‘BE, Well’ at Clerkenwell Design Week
Joseph Ash Galvanizing to take part in Clerkenwell Design Week
Clerkenwell is an area of London famed for its high concentration of design houses, architecture practices and creative businesses, making it one of the most important design hubs in the world. It’s also an area framed by a thirst for history from family research enthusiasts and sociologists, and visitors to ancient buildings and architecture such as St. John’s Gate, dating back to 1504. To celebrate this rich and diverse community, Clerkenwell Design Week was created to showcase leading UK and international brands and companies in a series of showroom events, exhibitions and special indoor and outdoor installations that take place across the area. The event runs every year in May, and this year, Joseph Ash Galvanizing is proud and excited to be taking part.
Alongside partners Haines Watts, WR-AP Architecture, John Cullen Lighting, Lionweld Kennedy and Berry Systems, Joseph Ash Galvanizing is involved in a project to construct a stunning pavilion shaped installation in the middle of St. John’s Square that visitors to Clerkenwell Design Week can see, touch, walk through and interact with.
The 9 x 3 x 4m installation made from galvanised steel is called ‘BE, Well’ and is described by WR-AP Architecture as follows:
“BE, Well will take you on an evocative journey where you will experience how architecture, light and materials have an effect on the human mind. Envisaged as a platform to showcase the inherent performance and aesthetic qualities of galvanised steel via an experimental composition of utilitarian building products and curated architecture, you will firstly interact with a fine filigree of elements that will shine and refract with the everchanging sunlight. You will progress to a more enclosed construction where you will be able to connect and touch the materials as you move through the installation. The pavilion concludes with a more formal portico inspired by the adjacent St. Johns Gate housing a new Clerkenwell ‘Well’, where we invite you to galvanise and share your thoughts about the show, issues in the design and architectural sector and leave these in our wishing well for the future.”
The partnership
Haines Watts London, a top UK accounting firm, is sponsoring the project. With decades long experience of working with some of the UK’s most prestigious architecture firms, they wanted to share their support for the architecture industry by sponsoring an up-and-coming young architecture practice to design the installation.
They chose WR-AP Architecture as the designers, a young London-based practice set up by Sean Weston and Max Rengifo in 2018, which specialises in creating beautiful buildings with delightful, memorable and enjoyable experiences for their clients and the environment.
As the installation will be made from steel, Joseph Ash Galvanizing will be protecting the steel using a batch hot dip galvanizing process from one of our plants.
Joseph Ash Galvanizing is part of Hill & Smith Holdings PLC. Two other companies within the Hill & Smith group – Berry Systems and Lionweld Kennedy – also make up the partnership. Berry Systems will be fabricating the steel, and Lionweld Kennedy will be fabricating the mesh grating, which is part of WR-AP’s stunning design.
The final company in the collaboration is John Cullen Lighting, the award-winning lighting specialist, who will be enhancing the installation with a variety of lighting techniques.
Alex Shall from Haines Watts said: “We’re extremely excited to be part of Clerkenwell Design Week as we like to share our support for the architectural sector. We have been supporting architecture practices with their accounting, both big and small for decades and are known as industry specialists. Our core proposition is to work with individuals who are running practices and help them understand the commercial aspects of doing so. The commerciality of running an architectural practice is key to its success and the ‘Be Well’ installation is going to illustrate this.”
Mick Jackson, IT and Marketing Manager at Joseph Ash Galvanizing said: “Clerkenwell Design Week is a hugely creative and forward-looking event and we’re delighted that the aesthetic beauty and sustainable benefits of galvanised steel will be showcased in such an important way within a prominent place in Clerkenwell. We’re also pleased to be working with Haines Watts, WR-AP Architecture and John Cullen Lighting, as well as two of our sister companies Berry Systems and Lionweld Kennedy.”
Date and location
Clerkenwell Design Week (currently in its 10th year) will run from 21-23 May 2019 throughout the wider Clerkenwell area. It will stretch from Farringdon to Barbican, taking in streets such as Clerkenwell Close, St. John’s Square, Northampton Road and Charterhouse Street (to name a few).
Entry to the various exhibitions and installations is free to the public.
In 2018 the event attracted over 34,000 visitors and 300 exhibiting brands.
(Image provided by WR-AP Architecture.)
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The RIDBA Building Awards winners have been announced!
The RIDBA (the Rural and Industrial Design and Building Association) hosted their bi-annual Awards evening on Friday evening to celebrate the best in rural and industrial building design and fabrication, recognising innovation and excellence amongst members.
