Northern Ireland Region members visit Innovation Academy

Quinn Building Products Technical Team were delighted to welcome over 40 members of the Chartered Institute of Architectural Technologists (CIAT) from all over Ireland to the company’s new Innovation Academy this week for a CPD Seminar. The group heard a series of presentations on how the company’s technical team have developed tools and services which are designed to help the architecture fraternity in their daily work. The presentations were followed by a number of tours of Quinn manufacturing facilities to help the attendees understand how the products which they specify to their clients are manufactured. With more and more emphasis being placed on sustainability and building performance, the technical team were able to highlight how, through their CPD seminar, the use of Quinn Building Products and a fabric first approach can help address design issues.

Quinn Building Products COO Kevin Lunney said that the company had put considerable resources into improving the services they provide to help building design professionals create buildings which are more sustainable and energy efficient through their initial design. He added:

‘Quinn Building Products has always been at the forefront of innovation in terms of the products and services we’ve introduced over the last four decades. Now the company is reaching out directly to architectural and building professionals to highlight how specifying Quinn Lite Blocks, which have 10 times better insulating properties than traditional concrete blocks, can be used to address design issues such as Thermal Bridging. Our thermal bridging details, coupled with our sector leading Building Information Modelling (BIM) services, allow professionals to accurately predict how a building will perform at the design stage. We were pleased to see the very positive reaction from the CIAT members who attended, and we look forward now to delivering our range of seminars out across Ireland and the UK.’

This CPD seminar offered CIAT members in attendance to engage with Quinn Building Products Technical team to help enhance and develop their knowledge on the area of thermal bridging and other design concepts. CIAT Vice President Practice and Regional Chairman Eddie Weir highlighted how the company’s latest developments are proving very popular with building professionals:

‘Over the past few decades, Quinns were always very forward thinking in their attitude to helping to solve problems in the construction sector. The challenges around sustainability and curbing heat loss are central, and our members were impressed how QBP are able to demonstrate how their Quinn Lite thermal blocks can make a major impact on dealing with Thermal Bridging challenges.’

Quinn Building Products offer free CPD seminars to Building Design and other Construction Professionals.  Please email [email protected] for further information.