Galvanizers Association of Australia (GAA) is an industry Association established in 1963 to represent galvanizing companies and to provide technical consulting services on a not for profit basis. GAA comprises many of the leading galvanizing companies throughout Australia, New Zealand and Asia.
The Association’s objectives are to provide the highest standards in design and quality of galvanized products and to assist consumers achieve the economics inherent in the correct design and application of galvanized products.
Our services include:
• Practical assistance and advice for engineers, architects, designers and builders on the use of hot dip galvanized steel
• Free of charge CPD seminars and information sessions on hot dip galvanizing (accredited for architects by AIA)
• Free technical publications on all aspects of sustainability, design, application, process, bolting, welding and painting of galvanized steel
• Technical consulting on hot dip galvanized infrastructure, including inspection services by accredited personnel.
Hot dip galvanizing (HDG) to AS/NZS 4680 protects steel from corrosion by providing a thick, tough, metallurgically bonded zinc envelope completely covering the surface and stopping the steel from experiencing the corrosive action of its environment....