The experience and expertise available on the RIDBA board is increasing thanks to three new members!

That’s because Oliver Janes of Briarwood (centre), Stephen Jaques of Jaques (left) and Matthew Hastwell of Wareing Buildings (right) are all joining.

RIDBA chairman Neil Fox said: “It’s always good to see people becoming more involved with RIDBA.

“They have a wealth of experience and expertise, and that’s only be a good thing for RIDBA and its members.

“It’s a really good piece of news to end the year with.”

The winter edition of the RIDBA Journal sees Stephen Jaques take part in the Steeling the Limelight feature.

Do you want information on joining the RIDBA board? Email [email protected].

In partnership with Trimble, RIDBA is bringing back its Industry Day and you can book your free place now!

With a theme of embracing technology and automation, suppliers will showcase their tech-based products and services.

There will also be live demonstrations, presentations and industry updates, plus opportunities to network.

RIDBA general manager Joe Chalk said: “It’s great to be bringing back RIDBA’s Industry Day.

“It’s always a popular event and we know members find it reward from both learning and networking points of view.

“Our thanks to Trimble for hosting the day.”

Craig Johnson, business manager at Trimble, said: “We’re really looking forward to welcoming our fellow RIDBA members for the association’s industry day in the spring.

“It’ll be the first time RIDBA holds the event in partnership with a member and we’re thrilled that that member is us!

“We’re sure it’ll add a brilliant new dynamic to what is always a fantastic event, and we can’t wait to see everyone in April.”

Supplier member Trimble will host the event at its base in Leeds on Thursday, April 18.

RIDBA’s AGM will take place at the end of the day.

Click here to book your free place at RIDBA’s Industry Day 2024

Review: RIDBA Industry Day 2022

Would you like to go to northern Italy for a visit to fibre cement manufacturer Briarwood Landini for free? Then book for RIDBA’s exclusive member trip now!

Briarwood purchased the business in 2020 and controls the supply and distribution of its growing range of products. Now, RIDBA members can book for an exclusive visit.

The trip will take place from March 13 – March 14, 2024. Only RIDBA members can attend, with numbers limited to two people per member business.

Briarwood Landini will cover the cost of flights, accommodation and food. Guests will need to pay for drinks and travel to and from Heathrow.

Booking is available on a first come, first served basis. Delegates will need to travel together and be present on both days of the trip.

Booking: Briarwood Landini visit

 

The RIDBA Building Awards are always a fantastic opportunity to celebrate the best our industry has to offer and this year RIDBA members outdid themselves, supplying us with flying pigs and smashing the record number of entries across the eight categories.

It’s a cliché, but without those entries there is simply no event! They were all fantastic and a credit to the industry; thank you to everyone who entered. Of course, we need to say congratulations to all of the members lucky enough to take a trophy home from this year’s event.

Thank you to headline sponsor AJN Steelstock, premium sponsors Joseph Ash Galvanizing, Barrett Steel and STRUMIS, and event sponsors Steadmans and Kingspan. Thanks too to Citation and Farming Monthly for their support.

A big thank you as well to everyone who came along or helped on the night and all those who played a part in making the awards happen.

Finally, more than £2,000 was raised for the Stroke Association on the night, so thank you for all of your donations.

RIDBA Building Awards 2023: Winners

• Industrial and production award: M D Anthony, Bacton Transport
• Training award: Shufflebottom
• Farm storage award: Wareing Buildings, forestry workshop
• New product/service award: Designeering, pig lift
• Outstanding workmanship award: Matthew Hastwell (Wareing Buildings)
• Residential and offices award: M D Anthony, estate agents
• Livestock award: Wareing Buildings, Pemberton’s cattle shed
• Commercial award: Rose Engineering, new workshop
• Overall award: Rose engineering, new workshop

The Stroke Association is the chosen charity for the RIDBA Building Awards 2023.

By providing specialist support, advice and information, the Stroke Association’s aims help people rebuild their lives after a stroke.

It funds critical research and campaigns so people affected by stroke get the best care and support.

RIDBA chairman Neil Fox said: “I’m sure the guests at the RIDBA Building Awards will agree the Stroke Association is an incredibly worthy cause.”

“I urge them to give what they can on September 22.”

Approximately 100,000 people have strokes every year and stroke strikes every 5 minutes.

To help raise money, RIDBA will be running a prize draw at the event.

The draw will see one lucky guest will win five VIP tickets to see Peter Kay live at the O2 on January 6, 2024.

Raffle tickets will be available on the evening from 6:30pm, with the draw made at 9:30pm

This prize is courtesy of awards headline sponsor AJN Steelstock. All proceeds will go to the Stroke Association.

RIDBA members will be able to go behind the scenes at Wolfenden Concrete in just a matter of weeks!

The visit on September 6 is the last in a series of exclusive RIDBA tours which has also seen IAE and Wareing Buildings host members.

Wolfenden Concrete is a RIDBA supplier member based in Barnoldswick, Lancashire, and has been working with dairy farmers for more than 40 years.

The tour will include a live demonstration showing how Wolfenden’s products are made.

Registration will be at 1pm with lunch provided for free before the tour begins at 2pm. It will finish at approximately 4pm.

To secure free places for you and your colleagues, click here to book for free now!

Thank you to all of the RIDBA Building Awards 2023 sponsors.