The prestigious event was held at the De Vere East Midlands Conference Centre in Nottingham and – as a Premium Sponsor – representatives from Joseph Ash Galvanizing were happy to be there.
It was a great event and we were pleased to witness the awards being handed out, and to congratulate the winners and runners-up in person.
The winners (grouped under seven categories) are listed below:
Commercial:
The Dojima Sake Brewery – M.D. Anthony Ltd
Recreation and Leisure:The Orangery, Rushton Hall – M.D. Anthony Ltd.
Industrial:Venison Lairage and Processing Facility – S&A Fabrications Ltd
Residential:
Y House – M.D. Anthony Ltd
Livestock:University of Nottingham, Centre for Dairy Science Innovation – Haston Reynolds
Public Services:Cedar Hall – A.C. Bacon Engineering Ltd.
General Agricultural & Storage:
Hinton Lodge, Workshop & Biomass Building – A.C. Bacon Engineering Ltd.
Training Awards: Shufflebottom
Special Recognition:The Tin Coo Project – Shand Building Design
Overall Winner:The Dojima Sake Bakery – M.D. Anthony Ltd. (winner)
University of Nottingham, Centre for Dairy Science Innovation – Haston Reynolds (runner-up)
Congratulations everyone!
Next pageIf you’re a fabricator, constructor, consultant engineer, architect or artist and you’ve completed a project involving hot dip galvanizing, then this could be the year that you could win a GAGA! But you’ll need to be quick as you have just over a month to submit your entry for the 2019 Galvanizing Awards.
The Galvanizers Association is accepting entries for projects (completed after 1 January 2016) which fit into the following categories:
- Galvanizing in Architecture
- Galvanizing in Engineering
- Galvanizing in Detail
- Sustainability Award
- Duplex Awards.
The deadline for entries is 29 March 2019. Further information is available here.
To see the winning projects from the 2018 GAGAs, click here.
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The RIDBA Building Awards shortlist has been announced!
Did you make the list?
RIDBA (the Rural and Industrial Design and Building Association) hosts an Awards evening every two years to celebrate the best in rural and industrial building design and fabrication, recognising innovation and excellence amongst members.
The event this year will be held at the De Vere East Midlands Conference Centre in Nottingham on Friday 15 March and – as a Premium Sponsor – Joseph Ash Galvanizing will be there.
RIDBA have just announced the shortlisted candidates who have a chance of winning the awards at the event. The shortlisted candidates (grouped under seven categories) are:
Commercial
Burns Pet Nutrition – GLT & Son Roofing Services Ltd.
The Dojima Sake Brewery – M D Anthony Ltd.
Malpross Services 3A’s Leisure – Shufflebottom Ltd
Primo Manufacturing / Challs International – A.C. Bacon Engineering Ltd.
Rora Dairy – Shand Building Design Limited
Timmins Engineering New HQ – Timmins Engineering & Construction Ltd.
The Tin Coo – Shand Building Design Limited
Recreation and Leisure
Casterley Barn – Industrial Building Solutions Limited
Folly Farm – Shufflebottom Ltd.
Garage – AJ Lowther and Son Ltd.
Hampton Court Flower Show 2018 – A.C. Bacon Engineering Ltd.
The Orangery, Rushton Hall – M D Anthony Ltd.
Saltburn Beach Huts – United Products
Industrial
EA & M Tasker – Timmins Engineering & Construction Ltd.
Kingsley Beverage, Refrigeration Plant Building – M D Anthony Ltd.
Morrison Motors – Shand Building Design Limited
Shoreham Water Treatment Works – Industrial Building Solutions Limited
Travis Perkins Gowerton Road Canopies – United Products Ltd
Venison Lairage and Processing Facility – S&A Fabrications Ltd
Residential
The Barns – M D Anthony Ltd.
Y House – M D Anthony Ltd.
Livestock
Arden Farms – Timmins Engineering & Construction Ltd.
Cloffrickford – Shand Building Design Limited
Saxelbye Top Farm – S&A Fabrications Ltd.
University of Nottingham, Centre for Dairy Science Innovation -Haston Reynolds
Welburn Hall Farm Cattle Buildings – S&A Fabrications Ltd.
Public Services
Cedar Hall – A.C. Bacon Engineering Ltd.
Chelmsford Ambulance Station – A.C. Bacon Engineering Ltd.
Rosecroft Primary School – A.C. Bacon Engineering Ltd.
General Agricultural & Storage
Dendoildrum Greenbed – Shand Building Design Limited
Hinton Lodge, Workshop & Biomass Building – A.C. Bacon Engineering Ltd.
