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2017/18 Awards

The Award for Excellence covers all aspects of FM from in-house to outsource providers, PPPs or any other variation. Having separate categories did encourage more entries however all of these could have been judged together and a first, second and third place could have been awarded.

This Facilities Manager of the Year award recognises an individual Facilities Manager for their outstanding professionalism and contribution to the FM industry.

Young Achiever of the year would be a person who is under the age of 35 as at the end of the calendar year that has made a significant impact in their area of responsibility. The Young Achiever would still be eligible to be the Facilities Manager of the year and could win both awards.

The award for Technology Implementation of the Year will go to the company (outsourced partner a client or a corporate with its in-housed FM) that has successfully incorporated technology into its infrastructure and core services.

Lastly, the Chairman’s award would be an open category which can cover any person or team that made a special contribution to the FM industry including but not limited to Distinguished Author, Trainer or Training Organisation, etc.

Details of the awards are listed below.

1. Award for excellence in FM

The award for Excellence in Facilities Management recognise efforts by an individual, team or corporate involved in Facilities Management, from researchers through to facility operators, who have made a positive contribution to the knowledge, practical application and communication of strategies to improve the workplace environment and sustainable performance of their facilities. These awards of Excellence in FM are intended to recognize the “best of the best” within the FM world and to promote the strategic value and progress of facilities management. These awards will give invaluable recognition to recipients for their commitment and success in promoting and enhancing FM practices.

The recipients of these awards will have demonstrated the value of their innovations and/or improvements to the community through sustainable outcomes in the FM industry. The innovations and/or improvements will have arisen from research or an initiative and will be substantiated by supporting documentation or independent verification of the outcomes of the initiative, or in the case of research, the key findings.

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2. Facilities Manager of the Year

This award recognises an individual Facilities Manager for their outstanding professionalism and contribution to the FM industry. The winner will be an individual who is actively involved in FM and who is passionate and driven by customer service, is a role model and will have achieved notable successes in their career and a person who is on a personal level making a difference in the various spheres of the FM Industry.

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3. Young FM of the Year

Recognises an individual Facilities Manager who is under the age of 35 who is involved in the FM Industry. This individual has shown outstanding professionalism and made a contribution to the FM industry. The winner will be a facilities manager who is passionate and driven by customer service, is a role model and will have achieved notable successes in their career and a person who is on a personal level making a difference in the various spheres of the FM Industry.

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4. Technology Implementation of the Year

The award for Technology Implementation of the Year will go to the company (outsourced partner a client or a corporate with its in-housed FM) that has successfully incorporated technology into its infrastructure and core services.

The winning entry will be drawn from companies that have utilized technology to streamline and enhance their current service offerings, mitigate costs through sustainability, as well as introducing innovative and ground-breaking solutions to their respective clientele or corporate. The implementation should have been brought to completion within the last 12 months. Entries for the Technology Implementation of the Year should answer the following questions in a total of no more than 500 words:
  • What impact has the implementation of technology had on core services?
  • How has the incorporation of technology benefitted the company/client in reducing costs and improving internal infrastructure?
  • Were any new services developed and introduced as a result of technological advancements?
  • To what degree has technology enabled the company to become competitive in the market?
Entries should be accompanied by supporting documentation, such as testimonials, references, project descriptions, photographs and or published articles.

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5. Chairman’s Award

Individuals chosen for this award are exemplary models who support and promote the FM Industry. This is not an annual award but is given when a deserving candidate has been identified. Nominations can come from the Board or members of the Industry at large. The award is merit based and created to honor those who have made significant and lasting contributions to the FM Industry and community. This, for example, could be a person that has undertaken ground breaking research, a training organization that has developed or marketed a special training programme, a journalist that has covered facilities management issues.

Nominations for this award must include with a motivation for why this person should receive this award and will go directly to the SAFMA Board for approval.

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Conditions of Entry
  • All entries must be based on work done during the preceding 12 months of the entries opening.
  • Entries that have won a SAFMA award in the preceding year will not be evaluated.
  • Entry is open to SAFMA members only.
  • Judges’ decision is final and no appeals will be entered into.
  • The winning and runner up entry to the FM Award for Excellence will be entered into the Global FM Awards for Excellence.
  • SAFMA reserves the right to use materials submitted for the promotion of the awards.
  • I agree to the information encompassed in the presentation being used and published on SAFMA website.
  • Under no circumstances shall the organisers be held responsible for the payment of royalties or other charges for the use of the materials submitted.

Judging

The judging panel will remain the same and consist of Bill Ward, Kathy Michell, Samuel Azasu and Craig Henry.
There will be only one round of entries and all entrants will be requested to provide reference documentation that can be verified.

The Winners of each category will receive:

  1. A Winners Trophy and certificate
  2. Free entry into the next SAFMA conference and exhibition
  3. Opportunity to address SAFMA members at a networking/educational event