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.
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.
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.
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.
Construction Trade Survey 2024 Q3
Construction product manufacturers reported a second quarter of growth in sales volumes, although for the heavy side, sales remained lower than a year earlier. Members can access the latest survey here.
Source: CPA
CPA / BSR Workshop re BS476 – 22 January 2025
The CPA and Building Safety Regulator are hosting an ‘in-person’ workshop for members on 22 January to discuss with officials from the BSR the changes Government wants to make to BS 476. Particular sectors affected include doors, ironmongery and rooflights, though many others may be affected as this standard covers fire testing and certification. The workshop is scheduled for 10am at the Broadway House Conference Centre, Tothill Street, London SW1H 9NQ. Please indicate your interest to attend by contacting emma.gange@constructionproducts.org.uk.
Source: CPA/BSR
The Industry Competence Steering Group (ICSG) Announces Restructure and Renewed Focus on Competence Within the Built Environment
The Industry Competence Steering Group (ICSG) has announced a comprehensive restructure to enhance competence and safety standards across the built environment. Established in response to the Grenfell Tower Fire and subsequent Hackitt Review, ICSG has now transitioned to become a formal working group of the Industry Competence Committee (ICC) under the Building Safety Regulator (BSR), signalling a strategic shift towards more rigorous industry-wide competence frameworks. Please go here to learn the details.
Source: CPA/ICSG
CPA Weekly UK Economic and Construction Update
The latest weekly update is available here, including:
The latest weekly update is enclosed, including:
- S&P Global UK Construction PMI (December 2024)
- HMRC UK Residential Property Transactions (November 2024)
- Bank of England UK Mortgage Approvals (November 2024)
- Nationwide UK House Price Index (December 2024)
The CPA’s Winter forecasts will be published on Monday 27 January and will be available for members to download from the CPA Website.
Source: CPA
Reforms to the Energy Performance of Buildings Regime
This consultation seeks views on the reform of the Energy Performance of Buildings (EPB) framework. It covers the following areas:
clarifying and consolidating regulations, and focusing on improving the applicability, quality, and data usage of energy certificates in domestic and non-domestic buildings
updating EPC metrics
refining requirements for Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) and Display Energy Certificates (DECs)
improving data management protocols and strengthening quality control
revising air conditioning inspection reports (ACIRs)
This consultation is scheduled to last for 12 weeks from 4 December 2024 to 26 February 2025.
Further details can be found here.
Source: CPA/UK Gov
Building Safety Update
MHCLG issues a monthly progress report covering all the remediation programmes for residential buildings 11 metres and over in England with unsafe cladding. The latest data release covering up to the end of November 2024 shows remediation works have been completed on 29% of the 4,998 buildings identified, with work underway on a further 19%.
There are currently 514 buildings 18 metres and over with unsafe ACM cladding and remediation works have been fully completed on 81%, with a further 5% awaiting building control sign off. The next data release will be published on 23 January.
Build UK has updated its guide to the Building Safety Regime to reflect the latest information that has been published. The January 2025 version includes details of the Government’s Remediation Acceleration Plan and updated guidance from the BSR on the Gateways, such as the use of a partial completion strategy where part of a building will become occupied before all work has been completed. Our timeline has also been updated showing at glance when the key changes are taking effect under the new regime.
Source: Build UK/MHCLG
Industry Accreditation
CITB has announced that the funding available to support individuals impacted by the withdrawal of CSCS cards obtained via Industry Accreditation at the end of last year will be extended until 31 March 2026. There is an achievement grant of £1,250 for certain supervision S/NVQs and £1,500 for certain management S/NVQs.
Source: Build UK/CITB
Consensus Delayed
CITB has announced that its Consensus process will be delayed by five weeks to enable its Strategic Plan 2025‐29 to be aligned with the outcomes of the ITB review undertaken by Mark Farmer. Consensus will now start on 17 March and Build UK will be formally consulting its in‐scope members on the continuation of the Levy.
Source: Build UK/CITB
Building Safety Culture Change ‐ Have Your Say
The Building Safety Regulator (BSR) is developing a framework to introduce consistency and structure around the topic of building safety culture change. Its new project, Facilitating Culture Change in the Built Environment, aims to set out what high‐level factors drive a positive building safety culture and support organisations and individuals within the sector to improve culture.
The BSR is looking for feedback from businesses across the supply chain on its draft culture framework to make sure it will work across diverse professions and trades. The BSR will be hosting a series of online focus groups in December and January, and any members interested in participating should submit an expression of interest to the BSR.
The initial findings will be presented at our first Building Safety call of 2025 on Tuesday 28 January and your nominated Building Safety representative should have received a calendar invitation directly.
Source: Build UK/BSR