SAPCA UPDATE Seminar details for Twickenham exhibition T
he Sport and Play Construction Association’s (SAPCA) Sports Facility Construction event, at Twickenham
Stadium on Tuesday 23 November, will include an expanded programme of ed- ucational seminars. The event is support- ed by both Sport England and the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) and a number of key sports governing bodies and organisations will participate. The programme includes: • National strategy for sports facilities • Sports project funding • Planning for sport facilities • How to choose the right sports surface • Design, construction and maintenance of synthetic surfaces
• Sports facilities for a modern school • Raising standards of natural sports turf • The Football Association’s (FA) techni- cal standards for football facilities
• Making the most of your playing field • Surfaces and structures for indoor sport • Design of community tennis facilities • Natural sports turf in the stadium environment
The Twickenham event will be supported by the RIBA, the FA, the RFU and the LTA
• Facilities for Rugby Union – the next steps • Temporary spectator facilities • The development of sports facilities for London 2012 Seminars on football, rugby and ten-
nis facilities will be presented by the FA, the Rugby Football Union and the Lawn Tennis Association. Geraint John, convenor of the RIBA’s Sports Forum, will lead a workshop
discussion on temporary spectator facili- ties and a session on the development of sports facilities will be presented by Tom Jones of Populous, the official architectural and overlay design services provider to the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Attendance is free. Registration in
advance via
www.sapca.org.uk or telephone + 44 (0)24 7641 6316.
BETTER IN BELFAST T
he King’s Hall in Belfast was the latest venue to host SAPCA’s Sports Facility Construction exhibition
programme, with a successful event presented in collaboration with Sport Northern Ireland (SNI) last month. More than 150 delegates from across
Northern Ireland (NI) visited the show, and attended a series of seminars that outlined and examined the funding, design, procurement, construction and maintenance of sport facilities. Sport Northern Ireland architect Carl
Southern presented an update on SNI’s Capital Works Programmes and an overview of recent procurement policy applicable to NI government funding awards. Stephen McIlveen, SNI facili- ties development officer, outlined SNI’s overall Strategy for Sport. Copies of all the presentations from
the event are available to view in the Technical Guidance section of the SAPCA website:
www.sapca.org.uk
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Stephen McIlveen, SNI facilities develop- ment officer, outlines the strategy for sport
SAPCA’s strategic review
SAPCA’s board of directors has announced that it will undertake a thorough review of the associa- tion’s strategic objectives. The exercise has been undertak-
en twice before, since SAPCA was formed in 1997, to ensure that the association continues to develop with a clear vision, agreed objec- tives and a sound business plan. SAPCA chief executive Chris
Trickey says: “As a membership body representing over 200 compa- nies and organisations, it’s essential that we fully understand the needs and views of the industry, in order to prioritise our future activities – especially at a time when the mar- ketplace faces new challenges. “As well as determining the as-
sociation’s future strategic direc- tion, the review will also consider external perceptions of SAPCA and the positioning of the association within the marketplace.”
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