GAI members enjoy a wide and fast-growing package of business and individual benefits designed to boost business and professional performance, provide important resources, and build a strong community in our sector.   

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Demonstrating professional competence

Becoming a GAI Registered Professional – a Registered Architectural Ironmongery (RegAI), Registered in Door Systems (RegDS), or Registered in Electric Hardware (RegAC) – or training your people to that standard will demonstrate that you and your company are committed to the industry’s highest standards of professional competence.

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Logos & post-nominals – the marks of excellence

GAI members around the world are committed to the highest standards of technical excellence and professionalism, and promote these standards to the wider construction industry and its clients using a range of logos and post-nominal letters according to their membership status. A GAI logo on company literature, or GAI post-nominal letters used by your key staff, will demonstrate your commitment to those same standards.

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Promoting your membership

GAI company members and individual GAI Registered Professionals are listed on our website directories, allowing customers to find and engage the very best. We also publish and distribute a biennial directory to architects and other specifying professionals via our Specifier Resource Book.

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Architectural Ironmongery Journal (AIJ)

AIJ magazine, website and emails reach widely across both the architectural ironmongery and the architecture and specifier sectors. Submit your news and other editorial, receive big discounts on advertising, and receive your own copy of AIJ to make sure you and your company are front and centre in our industry’s most important conversations.

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Regular bulletins & updates

Receive information direct to your inbox, regularly updating you on the latest technical and regulatory matters (Technical Update), education and training news (Education Update) and information of general interest and value to companies and individuals in the architectural ironmongery sector (Member News).

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Business support & advice

In partnership with business support specialists Quest we provide company members with a comprehensive range of professional services designed to deliver real business value, protection and peace of mind. Receive advice, information and documentation for HR, legal, health & safety and taxation matters, or book a free One 2 One review with a Quest Business Manager.

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Energy & Sustainability

The GAI provides company members with a comprehensive range of energy management and sustainability services, delivered in partnership with leading energy consultancy Inenco.

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Recruiting with GAI Job Shop

One of the most popular services on our website, GAI Job Shop is the only architectural ironmongery sector-specific job site operating from the UK, but with a global reach. GAI members companies receive a 50% discount on all their Job Shop adverts.

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Networking events

The GAI Community Hub network provide a unique opportunity to keep up to date with what’s new in the industry, to network with professionals throughout the sector, and to take an active role in the Guild.

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Volunteering

Through its committee and Community Hub structure, the GAI offers members a wide range of volunteering opportunities through which you can build your skills and experience, raise your own career profile, and make an important contribution to the development of the industry and its trade association.

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Sponsorship Opportunities

GAI members can raise the profile of their businesses by sponsoring industry and technical publications, Guild events, and award schemes including the AI Specification Awards, GAI Education Awards, and GAI Community Awards.

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Industry awards

Guild members are eligible to enter our prestigious award schemes, including the RIBA/GAI AI Specification Awards, the GAI Community Awards, and the GAI Education Awards. Raise the profile of your business; celebrate the excellence of your company, team or individuals; and let the world know what sets you apart from the crowd!

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GAI courses with member discounts

Members receive a 50% discount on all GAI courses – the only ones in the world leading to qualifications in architectural ironmongery to British and European standards. From introductory online courses, through certificates and diplomas, and on to qualification as a GAI Registered Professional, the programme provides the skills, knowledge and confidence required by those working at every level of our sector.

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Continuing professional development (CPD)

Through the Guild’s CPD programme, members who have attained a Stage 3 GAI qualification (a GAI diploma or the Certificate in Standards and Regulations) can go on to establish and maintain their Registered or Certified professional status. Completing the CPD programme demonstrates that you have reached a benchmark standard and are fully up-to-date with the latest industry standards, regulation, legislation, and best practice.

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Member-exclusive webinars and training events

Whether members are engaged in GAI courses, building and maintaining CPD points towards their GAI Registered Professional status, or simply ensuring their own professional development, the Guild runs member-exclusive webinars as well as CPD presentations at Community Hub events and elsewhere.

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Learning Hub and resources

The GAI’s world-class Learning Hub is open to all members. It provides a one-stop-shop of training, course and CPD materials for GAI students, CPD members and all those looking to develop and maintain the highest levels of professional skill and competency.

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Knowledge Base

The GAI Knowledge Base contains almost 100 member-exclusive technical publications, documents, templates and other resources, regularly updated and added to as part of the Guild’s commitment to providing its members with the highest quality of technical advice and information.

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Technical Helpline

The GAI provides direct technical advice and support to members through its Technical Helpline. When the answer can’t be found in the Knowledge Base, the helpline provides a straightforward source of confidential advice on every technical topic under the sun – and in the unlikely event that we don't know the answer, we’ll know someone who does!

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Specifier & user engagement

The GAI provides members with a range of guides and publications designed to help them engage with architects, designers and other specifiers, and support building end-users with long-term responsibility for the ongoing performance of architectural ironmongery. These resources include a series of member-exclusive RIBA-approved CPD presentations which members can deliver to architects and specifiers.

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Market data & reports

Through our membership of the Construction Products Association (CPA) – the voice of construction product manufacturers and distributors – GAI members receive the latest market data, surveys and other industry information. CPA also runs exclusive economic research webinars and events for GAI Members.

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