Geoff Cox

SPRA Awards Luncheon 2025 – Hilton NEC Birmingham – 12th June 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 shortly and will be announced through all the usual channels.

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 – New SAP starting in January 2025

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.

New SPRA SAP starting soon in January at Welwyn Garden City. Funding available. Enquire and register your trainees now at training@spra.co.uk.

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.

We are delighted to announce that Moy Materials UK Ltd have joined SPRA as a Membrane category member.
We welcome the Moy Materials team to SPRA, wishing them well and look forward to their participation in future SPRA technical and sustainability committees, as well as networking events.

https://moymaterials.com/single-ply/

We are thrilled to welcome Ashton Building Systems (Scotland) Ltd to the SPRA family as a Contractor member.

Ashton Building Systems is a leading Glasgow-based contractor specialising in roofing and cladding solutions for commercial, industrial, and residential projects.

We extend our warmest greetings to the Ashton Building Systems (Scotland) Ltd team.  Welcome to the SPRA community.

https://ashtonbuildingsystems.co.uk/services/

The 2024 SPRA Awards Luncheon took place at The Burlington Hotel in Birmingham last week. A fabulous venue for a prestigious industry event. A huge thank you to our Event Partner, Award, Drinks Reception and Luncheon sponsors for making such a fabulous occasion possible.

Congratulations to all award contenders and eventual winners for each category. This really was a fantastic year for award entries. The highest number SPRA have ever had by some distance and yet maintaining the highest standards, expected of SPRA members’ roofing projects.

Finally, thank you to our members and guests in attendance for making the day such a success.

A fantastic Golf Day for members and their guests took place again at Carden Park in September. The event was a complete sell out with an excellent golf competition, on course and evening entertainment together with a wonderful evening dinner.
A massive thanks to all of our ‘on the day’ sponsors and SPRA Event Partners for their continued support contributing to making the day a success for all.