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Luke Underwood

Technical Manager, Galvanizers Association

Luke leads GA’s technical team and represents the UK and Irish galvanizing industry on the BSI, CEN and ISO committees that write the standards for hot dip galvanizing and corrosion protection.

Committee Manager · BSI STI/34
Chair · BSI ISE/NFE/8
Mathematics & Physics · Warwick

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Meet the expert: Luke Underwood, Technical Manager

Luke Underwood is Technical Manager at Galvanizers Association. He leads the technical team that provides the industry and the specifying community with authoritative, independent information on hot dip galvanizing.

His work centres on three areas: shaping the standards, producing the technical guidance, and making sure GA’s advice is consistent, accurate and current.

Shaping the standards

Standards committees

Luke plays a leading role in developing the standards that govern hot dip galvanizing and corrosion protection at national, European and international level. He represents the UK and Irish galvanizing industry on committees where specification requirements are drafted, debated and revised.

Committee roles
Committee	Scope	Role	Level
BSI STI/34	Hot dip galvanized coatings	Committee Manager	UK
BSI ISE/NFE/8	Corrosion of metals and alloys	Chair	UK
ISO/TC 107/SC 4	Hot dip coatings	Member	International
ISO/TC 156 WG 4, WG 7	Corrosion of metals and alloys	Member	International
CEN/TC 262	Metallic and other inorganic coatings	Member	European
BSI STI/33, STI/21, CB/203, B/557	Other Coatings, Steel Structures and Construction Products	Member	UK

This involvement means GA’s guidance reflects what the standards require, the reasoning behind them and how they are likely to change.

Developing technical literature

Luke oversees GA’s technical literature: the guidance documents and publications that specifiers, designers and galvanizers rely on. He makes sure each one is technically robust, aligned with the latest standards and clear enough to apply with confidence in design and specification.

Leading the technical team

Luke manages GA’s technical team and its technical enquiry service. He also manages the industry committees that develop the galvanizing sector’s positions on technical, environmental, and health and safety issues. He develops technical training for member galvanizers and presents CPD seminars to architects and engineers. Where needed, he carries out on-site inspections.

Technical enquiry serviceManages the team that answers specifiers’ and fabricators’ questions.
Industry committeesDevelops the sector’s positions on technical, environmental, and health and safety issues.
Training and CPDBuilds training for member galvanizers and presents CPD seminars to architects and engineers.
On-site inspectionsInspects galvanized work on site where a project needs it.

An analytical foundation

Background and qualifications

Luke holds a degree in Mathematics and Physics from the University of Warwick. That scientific training underpins his approach to corrosion performance, coating durability and standards work: rigorous, evidence-based and focused on getting the detail right. Before joining GA in 2021, he spent four years as Operations Manager at A P Webb Plant Hire Ltd, gaining management experience in the construction sector.

Technical Manager, Galvanizers AssociationJoined GA in 2021
Operations Manager, A P Webb Plant Hire Ltd4 years · management in the construction sector
Mathematics and PhysicsUniversity of Warwick

Qualifications and memberships

Bachelor of Science Mathematics and Physics, University of Warwick

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