22 April 2016 | Jamie Harris
Entries to this year’s BIFM Awards are to close in five weeks.
This year there will be 14 categories to identify facilities management individuals, teams and organisations across the three central groups of ‘people’, ‘innovation’ and ‘impact’.
Entries for each category will close on Friday 27 May, with the exception for nominations for the Lifetime Achievement Award, which closes on 29 July.
Notable developments for the 2016 awards include a new category to reflect FM’s importance in organisational success, through the Impact on Organisational Performance award. This new category is searching for FM innovators who can clearly demonstrate how the FM function, provision, or process change has made a significant contribution to the top level performance metrics of the organisation.
In the ‘People’ categories, a full review and refresh has taken place on the individual categories. Two new categories have been introduced in Leader of the Year and Manager of the Year and the Rising Talent category has been updated to become Newcomer of the Year.
The inaugural Manager of the Year will be an experienced FM exponent who is responsible for managing others and steering them to success. The Leader of the Year will be an ambassador for the FM profession with notable career successes which are acknowledged by peers.
Newcomer of the Year is open to professionals of any age who have joined the FM profession within the last three years and made a substantial impact and quick progression within that time.
Chair of the Judges, Steve Gladwin said: “This is now my third year as chair of the judges, and although the BIFM Awards ceremony is just one evening, the full awards cycle is an ongoing process.
“We started planning for the 2016 last year, ensuring that the categories and awards for 2016 remain reflective of the FM sector and profession but also challenges and leads the profession forward.”
He added: “As such, the new Impact on Organisational Performance category is a real statement award, ultimately this is what we are all employed for, and what success in all the other categories should ultimately be working towards and contributing to – improving the performance of the organisations we work for.”
For more information on this year’s awards, and how to enter, visit www.bifmawards.org. You can read about last year’s winners here.
Individuals who wish to speak to a lead judge, or who would like assistance with their entry can email awards@bifm.org.uk or call 01279 712 640.
