ARCHITECTS' GUIDE TO RIBA-APPROVED RESIN FLOORING CPD: EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW

If you're an architect looking to expand your materials knowledge and earn valuable double CPD points at the same time, you're in exactly the right place. Resin flooring might not be the first thing that comes to mind when you think about exciting architectural materials, but trust us, it's one of those building elements that can transform a project's aesthetics and functionality. 

Here’s the best part: you can learn all about specifying resin flooring through RIBA-approved Arturo CPD sessions. These sessions fit perfectly into your professional development needs.

Let's explore why a CPD on resin flooring is important and how it can change how you handle flooring specifications in your future projects.

 

Why RIBA-Approved CPD on Resin Flooring Matters More Than You Think?

As an architect, you're constantly juggling multiple priorities. Your projects demand aesthetic brilliance, technical precision, sustainability credentials, and budget consciousness all at once. When it comes to flooring, you might default to familiar options: timber, stone, tile, or polished concrete. They're proven, reliable, and you know how to specify them with confidence.

But here's where things get tricky. What happens when a client needs a floor that's:

• Completely seamless with no grout lines
• Able to withstand heavy impact, shock, chemical and mechanical exposure
• Easy to clean with hospital-grade standards
• Available in custom colours to match their brand
• Installed over existing substrate without major structural work

Suddenly, your go-to materials don't quite fit. This is where resin flooring enters the picture and where many architects realise they need further technical knowledge to specify it confidently. 

How do you improve your knowledge and meet your annual CPD requirements? How can you gain the expertise needed to specify resin flooring systems without spending weeks researching technical data sheets?

RIBA-approved Arturo CPD sessions on resin flooring is the solution. These structured learning opportunities provide you with important material knowledge. They help you earn CPD certification credits. They also give you the confidence to choose resin flooring for different types of projects.

 

What Makes Arturo RIBA-Approved CPD Different (And Why You Should Care)

Let's discuss CPD certification for a moment. The Royal Institute of British Architects requires all members to complete at least 35 hours of CPD each year. Of these, at least 20 hours must be in structured learning. This isn't just box-ticking, it's about maintaining professional competence in a rapidly evolving industry.

Arturo RIBA-approved CPD means that evaluators have assessed the content and confirmed it meets specific quality standards. When you attend an Arturo CPD architecture session on resin flooring that's RIBA-approved, you get:

Relevant, Up-to-Date Information: The content reflects current building regulations, sustainability standards, and material innovations. You're not learning outdated specifications that might cause problems down the line.

Structured Learning Outcomes: Each session has clear objectives. You'll know exactly what knowledge you're gaining and how it applies to your professional practice.

Professional Recognition: Your CPD hours count toward your annual requirement, with proper documentation for your CPD record. Plus, you will be earning double CPD points.

Impartial Guidance: While manufacturers often present these sessions, RIBA approval ensures the content is educational rather than purely promotional.

For busy architects, this efficiency matters. You are spending time learning, so that time should give you the most value. This includes knowledge gained and professional development credits earned.

 

What You'll Actually Learn in an Arturo Resin Flooring CPD Session?

Now, let's get specific about what a comprehensive resin flooring CPD architecture seminar covers. This isn't a sales pitch disguised as education, it's genuine technical knowledge that makes you a better specifier. 

Arturo offers two complementary RIBA-approved CPD seminars, each running 45-60 minutes. Both can be delivered at your practice or online, and they're completely free. Here's what each session covers and how they'll enhance your specification skills.

 

Option 1: Exploring The Design Possibilities Of Resin Flooring

This design-led technical briefing is perfect if you're looking to understand how resin flooring can transform your interior design projects. It's particularly valuable for architects working on commercial, hospitality, retail, or high-end residential projects where aesthetics are paramount.

What You'll Learn:

Types and Benefits of Resin Flooring Systems: You'll gain clarity on the different resin flooring systems available, such as epoxy and polyurethane, and understand their distinct performance advantages. The session moves beyond technical jargon to help you grasp which system suits which application.

Interior Design Potential: This is where the session really shines for design-focused architects. Using high-quality project imagery, you'll see how resin floors inform contemporary interior design. The visual examples translate abstract possibilities into design inspiration you can apply to your projects.

Colours: Discover how colours can influence the environment and wellbeing. You'll see how natural textures and colours translate into resin flooring that resonates with building occupants, floors that both look and feel exceptional.

Decorative Techniques Explored:

• Array of colours: Understanding the virtually unlimited colour-matching possibilities
• Bespoke design options: How to create custom flooring solutions specific to your project
• Concrete look' effect: Achieving polished concrete aesthetics without concrete's limitations
• Flaked floors: Decorative systems for texture and visual interest
• Graphic encapsulation: Embedding logos, patterns, or wayfinding elements directly into the floor

Installation Process and Specification Tips: You'll learn the practical workflow for installing resin floors, which informs better design decisions. Understanding installation constraints and sequences helps you detail junctions, plan project phasing, and set realistic expectations with clients.

