RIDBA Building Awards 2023 shortlist

We are delighted to announce the shortlisted entries for this year’s RIDBA Building Awards: these awards, which occur biennially, honour achievements in rural and industrial building design and fabrication. As an added source of excitement, we are proud to mention that our parent company, the Joseph Ash Group, is a premium sponsor for this event.

There are eight award categories in total, and the shortlist for each category is as follows:

Farm storage

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

New product or service

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

Commercial

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

Livestock

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

Industrial and production

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

Residential and offices

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

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

Please mark your calendars for Friday, 22 September, when we’ll gather in Cambridge for a black-tie drink’s reception and a three-course meal and congratulate the winners and runners-up for their achievements.

Please contact RIDBA directly for ticket enquiries.