RIDBA’s flagship event is just over one month away and we can’t wait to welcome everyone to the Graduate Hotel, Cambridge, on Friday, September 22.

AJN Steelstock is the headline sponsor of September’s awards.

Premium sponsors Joseph Ash Galvanizing, Barrett Steel and STRUMIS, and event sponsors Steadmans and Kingspan are also supporting the event.

Thank you too to Citation and media partner Farming Monthly.

Click here to see the RIDBA Building Awards 2023 entries shortlist.

Comedian and author Mark Watson is to host the RIDBA Building Awards 2023.

Best known for being one of the UK’s leading live comedians, he is also a writer, producer and director.

A TV and radio regular, Mark has appeared on almost every panel show going from Have I Got News and Mock the Week to 8 Out of 10 Cats and Would I Lie To You.

He’s also appeared on This Week, Live at the Apollo, Taskmaster, and celebrity editions of Mastermind, Pointless and Bear Grylls’ Celebrity Island.

Mark Watson will host the RIDBA Building Awards at the Graduate Hotel, in Cambridge, on Friday September 22.

Due to high demand for tickets, only sponsors and those who have a shortlisted entry are able to book to attend the awards evening. Click here to book.

Click here to see the shortlisted entries for the awards.

Thank you to all of those members who took the time to enter and thank you to those members who are sponsoring the event.

AJN Steelstock will headline sponsor the awards.

The premium sponsors are Joseph Ash Galvanizing, Barrett Steel and STRUMIS. The event sponsors are Steadmans and Kingspan.

You can see the winners of the RIDBA Building Awards 2021 here.

A record number of entries across eight categories have been whittled down to form the RIDBA Building Awards 2023 shortlist.

The winners will be announced at an awards evening hosted by comedian and author Mark Watson at the Graduate Hotel, in Cambridge, on Friday, September 22.

The RIDBA Building Awards 2023 shortlist is:

Commercial category

• Cambridgeshire Fire & Rescue Station, A.C. Bacon Engineering
• CJ Cox Limited New Workshop, Rose Engineering
• Roundhouse Play Area, S&A Fabrications
• Franks Ice Cream, Shufflebottom
• Morgan Sindall Merthyr Bus Station, Shufflebottom
• Tong Engineering, Timmins Engineering

Farm storage

• Replacement general purpose building, A.C. Bacon Engineering
• S. Batty & Son, Colley Farm Buildings
• New grain store facility, LF Pearce & Son
• Sakata UK Ltd, Timmins Engineering
• Sir Richard Sutton Estates, Timmins Engineering
• Forestry workshop, Wareing Buildings

Industrial and production

• Bacton Transport, M D Anthony
• Dawson’s Wharf pellet bund, S&A Fabrications
• Smart Systems, Shufflebottom
• Cropper Close, Henco International, Wareing Buildings
• Graham & Brown, Wareing Buildings
• McMurrays Haulage, Wareing Buildings

Livestock

• Ben Pauling Racing, Naunton Downs, D Jones Welding
• Oxey Farm suckler building, M D Anthony
• West Midlands Safari Park, Minshall Construction
• Sunnylands, Powell & Co Construction
• Ash Holt Barns, Timmins Engineering
• Pembertons cattle shed, Wareing Buildings

Residential and offices

• The Property Hub, M D Anthony
• Island estates, Shufflebottom
• Luda barns, Timmins Engineering
• Luxury residential property in Poulton-le-Fylde, Wareing Buildings

New product or service

• Halo Solar, Ash & Lacy
• Voortman V807, Cutmaster Machines
• Innovative pig lift, Designeering
• STRUMIS e-learning, STRUMIS
• Tekla PowerFab 2023, Trimble
• Hybrid Supa Slat, Wolfenden Concrete

Prizes will also be handed out for outstanding workmanship and training.

The judges of the awards are RIDBA’s technical consultant Martin Heywood, RIDBA’s livestock consultant Jamie Robertson, working at height expert Joe Black and LEAF Marque farmer Andrew Brown.

Tickets have been in extremely high demand. As a result, from now on bookings for the awards evening will only be available to those who have made the shortlist.

Thank you to all of those members who took the time to enter and thank you to those members who are sponsoring the event. AJN Steelstock will headline sponsor the awards. The premium sponsors are Joseph Ash Galvanizing, Barrett Steel and STRUMIS. The event sponsors are Steadmans and Kingspan.

You can read more about the awards in the summer 2023 edition of the RIDBA Journal.

You can see the winners of the RIDBA Building Awards 2021 here.

RIDBA members will be able to go behind the scenes at family-run business Wareing Buildings this summer.

Established almost 115 years ago, Wareing’s ten-acre site in Preston boasts cutting edge machinery and technology, while being steeped in history.

Following the success of RIDBA’s tour of IAE in April, RIDBA and its members will be heading further north to the Lancashire-based frame manufacturer on July 6, 2023.

Registration will be at 1pm with lunch provided for free before the tour begins at 2pm. It will finish at approximately 4pm.

To secure free places for you and your colleagues, click here or below to complete the booking form. Once you’ve booked you will receive a confirmation email.

Book your free places on the Wareing Buildings tour.

RIDBA members enjoyed a tour of the IAE factory in Staffordshire earlier in 2023. Read about the visit in the RIDBA Journal.