New Grain Store & Dryer for Buckminster Farms Ltd. – A.C. Bacon Engineering Ltd.
Read the full press release here.
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Joseph Ash Galvanizing to exhibit at Railtex 2019
We’re delighted to announce that Joseph Ash Galvanizing will be exhibiting at Railtex 2019 at the NEC in Birmingham, from 14-16 May 2019.
Railtex is the UK’s premier exhibition of railway equipment, systems and services, featuring companies serving all aspects of the infrastructure and rolling stock sectors.
With a variety of CPD certified seminars, discussion forums and keynote speeches all held to highlight industry trends, Railtex offers an all-encompassing insight into the developments and technologies of a fast-moving and ever-growing marketplace.
As a proud supplier to the railway industry we’ll be at the event to showcase our abilities in hot dip galvanizing steel for the UK’s railways: everything from gantries to station canopies, car parks, bridges, fencing, lineside cabinets, cantilevers, and CCTV posts.
Over the years, we have galvanized many of these structures for sites including Birmingham New Street Station, Bristol Parkway Station, Stoke Gifford Depot, Hazel Grove Station, and the East and West Coast Main Lines electrification projects.
If you work in the railway industry and you’d like to attend the event, visit the Railtex website for more information. Please also visit us on stand C10.
Next pageEvery year the British Constructional Steelwork Association hosts the Structural Steel Design Awards. The awards celebrate the UK excellence of the steel construction industry, with particular reference to cost effectiveness, aesthetics, efficiency, innovation and sustainability.
In 2018 the winners were:
- Bloomberg London
- Jaguar Land Rover Engine Manufacturing Centre
- Knostrop Weir Foot and Cycle Bridge, Leeds
- London Bridge Station
- The Ordsall Chord Viaduct
- V&A’s Exhibition Road Quarter, London
All of which are amazing projects!
Have you thought about entering the 2019 awards? If so, you might want to get started now as the entry deadline is towards the end of February (Friday 22 February 2019).
Find out more information on the entry form here.
This year’s awards will be held in association with Trimble Solutions (UK) Ltd.
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If you’re an artist, consultant engineer, constructor, fabricator or architect… If you’ve completed an amazing project involving hot dip galvanizing… If you’re after one of the industry famous Galvanizers Association watering can awards… Then now is the time to think about submitting your entry for the 2019 GAGAs.
The Galvanizers Association is accepting entries for projects (completed after 1 January 2016) which fit into the following categories:
- Galvanizing in Architecture
- Galvanizing in Engineering
- Galvanizing in Detail
- Sustainability Award
- Duplex Award
The deadline for entries is 29 March 2019.
Contact the GA for further details by submitting a request form here.
To see the winning projects from the 2018 awards, click here.
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Another October, another London Build Show completed!
Last week we exhibited at the London Build Show in Olympia. Thousands of delegates passed through the doors, and a fair share stopped by our stand.
We were pleased to share advice, guidance and knowledge about metal finishing treatments, from shot blasting, to hot dip galvanizing to powder coating.
We were also pleased to meet many of the attendees, as well as fellow exhibitors.
If you attended, we hope you had a successful visit and managed to gather lots of useful information.
We hope to see you again at the London Build Show 2019, which will be held at Olympia from 27-28 November!
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It’s been a week since we exhibited at UK Construction Week 2018. It was a great event and we were pleased to meet some interesting people, attend useful workshops and network with people in our industry.
If you attended, we hope your visit was as successful as ours.
We’d also like to thank you for popping by our stand!
Here’s to UK Construction Week 2019, which will be held from 8-10 October at the NEC, Birmingham.
We hope to see you there again next year!
Next pageThe London Build Show 2018 starts next week on 23 October! We’ll be there on stand E7.
The London Build Show is the leading building and construction show for London. Held in Olympia each year it features 240+ speakers, 300+ exhibitors, and 20,000+ attendees, and is the perfect event for contractors, developers, architects, and solution providers to attend to find out what’s going on the industry, as well as network extensively with peers.
The event contains a number of show zones relating to the following fields:
- BIM and digital construction
- Buildings
- Fire safety
- Infrastructure
- London design
- Interior and fit-out
- Product innovation
- Plant machinery and equipment
- Sustainability.
Joseph Ash Galvanizing will be in the Infrastructure zone and we’ll be showcasing our skills in hot dip galvanizing, shot blasting, powder coating and duplex coatings at stand E7.
Come along and drop by our stand to say hi!
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