2018 GAGAs Open for Entry

The countdown has begun to the annual GAGAs - Galvanizers Association Galvanizing Awards. Entry is now open for these highly regarded awards, which offer an accessible yet powerful way of establishing a reputation for design excellence, within the architectural community and beyond.

The GAGAs are open to all within the construction supply chain from clients, architects, engineers, contractors and fabricators.

The event will be held in June 2018 at the Royal Aeronautical Society in London, where judges will award the most inventive and authentic use of hot dip galvanizing in five categories: Galvanizing in Architecture, Galvanizing in Engineering, Galvanizing in Detail, Sustainable Galvanizing and the Duplex Award.

Iqbal Johal, Marketing Manager of Galvanizers Association, the industry advisory body hosting the awards, says: “The GAGAs were conceived of as a way of encouraging links between the galvanizing industry at the end of the supply chain and the wider construction and design sectors. They have been running for nearly a quarter of a century. We now realise that during that time we have become a barometer for interesting trends in construction methodology and architectural practice. Add to that the fact that our awards are free and quick to enter and you have quite a powerful vehicle for bringing together a variety of practitioners and creating an atmosphere that fosters best practice and innovation.”

Charlie Hussey, of previous winners Sutherland Hussey Harris, continues: “The GA awards connect architecture back to process and celebrate a simple and robust technique which could be applied to anything from the most banal structure, to a large and complex building. They encourage an interesting debate about architectural language and for good measure throw a glamorous watering can into the bargain – surely a winning formula!”

Alongside receiving this highly coveted and individually hand dipped galvanized watering can, winners benefit from a total of prizes worth £3000.

Entries can be at https://www.galvanizing.org.uk/construction-awards or by contacting Galvanizers Association. All that is required is a short project description and photographs. Any new building or refurbishment project completed after 1st January 2016 is eligible.

Further details can be found at http://www.galvanizing.org.uk/construction-awards. For more information please contact Iqbal Johal at: i.johal@hdg.org.uk

Iqbal Johal is Marketing Manager at Galvanizers Association, the industry body providing free information and advice on design, specification and performance of hot dip galvanizing.

For further information visit www.galvanizing.org.uk or call +44 (0) 121 355 8838.

Hot dip galvanizing is the immersion of clean iron or steel articles in a bath of molten zinc to apply a protective coating. The industry itself has been in existence for 150 years and the process has endured against newer technologies because it remains the most cost effective and environmentally sustainable means of protecting steel against corrosion.

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