As the UK’s leading bespoke performance doorset manufacturer, Leaderflush Shapland has extensive experience and unrivalled expertise, regularly representing the industry on regulations and standard development committees.

As part of our commitment to education and training, Leaderflush Shapland offer a series of technical seminars on dedicated topics intended for architectural practices and contractors. Each seminar lasts approximately 1 hour and there are three alternative topics available:

CPD Seminar 1 – Fire and smoke doorsets, covering the importance of doorsets, current legislation, British and European standards, fire certification and BWF-CERTIFIRE third party accredited product conformity certification.

CPD Seminar 2 – Accessibility, covering the equality act (previously known as the disability discrimination act), approved document Part M and BS8300, effective clear opening widths, glazing and ironmongery, light reflectance values and reduced swing doorsets.

CPD Seminar 3 – Acoustic doorsets, covering acoustic theory, laboratory testing, approved document Part E, specification and on-site issues.

In addition, a RIBA CPD Assessed guide - 'Leaderflush Shapland Technical Guide - Designing with Doors and Doorsets' - is available, covering all performance aspects and technical issues. This document acts as a companion to the Building Regulations, as well as CPD reading matter.