RIDBA Building Awards 2023 shortlist

We are delighted to announce the shortlisted entries for this year’s RIDBA Building Awards. These awards, held every two years, celebrate excellence in rural and industrial building design and fabrication. As a premium sponsor for the event, it’s exciting to see which projects and companies are in the running to receive one of the coveted awards.

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 (photo from A.C. Bacon)
• 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 to congratulate the winners and runners-up.

Prepare for an evening of sophistication, with a black-tie drink’s reception and a three-course meal. Of course, the highlight of the night will be the presentation of the coveted RIDBA awards.

Please contact RIDBA directly for ticket enquiries.