliamentary meetings to support the Aluminium industry in the UK.

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Designing for Multi-Lifecycle Use: Reclamation Potential of Aluminium in the Built Environment

Thursday 13th November

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The feasibility of reuse and recyclability of aluminium and other building elements is influenced by the materials selected and the interfaces between constituent components. Yet, quantitative methods to assess the environmental benefits of recovery strategies for multi-component systems over the building lifecycle remain limited. This talk introduces the concept of reclamation potential assessment—a new design tool that quantifies how design and specification decisions (including component interdependencies) impact resource efficiency across multiple lifecycles. Applied to aluminium-containing systems, it highlights “hotspot” materials and interfaces that can support improved material recovery in the built environment.

Speaker

Rebecca Hartwell

Post Doctoral Researcher, TU Delft

Dr Rebecca Hartwell is a post-doctoral researcher in the Structures + Materials research group at the Faculty of Architecture, Technical University of Delft, The Netherlands. She holds a MEng in Material Science and Engineering from University of Manchester and a Ph.D. from University of Cambridge on the topic of material efficiency in architectural glass and façade design. Her Ph.D. research was funded through an EPSRC scholarship and led to funded collaborations with the Society of Façade Engineers and Permasteelisa Group.

At TU Delft, she is developing new education to connect advancements in materials with their ability to promote sustainable cycles of use through hands-on physical experimentation, supported by digital tools. Rebecca recently secured a research grant to advance the methods developed within her Ph.D. for evaluating the reclamation potential of building elements into a digital tool, supported by TKI, Permasteelisa and Autodesk. Rebecca also leads practical research on reversible connections for safe and demountable assemblies. She remains committed to maintaining active links with practice to readily scale innovative research to real-world applications.

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Digitising the value chain – Digital Product Passport (DPP) lessons from the steel rebar sector

Tuesday 18th November

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Strategic transformation is underway in the reinforcing steel value chain through advanced digitalisation. In direct response to the UK Government’s Construction Products Reform Green Paper, this webinar outlines how trusted digital product information is becoming a critical enabler for traceable, quality assured materials, initially focused on low-carbon reinforcing steel. 

The EU’s evolving Ecodesign regulation and Digital Product Passports (DPPs) are aiming to help organisations move toward a more circular and transparent economy –  these changes will significantly impact manufacturers and their supply chains! 

Our speakers from CARES will be offering insights into what this means for the reinforcing steel value chain — and how CARES is helping the steel rebar sector prepare for what’s ahead. We will explore the implications for the aluminium sector and what help CAB needs to provide to help members prepare accordingly.

Speakers

Ladin Camci

Chief Technology and Sustainability Officer at CARES

Ladin Camci MSc BSc is ‘Chief Technology and Sustainability Officer’ and ‘Executive Board Member’ of CARES, an international product certification body that focuses on the production, processing, supply and installation of steel products used in the construction industry. Ladin has contributed for the development of sustainability and responsible sourcing schemes and digital transformation of CARES internal and external processes to compliment his considerable experience. Ladin is the convener of the International Federation for Structural Concrete (fib) TG 5.2 ‘TG 5.2 ‘Reinforcing Steel and Systems’, deputy convener of fib TG 7.5 ‘Environmental Product Declarations and Equivalent Performance of Concrete’, member of fib Special Activity Group on Sustainability, member of BSI committee IST/47/-/3 Digital Product Passport, member of World Steel Association (worldsteel) Life Cycle Experts Group and Chain of Custody Task Force.

Lyndon Morgan

Scheme Manager at CARES

Lyndon Morgan BA (Hons) has extensive knowledge and experience in the Steel Industry and further downstream processing for many sectors including the Construction Sector. He is responsible for the implementation and ongoing development of the CARES Post Tensioning installation certification scheme in the UK, working closely with the UK Post Tensioning Association. In addition he also manages the CARES Technical Approval Schemes for construction products, which is supported by his background in Engineering and Metallurgy. He also represents CARES as a member of the EOTA Technical board.

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What is BS 99001 and why are people talking about it?

Thursday 20th November

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This webinar introduces BS 99001 – Quality Management Systems Standard for the Built Environment. We will be covering:

  • history and purpose of the standard
  • benefits in implementing BS 99001
  • how it is supported by ISO 9001
  • key themes and industry interest
  • your certification pathway.

Speaker

Chloe Howard

Built Environment and Healthcare Sector Lead at BSI Assurance

Key contact for built environment and healthcare strategy in BSI Assurance.

Main activities:

  • Developing and leading a team of specialist assessors.
  • Development of sector-based schemes and scheme management.
  • Scheme Management of BS 99001, ISO 44001, NHSS Schemes within the team.
  • Managing large and complex accounts in the sectors.
  • Close liaison with Regional, Key Accounts and ISA delivery teams.

Chloe joined BSI in 2002 as an assessor and developed over time to carry out audits for ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001, National Highway Sector Schemes, BIM ISO 19650, Product Certification (Kitemark, CE and UKCA), SSIP.

The majority of clients assessed were in the Built Environment sector from construction materials manufacturing, contractors from demolition, tier 1 companies, local contractors and subcontractors and the professional services associated such as architecture, engineering, surveying and project management. During this time Chloe also managed complex accounts and mentored new starters.

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