SAPCA UPDATE

SAPCA exhibition dates announced

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he Sports and Play Construction As- sociation (SAPCA) will present three Sports Facility Construction events

in 2010. The free, one-day seminars pro- vide expert guidance on a variety of key topics relating to the funding, planning, design, construction and maintenance of sports facility projects, together with an exhibition of specialist companies. The dates and venues are: The Royal

Armouries, Leeds – 15 June; The King’s Hall, Belfast – 19 October and Twicken- ham Stadium, London – 23 November. Event details, seminar programmes and on-line registration are available on www.sapca.org.uk

The one-day Sports Facility Construction events include informative seminars

New standard for natural sports turf

Turf has been published and is avail- able to download free of charge from the Technical Guidance section of the SAPCA website: www.sapca.org.uk The code of practice provides much

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always been the vetting of applicants to ensure that members of the associa- tion fully comply with the necessary criteria for technical expertise, business experience and customer service. As part of the association’s drive for

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continual improvement, a new Quality Assurance system has been launched that also monitors standards of con- struction and workmanship. Through a programme of regular technical audits, SAPCA now makes project inspections, undertaken by existing member companies. As the new Technical Audit pro-

gramme is rolled out, it will en- compass all disciplines within the

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SAPCA scrutinises synthetic turf installation

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APCA’s new Code of Practice for

the Design, Construction and Improvement of Natural Sports

needed guidelines for the provision of natural turf sports facilities, focusing on requirements for winter games pitches, fine-turf cricket facili- ties and lawn tennis courts. Like SAPCA’s other codes of practice,

the publication represents a consen- sus view from across the industry and

is set to make a significant contribu- tion to standards of both newly-built and upgraded facilities. The code of practice emphasises

the specialist technical nature of sports turf and the need to engage suitably qualified and experienced consultants and contractors.

Enhanced quality assurance system

fundamental part of SAPCA’s role in raising standards within the sports and play industry has

association’s membership, although the initial phase of inspections has focused on the design and construc- tion of synthetic turf pitches.

Industry qualification proves a success

SAPCA in October 2008, has already seen significant take-up across the industry. The qualification, which rec- ognises professional competency in the essential skills required for sports and play construction, has been achieved by more than 70 candidates in its first year, with another 120 already having registered for 2010. As the NVQ increasingly becomes

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more established within the sports and play marketplace, as the bench- mark qualifi cation for construction operatives, it will inevitably be seen by clients as an important measure of a contractor’s expertise.

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