Advanced conceptual design for design team leaders
Date & Time

5 June 2025 - 20 June 2025
09:30 - 11:30 BST

Location

Online

Price

Member early booking: £515 + VAT
Member: £575 + VAT
Standard: £765 + VAT

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Advanced conceptual design for design team leaders

Advanced conceptual design for design team leaders

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Date & Time

5 June 2025 - 20 June 2025
09:30 - 11:30 BST

Location

Online

Price

Member early booking: £515 + VAT
Member: £575 + VAT
Standard: £765 + VAT

Early booking discount

Available until one month prior

Through a series of interactive sessions this course helps experienced practitioners take their conceptual design skills to the next level.

Course dates

Thursday 5 June, 9:30 - 11:30 BST
Friday 6 June, 9:30 - 11:30 BST
Thursday 12 June, 9:30 - 11:30 BST
Friday 13 June, 9:30 - 11:30 BST
Thursday 19 June, 9:30 - 11:30 BST
Friday 20 June, 9:30 - 11:30 BST

Learning outcomes

By the end of the course, you should be able to:

  • Characterise the design process and describe how each stage requires different skills and attitudes

  • Describe how conceptual design differs from detailed design and the consequences of these differences for how design is carried out

  • Use techniques for understanding the underlying need behind a client brief

  • Describe a model for idea generation and use this to lead a design team through the creative process

  • Understand the relationship between modelling, testing and the design brief, and use this to establish an effective iterative design process

  • ​Understand the nature of subjective decision-making in design

  • Describe strategies for building an effective design team

Intended for

  • Mid-career engineer

  • Senior engineers/Team leader/Manager 

  • Other built environment professionals and engineers

Discount

25% discount on associated publications: Manual for the design of concrete building structures to Eurocode 2 . Please contact [email protected] for more information

Trainer

Oliver Broadbent

Oliver Broadbent is an Honorary Fellow of the IStructE, recognised for his inspiring work on regenerative design, contributing towards the Institution’s goal of making the world a safer and more sustainable place. He is the founder and director of Constructivist, working with leaders, teams, and organisations to enhance their skills in design, creativity, and regenerative thinking. Oliver has also been an 1851 Fellow in Regenerative Design and was awarded the Sir Misha Black Award for Innovation in Design Education in 2020.

Contact

Email - [email protected]

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