I recently had the pleasure of leaving our mainland to visit
the Isle of Man and Northern Ireland to deliver our Design and Specification of
Lead CPD presentation.
The Isle of Man was bustling with activity as it was
practice week for the TT races (which was a pleasure for me as I am also a
Biker). I held the CPD at the Palace Hotel and Casino on the Promenade in
Douglas, a great location; the audience was to the Isle of Man region of the
Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB). We had a great presentation with plenty
of questions and interest in what I had to say, and all made me very welcome,
the surprising aspect of my research before the presentation with Steve Dempsey
of CIOB was that the Lead theft issue was not an issue as the Isle of Man do
not and have not suffered the pain of metal theft on the Island, a refreshing
change.
I then travelled to
Northern Ireland to present a couple of CPD Presentations to Belfast area
Architects, the first being Alan Patterson Design in Helen’s bay County Down.
The practice made me very welcome with great interest shown in Lead Sheet and
its applications. I had the chance after the presentation to chat with the
practice principle Alan Patterson, who told me that things had been bad during
the recession for his business, but however things were now very much on the up
and he had recruited more staff in recent times to deal with the extra workload
so things very upturned.
I then made a presentation to Kennedy Fitzgerald Architects
in Belfast; once again I was made very
welcome in my first time to Northern Ireland, very positive response to
my presentation, again a positive outlook for the future with a busy workload
for the practice.
Thank you to both the Isle of Man and Northern Ireland for
your hospitality, and as you say in Ireland “Sláinte”
Simon Tate, Regional Marketing Manager.
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