Asia Pacific Awards of Excellence 2019
IFMA’s Asia Pacific Award of Excellence recognize the outstanding achievements of facility management programs and facility managers. Awards will be presented at Asia Pacific Award of Excellence 2019 Awards Presentation Ceremony at JW Marriott Hotel Hong Kong on Tuesday, 24 September 2019. Please contact [email protected] if you have questions.
***EXTENDED THE NOMINATION DEADLINE TO MONDAY, AUGUST 12 2019
Due to multiple gentle requests, we have decided to extend the nomination deadline to Monday, August 12, 2019, 5:00pm. Catch up the time!
Nominator may fill the nomination form and submit to IFMA Hong Kong Chapter Administrator (Ms. Bernice Cheng, tel: (852) 25120111, email: [email protected]) by Thursday, August 8 2019, 5:00pm to be considered. Written submission should be in WORD format. Supporting documents should be in PDF format.
Team Award
Asia Pacific Award of Excellence in Facility Management Strategy
The judges will be looking for a project or projects, taken from the facility strategic plan and implemented before 31st July 2019, that met the objectives as defined in the strategic plan. In particular they will be looking for alignment, completed due diligence, engagement, project control and management, and lessons learnt.
Asia Pacific Award of Excellence in Environmental Stewardship
This award will recognize excellent facilities where FM projects implemented have had a substantive impact on the organizations ability to limit/reduce it’s sustainable footprint. Projects must be identified under 1 or more of 8 categories and the submission must address communication, engagement, alignment with strategy and achievements.
Asia Pacific Award of Excellence in Occupational Health and Safety
The judges will be looking for organizations where the commitment to occupational health & safety is clearly demonstrated through policy, management commitment, definition of roles and responsibilities, training and auditing. The organization must also show a forward-look program to demonstrate continuous improvement and the success of past improvements.
Asia Pacific Award of Excellence in Facility Management Technology
The successful application of technology is a prerequisite for efficient and effective management across the organization. This award will recognize the application of technology at any and every level with organization, where it is practical, comprehensive, easily used, contributes to the organizations knowledge and has achieved the original project objectives.
Asia Pacific Innovation Award
This award will recognize projects and processes that bring something new to the organization or to the FM industry. These should be original in their application to FM but may be transferred from another area of business. The judges will be looking for your definition of innovation and how your submission meets this definition. They also want to see the benefits the innovation brings - over and above the normal process, how this may be applied elsewhere, if there are any special circumstances that mitigated the innovation, and the challenges in getting the innovation through the organization structure & stakeholders.
Asia Pacific Award of Excellence in Public Institution Management
This award will recognize outstanding institutions with a public interface to manage. Your submission should focus on describing what you do and how this interacts with the public, how you develop and implement strategies, policies & processes to manage this interface. The judges will be particularly interested in innovative ideas you have implemented to resolve non-standard challenges, how you maintain relationships with the public, and how you determine and respond to public demands and expectations.
Asia Pacific Facility Management Outsource Service Provider of the Year
The judges will be looking for outstanding service providers with a proven track record of delivering service above & beyond the contracted scope of the agreement with the client. In particular, the submission should focus on talent management, training, currency in the FM profession, risk management, and auditing & reporting to show compliance to scope. Additionally you should cover how you manage the client's expectations and your work related to the client’s corporate responsibilities such as community outreach and sustainability.
Asia Pacific Award of Excellence in Facility Management Operations
This award will recognize excellence in facility management operations through a discussion of how the 11 competencies developed by IFMA have been applied for the facility organization. The submission should also identify how you drive continuous improvement, keep your team up-to-date on changes in FM, support your teams career development and show the improvements achieved through the application of these recognized FM management techniques.
Asia Pacific Award of Excellence in Collaborative Partnership
The judges will be looking for collaborative partnerships between one or more organizations, or departments within the same organization, that have developed a symbiotic business relationship to their mutual benefit. Specifically, the details and history of the collaboration, the common goals, means of communication, consensus building and conflict resolution should be discussed, together with the achievements and future direction.
Individual Award
Asia Pacific Facilities Manager of the Year
This award will recognize outstanding Facilities Managers who have demonstrated an exceptional contribution to the FM professional and to the success of their organization through his/her knowledge, competency, enthusiasm and effectiveness.