Wolfenden Concrete RIDBA tour booking

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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!

RIDBA Building Awards 2023: Sponsors

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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.

Mark Watson to host RIDBA Building Awards

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 GalvanizingBarrett Steel and STRUMIS. The event sponsors are Steadmans and Kingspan.

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

Revealed: Shortlist for RIDBA Building Awards 2023

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 tour of Wareing Buildings

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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.

RIDBA members enjoy tour of IAE factory

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Staffordshire based RIDBA member IAE host RIDBA members for tour of new factory.

Six groups were taken through various parts of the business, including the new 39,000ft² customer experience centre and 84,000ft² manufacturing space.

Cutting edge machinery appears throughout, powered by more than 300 members of production staff.

Amy Boothby, marketing manager of supplier member IAE, said: “As a member of the association it presented an excellent opportunity to bring fellow members to our manufacturing operation in Stoke-on Trent and share with them our 38 acre site.”

“It was a fantastic day and we really enjoyed catching up with industry friends.”

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RIDBA is one of the first groups to experience an exclusive tour of facility with the ribbon cut less than 12 months ago.

Mark Wilcox, managing director of supplier member Filon Products, said: “Special thanks to the very generous team at IAE for being incredible hosts and taking the time out to give us a tour around their brilliant factory.”

“What an eye opener! A brilliant facility which they are clearly very proud of, and rightly so.”

The day also saw IAE host an open RIDBA board meeting and AGM.

IAE’s Rob Johnson and Gemma Lovatt also delivered a presentation on the business and its history. RIDBA general manager Joe Chalk gave a session on how members can make the most of their membership.

RIDBA Awards 2023 entry deadline extended

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Following several requests from members, the entry deadline for this year’s RIDBA Building Awards is being extended by one month.

The new deadline for you to submit your entries is April 28.

It’s an excellent opportunity for you to showcase your business and projects to the rest of the industry and potential customers, whether you win or not! It’s easy to enter so click the button below to do it now.

A panel of experts will judge the entries before we announce the winners and present them with trophies at a ceremony at the Graduate Hotel in Cambridge on Friday, September 22.

Enter the awards via the links below!

AJN Steelstock is the headline sponsor of September’s awards. Premium sponsors Joseph Ash GalvanizingBarrett Steel and STRUMIS, and event sponsors Steadmans and Kingspan will also support the event.

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

Book your tickets for the awards evening here.

Book your hotel room at the Graduate Cambridge here.

RIDBA Building Awards 2023 entry deadline nears

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Time is running out for YOU to enter the RIDBA Building Awards 2023!

March 31 is the deadline by which RIDBA members can enter to put themselves in with a chance of winning a trophy.

There are eight categories:

  • Commercial award
  • Farm storage award
  • Industrial and production award
  • Livestock award
  • New product or service award
  • Outstanding workmanship award
  • Training award

Enter all of the categories here.

AJN Steelstock will headline sponsor the awards. Premium sponsors Joseph Ash GalvanizingBarrett Steel and STRUMIS, and event sponsors Steadmans and Kingspan are also supporting RIDBA’s flagship event.

The awards ceremony will take place at the Graduate Hotel, in Cambridge, on Friday, September 22.

Click here to book tickets to the event or a room at the hotel.

Read about the RIDBA Building Awards 2021 here.

IAE to host factory tour for RIDBA members; AGM

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IAE will open the doors of its new base this spring when it hosts its fellow RIDBA members for an exclusive tour.

Members will be able to visit the Staffordshire company on April 20, when it will also host RIDBA’s AGM.

It’s a great opportunity for members to visit the impressive multi-million-pound facility in Stoke-on-Trent which was completed in summer 2022.

It is home to the manufacturing of all IAE’s steel fencing, as well as bespoke steel fencing and agricultural products.

The day will begin at 9.15am with an open board meeting open to members and board members before the AGM and presentations begin at 11.45am.

Following an hour break for lunch at 12.45pm, the factory tour will get underway at 1.45pm, finishing approximately at 3pm.

Read more about the factory here.

RIDBA Building Awards 2023 sponsors revealed

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RIDBA Building Awards sponsors revealed

AJN Steelstock is the headline sponsor of September’s RIDBA Building Awards.

Premium sponsors Joseph Ash Galvanizing, Barrett Steel and STRUMIS, and event sponsors Steadmans and Kingspan will also support the black-tie event.

RIDBA members can enter their projects into the awards and put themselves in with a chance of winning a trophy.

The eight categories open to entries are:

  • Commercial award
  • Farm storage award
  • Industrial and production award
  • Livestock award
  • New product or service award
  • Outstanding workmanship award
  • Training award

Enter all the categories here.

A ceremony at the Graduate Hotel, in Cambridge, on Friday, September 22 will reveal the winners.

Click here to book tickets to the event or a room at the hotel.

Read about the RIDBA Building Awards 2021 here.