POOL & SPA INDUSTRY
Paul Baker of Independent Financial Services (UK) Limited was just one of a number of speakers at the SPATA conference
President’s Weekend guests also enjoyed an evening of tricks and amazement at Simon Drake’s ‘Secret’ House of Magic
SPATA CONFERENCE DAY Thursday 8 October saw SPATA take centre stage, as SPATA’s Chairman and BSPF President, Richard Carrington oversaw the AGM, with presentations from a range of speakers appropriate to this audience and featured: • Paul Baker (Independent Financial Services (UK) Limited)
A partner at IFS Employee Benefits LLP, who are the administrators of the Federation of Small Businesses (‘FSB’) Workplace Pension, Paul shared valuable information on the implementation of workplace pension auto-enrolment.
• John Eynon (Open Water Consulting) John was able to assist members with details on BIM – Building Information Modelling (BIM).
This will become very important for commercial projects starting in 2016 and beyond and will likely have an impact on domestic projects at a later stage.
• Patrick Thorpe (AstralPool UK) Due to his wealth of knowledge gained in the swimming pool industry since the 1970’s and more particularly having sat on the committees developing European standards for domestic pools and spas
over the past five years, Patrick was the obvious choice to present updates on these European Standards. He explained about some of the changes in EN 16582 (construction and installation) and also mentioned that there were three standards out for Final Vote as part of EN 16713 (pool water circulation, filtration and treatment).
• Peter Lang (Technical Adviser to SPATA) As SPATA’s technical advisor, Peter is not only responsible for chairing SPATA’s technical committee but also coordinating the role of SPATA’s inspectors. He is currently revising SPATA’s standards. Peter presented information on the industry approach to safety devices, looking at how there will be a growing requirement to engage with clients to discuss safety.
Both conferences finished their respective day with an open forum, giving members the chance to discuss any important issues, identify any committee nominations and seek feedback from members on how to improve their association. Any members who were unable to attend the days can download the presentation documents from the Members area of the relevant Association website.
A GOOD OLD LONDON KNEES UP! The 2015 President’s Weekend was hosted by Richard Carrington (BSPF President and SPATA Chairman) and his partner Lisa Hall and took place this year in the fabulous surroundings of Greenwich, London. The President’s Weekend is a chance for members to join the President for a celebration of his year in office and meet up with industry peers in an informal setting. The attendees were blessed with amazing weather that helped add to a great weekend. The theme of this year’s President’s Weekend was ‘London Town’. Starting with a cockney themed evening at a local Pie and Mash shop, sightseeing around London and an evening of tricks and amazement at Simon Drake’s ‘Secret’ House of Magic. Our thanks go to everyone who supported the President’s Weekend – a great time was had by all. If you would like to see a taster of the weekend, you can view the President’s Weekend album on the SPATA and BISHTA websites. Watch out for next year’s President’s
Weekend, hosted by Alex Kemsley. Invitations will be out in the New Year and more details will be available at SPATEX. If you are interested in joining SPATA or
BISHTA and would like more information visit:
www.spata.co.uk or
www.bishta.co.uk
Hosted by Richard Carrington and his partner Lisa Hall, the theme of this year’s President’s Weekend was ‘London Town’ and started with a cockney themed evening at a local Pie and Mash shop
www.swimmingpoolnews.co.uk SPN December 2015 33
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