Thank you for supporting RIDBA in 2022.
The RIDBA office will be closed for Christmas from midday on Thursday, December 22 until 9am on Tuesday, January 3.
We hope you find some time over the festive period to wind down with family and friends and prepare for...
Hundreds will head to Cambridge next September for the return of RIDBA’s flagship event.
It’s been confirmed the RIDBA Building Awards will take place at the Graduate Cambridge hotel, nestled on the banks of the River Cam.
The biennial event celebrates excellence in...
“In hot conditions, cattle can become unproductive, overheat or die”.
Those words are from the opening line of a paper in the Journal of Agricultural Engineering Research published in 2000 by two colleagues - Rod McGovern and Jim Bruce. They had produced a model of the thermal balance for cattle...
RIDBA members were greeted with open arms during a visit to their fellow member Shufflebottom earlier this month.
Director Alex Shufflebottom gave an insightful talk on the history of the Llanelli-based and spoke about its recent investments in its production process and people.
RIDBA members are running out of time to book their spot on a tour of the factory of Shufflebottom.
Shufflebottom is an award-winning company which specialises in steel-framed buildings and structural steelwork and has built more than 15,000 structures across the UK.
The...
In the previous issue of the RIDBA Journal I wrote about wind loading on buildings and how to design with it in mind.
The article considered the many factors that affect the speed of the wind as it approaches a building, or other obstruction, and the need to perform bespoke...
The interaction of space and animal welfare has been mentioned before in this section, along with the suggestion that we need to recognise the value of the quality and quantity of space made available to animals.
In the early days of research into animal welfare and the development of animal...
Following requests from RIDBA members, certification experts BM Trada will deliver a webinar on UKCA marking and the changes you need to be aware of prior to implementation in January 2023.
This online event will take place on July 5 via Zoom....
My intention for this article was to present an update from the various British Standards committees on which I represent the interests of the agricultural sector.
Then the Met Office issued a rare red weather warning and Storm Eunice arrived. Once again,...
Thank you to everyone who attended, spoke at and sponsored RIDBA's Industry Day. It was a fantastic event and good to see so many members enjoy the day at the Abbey Hotel in Malvern.
The day began with RIDBA's AGM, before livestock consultant Jamie Robertson delivered a talk on the design...