Agricultural Building Show
Tuesday 27th March 2012, 9am - 4pm
NAC, Stoneleigh, Coventry
A reference point event covering all facets of farm buildings
Tickets purchased after 11am on Friday 23rd March will be available for collection at the reception desk at the Agricultural Buildings Show.
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Seminar Programme 2012 (to be confirmed)
Buyer Beware: the good, the bad & the ugly of building design” 9.30am CE Marking of steel frames for farm buildings Tony Huchinson RIDBA
Expert guidance and advice from RIDBA about the impending CE Marking of steel frames for farm buildings, which will ensure, for the first time in England and Wales, that the frame has been designed correctly. Here we find out the implications for both buyers and constructors.
There will also be input from the Steel Construction Institute on design issues and David Payne from BM TRADA on factory quality control. To listen to the presentation click below 10.30am Ian Clarke - TATA Steel Why penny pinching on big investments doesn’t pay. Expert advice on how selecting the right, but sometimes more costly, materials will often be rewarded in t
he long-term. To listen to the presentation click below 11.30am With the majority of mastitis cases being caused by environmental bacteria we need to think beyond the five point plan and tackle the building design issues which stop us from reaching that elusive target of zero mastitis. To listen to the presentation click below 12.30pm Geoff Simpson Simpson & Allinson (S&A) and RIDBA Vice Chairman. They can differ significantly in specification, and occasionally a manufacturer who designs a building that isn’t up to scratch gets found out. And that is exactly what has happened over the last two winters – with disastrous results. One such collapsed building had never had an animal inside of it, and the owner and the stockman on the farm narrowly escaped with their lives when suddenly, without any warning whatsoever, it collapsed behind them. This was a kit building – not an S&A building, and nor were the manufacturers RIDBA members, And it wasn’t the cheapest of the quotes that the farmer had received either! But the building
lt;/span>was structurally deficient in a number of areas. The weight of the steel used was not right for the size of the building, and steel bracings which would have cost a few hundred pounds extra were not in place. There were other design flaws too. Find out how to make sure you get the right building. To listen to the presentation click below 1.30pm Safer slurry and silage storage Geoff Harper – Environment Agency Practical steps to prevent pollution and cut costs by designing and updating existing buildings to divert or harvest rainwater, essential repairs and how to manage stores more effectively To listen to the presentation click below 2.30pm Weight watchers – check the roof will support solar panels The Feed-In Tariffs are prompting more farmers to look at boosting profit by installing arrays of solar panels on the roofs of e
xisting farm building. But the first question to ask is whether the structure can support the weight? Practical advice on how to go about checking whet
her buildings are suitable for going solar. To listen to the presentation click below Seminar Programme 2011
Karen Lancaster- Dairy Co
But mastitis is all down to milking routine and hygiene, isn’t it.....................
One building design is much the same as another one, right? Wrong!
After heavy snow fall in late 2009 and 2010 hundreds of farm buildings have succumbed. Some failed because they were old, others because of the volume of snow, one or two because they were next to another building, and the snow fell off one, and through the other. A few buildings, however, failed because they were structurally inadequate. Including brand new buildings!
Antony Lowther, Managing Director, AJ Lowther & Son Ltd and The Solar Building Company