This session is ideal for architects who want to confidently specify resin flooring for its aesthetic potential while understanding the technical fundamentals that enable successful installations. 

Book Your CPD Session for the Exploring The Design Possibilities Of Resin Flooring

 

Option 2: Specify Sustainable Resin Flooring with Confidence

This technically focused session is essential if you're working on projects with rigorous sustainability requirements or need deeper technical knowledge for complex applications such as healthcare, food production, or industrial facilities.

What You'll Learn:

Environmentally Responsible Resin Systems: You'll discover CO2-neutral resin systems made with natural raw materials. The session covers low-emission accreditation, Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs), and how to evaluate credible environmental profiles, which are critical for BREEAM, LEED, or client sustainability targets.

Substrate Identification and Compatibility: This is crucial knowledge that many architects need further guidance. You'll learn to identify suitable substrates for resin finishes, including concrete, screed, existing tiles, and timber. Understanding substrate requirements early in the design process prevents costly complications during construction.

Testing Protocols: You'll gain practical knowledge of substrate testing protocols to ensure compatibility with your chosen resin finish. This includes moisture testing, contamination assessment, and surface preparation verification.

System Build-Ups for Different Applications: The session explains complete layer sequences from substrate preparation through primer, scratch coat, self-smoothing decorative layer, and protective seal coat. You'll understand how to match system build-ups to specific requirements:

• Traffic loads (light foot traffic to heavy forklift use)
• Chemical exposure demands
• Hygiene requirements (particularly for healthcare and food production)

Areas of Application: You'll explore where resin floors can be specified across building types, including commercial offices, healthcare facilities, educational institutions, industrial spaces, food production areas, retail environments, and residential projects. Each application has specific considerations that the CPD clarifies.

Site Conditions and Application Requirements: Understanding on-site conditions that affect installation success, temperature, humidity, ventilation, and access constraints. This knowledge helps you coordinate properly with contractors and main contractors.

Fire Performance: You'll learn about fire ratings, testing standards, and how to specify appropriate systems for buildings with specific fire safety requirements.

Cleaning and Maintenance: Practical guidance on specifying maintenance regimes that preserve the floor's performance and appearance throughout its design life. This extends beyond practical completion to support facilities management.

Sustainability Deep-Dive: Beyond basic environmental credentials, you'll understand lifecycle benefits, durability as a sustainability strategy, and how manufacturers can contribute to greener buildings. The session provides the documentation and knowledge needed to support sustainability assessments.

This session is particularly valuable for architects who need technical confidence when specifying resin flooring for demanding applications, or who must satisfy rigorous environmental and performance criteria.

Book Your CPD Session for the Specify Sustainable Resin Flooring with Confidence

 

Which CPD Session Should You Choose?

The beauty is, you don't have to choose many practices book both sessions at different times. If you're new to resin flooring, "Exploring the Design Possibilities" provides an inspiring introduction that demonstrates the aesthetic potential. Once you're specifying resin flooring regularly, "Specify Sustainable Resin Flooring with Confidence" gives you the technical depth for complex projects.

Alternatively, book both sessions back-to-back for your team, covering design and technical aspects comprehensively in one session.

Both sessions include time for Q&A, so you can ask about specific projects you're working on. You'll receive an electronic attendance certificate (PDF) upon completion, showing session title, date, presenter, and declared learning hours, ready to record in your RIBA CPD log.

Practical Delivery Details

Format: On-site at your practice or online via Zoom/Teams

Duration: 45-60 minutes including Q&A

Group size: Flexible—from one-to-one sessions to large practice-wide presentations

Cost: Completely free

CPD Points: Earn Double CPD points

Cancellation: 48 hours' notice required

For on-site sessions, you'll need a presentation screen or projector, seating for delegates, reliable Wi-Fi, and a small demonstration area if you'd like to see product samples.

The sessions are designed to fit seamlessly into your practice's schedule—many firms book them as lunchtime learning sessions where the whole team attends, creating shared knowledge that benefits collaborative project work.

 

How to Choose the Right Resin Flooring CPD for Your Practice

Not all CPD sessions are created equal, even when they're RIBA-approved. Here's how to select CPD that genuinely adds value to your professional development:

Consider your project portfolio: Do you primarily work in healthcare, education, commercial, or industrial sectors? Look for CPD sessions that emphasise applications relevant to your practice. A session focused on food production facilities might be less valuable if you design boutique hotels.

