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New SPRA Chair – Melanie Marquard 

Welcome to our new SPRA Chair – Melanie Marquard – Managing Director of Protan for UK and Western Europe. Melanie officially took over as SPRA Chair at the last SPRA Council meeting of the year on 10th December. She succeeds Martyn Holloway of SFS who had been in post for the last 5 years. Melanie thanked Martyn, who remains on Council, for his excellent work as SPRA Chair during his tenure and confirmed her intention to focus on behalf of the SPRA membership to continue the growth and development of the association.

SPRA Awards Luncheon 2025 – Hilton NEC Birmingham – June 12th 2025

We are delighted to announce that next year’s SPRA Awards will take place at the fabulous Hilton NEC Birmingham. This glittering event will showcase the fantastic achievements of the single ply roofing sector’s suppliers and contractors, for projects completed during 2024.

Details regarding ticketing will be available in early 2025 and will be announced through all the usual channels.

SPRA Awards 2025 – Submit your entries now!

We are delighted to announce that we are now accepting entries for the SPRA Awards 2025. Any single ply roofing project completed during 2024 is eligible for consideration for an award in the various categories set.

We look forward to receiving your project entries via https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/RYNJCNL . The deadline for submissions is Wednesday 30 April.

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SPRA Golf Day 2025 – Carden Park, Cheshire – 4th September 2025

Another date for your diary for 2025 is the SPRA Golf Day returning to Carden Park in Cheshire. This is another event that provides an opportunity for members and their guests to compete on the Nicklaus championship course as well as enjoy the entertainment at the lavish dinner and golf awards taking place later that evening. This year there will be opportunities for non-golfers to enjoy some of the other facilities that this wonderful venue has to offer.

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Training & Competency Development

SPRA are running a number of training and competency development opportunities. These include Specialist Applied-Skills Programme (SAP) as well as upskilling, assessment and training (SUP/OSAT) for contractors’ installers.
These high-quality specialist training programmes for single ply roofers can lead to the Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Waterproofing Systems – Single Ply Membranes. SPRA contractor members benefit from reduced course rates and CITB registered companies can also access CITB grant funding.

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Wind Load Calculation Protocol (WLCP) – Book now for 2025!

These online sessions based on existing SPRA published guidance are very popular with members and non-members. They consist of one set of three 2-hour sessions. The sessions are based on the SPRA guidance document Wind Loading – Protocol for calculations (S11b/19) with extensive reference to the appropriate standards and other industry guidance that underpin this document. SPRA members again benefit from reduced course rates.

Contact SPRA for further information and to register your employees now.

CMA probes possible bid-rigging in relation to school improvement fund

The CMA has launched an investigation into suspected bid-rigging in relation to a key government fund for improving the condition of school buildings. Further information can be found here.
Source: Build UK/CITB

RAAC Playbook

The Manufacturing Technology Centre, working with the CLC, has published a draft RAAC Playbook setting out a standardised approach to assessing the presence and condition of Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC) in buildings and the different remediation strategies ‐ repair, reinforce or replace ‐ that can be adopted.
Source: Build UK/CLC