Working as a not-for-profit professional association, the GAI supports, assures and represents architectural ironmongers, wholesalers, and manufacturers around the world.
We promote the highest standards of education, technical excellence and professionalism in our sector, and promote these standards to the wider construction industry and its clients.
To achieve our mission of advancing architectural ironmongery, we collaborate with trade bodies across all areas of construction including: the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA); the Construction Products Association (CPA); Chartered Institute of Architectural Technologists (CIAT); the Finishes and Interiors Sector (FIS); the Society of British & International Interior Design (SPID); the Chartered Association of Building Engineers (CABE); as well as overseas trade bodies like the Door Hardware Institute (DHI).