Evaluate the delivery format: CPD architecture seminars come in various formats, in-person presentations at your office, public seminars at venues, online webinars, or self-paced learning modules. In-person sessions often allow for better interaction and specific project discussions, while online options offer flexibility.

Check the presenter credentials: Who's delivering the CPD? Ideally, you want technical experts who understand both the material science and the architectural design process. The best presenters are those who can answer complex questions and relate content to real project challenges.

Look for case studies: CPD sessions that include detailed project case studies with photos, specifications, and lessons learned provide more practical value than purely theoretical content. You'll see how other architects have successfully specified resin flooring and what challenges they encountered.

Ask about follow-up support: Does the CPD provider offer ongoing technical support after the session? Can you contact them when you're actually specifying resin flooring on a project? This extended relationship is often more valuable than the CPD session itself.

 

Making CPD Work for Your Entire Practice

Here's a tip: when you arrange a CPD session on resin flooring at your office, invite your entire team and not just those who need CPD hours. Junior architects, architectural technicians, and even administrative staff benefit from understanding material options and specification processes.

Many practices schedule monthly "CPD lunch and learns" where the whole office attends. This creates shared knowledge and ensures that when a project requires resin flooring, multiple team members can contribute to specification decisions.

You might also coordinate CPD sessions with projects in your pipeline. If you're designing a healthcare facility where resin flooring is likely, schedule the CPD during the concept design stage. The knowledge is immediately applicable, and you can ask specific questions related to your actual project.

 

Beyond the CPD: Continuing Your Learning Journey

Your Arturo RIBA-approved CPD session is a starting point, not the finish line. Here's how to deepen your resin flooring knowledge over time:

Visit completed projects: Nothing replaces seeing and walking on actual resin floors. Ask your CPD provider or local contractors if you can visit recent installations. Observe how the floor looks in natural light, how it feels underfoot, and how it's ageing.

Request sample kits: Arturo can provide sample kits showing different colours and finishes. Having these in your office helps during client discussions and design development.

Build relationships with installers: Contractors who actually install resin flooring have invaluable practical knowledge. They know what works, what doesn't, and what specification details cause site problems. Cultivate these relationships.

Stay current with standards: Building regulations, British Standards, and testing protocols evolve. Subscribe to updates from RIBA, monitor changes to BS 8204-6 (the key standard for resin flooring), and understand how new requirements affect your specifications.

 

The Bottom Line: Arturo CPD That Transforms Your Practice

Investing time in Arturo RIBA-approved CPD on resin flooring isn't just about checking off your annual CPD certification requirements, though that's certainly a benefit. It's about expanding your architectural toolkit with knowledge that makes you more versatile, more confident, and more valuable to your clients.

When you can confidently specify Arturo resin flooring systems that meet complex performance requirements while achieving design intent, you open up project opportunities that might otherwise go to competitors with more materials expertise. You reduce the risk of specification errors that can lead to costly remedial work. And you provide clients with solutions they might not have known were possible.

The beauty of CPD architecture programs is that they're designed specifically for your learning needs as a practising architect. You're not wading through academic research papers or manufacturer data sheets trying to extract relevant information. You're getting distilled, practical knowledge from experts who understand your professional context.

So whether you're working on a hospital refurbishment, a food production facility, a contemporary art gallery, or a high-end residential project, comprehensive resin flooring knowledge gained through quality CPD gives you the confidence to specify appropriately and the creativity to use this versatile material in innovative ways.

 

Ready to Enhance Your Materials Knowledge?

We'd love to share our expertise with your practice. At Arturo, we're passionate about helping architects specify resin flooring with confidence, whether you're exploring it for the first time or looking to deepen your technical knowledge for complex projects.

Booking either of our RIBA-approved CPD sessions is straightforward. Simply submit the booking form on our website, and a member of our team will contact you to arrange a suitable date and format. We're flexible and sessions can be delivered at your practice during a lunch-and-learn, as an online webinar for remote teams, or in a hybrid format that works for your schedule.

What makes our CPD sessions different is that they're the beginning of a partnership, not a one-off presentation. After your session, our technical team remains available to support you on actual projects. If you need help with resin flooring, contact us. We can advise you on substrate compatibility, system selection, and specifications. We're here to help you succeed.

We customise content to your practice's focus, too. If you primarily design healthcare facilities, we'll emphasise hygiene requirements. If you work on high-end hospitality projects, we'll dive deeper into decorative possibilities and bespoke design. Your CPD session should be directly relevant to the work you do.

Remember, every accomplished architect you admire has built their expertise through continuous learning. RIBA-approved CPD is how you maintain and expand your professional competence throughout your career and we're here to make that learning valuable, practical, and directly applicable to your work.

Your next project might be the perfect opportunity to apply what you've learned. And when that beautifully specified resin floor performs flawlessly for decades, you'll know that investing time in CPD made it possible.