by Brianna Crandall — October 12, 2012—The British Institute of Facilities Management (BIFM), with headline sponsor Mace, announced the winners of its BIFM Awards 2012: Recognising Excellence in FM on October 8 at a gala celebration in London. The 11th annual Awards recognize and celebrate excellence in U.K. facilities management. The 2012 Awards saw the highest number of entries to date, with a 50 percent increase from 2011, which BIFM says demonstrates the growing role of facilities management in enabling and empowering businesses to succeed.
The winners of the BIFM Awards 2012 are:
Innovation in Customer Service
- Amey; Pro-active Catering at Braidburn Schools
- Highly commended: G4S Integrated Services; Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust: Enhancing the Patient Experience
Innovation in Products
- Managed Technology Services Ltd in partnership with the Chelsea and Westminster Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Freeway Medical; Paediatric Mobile Workstation
- Highly commended: Leesman; Leesman Index
Innovation in Technology and Systems
- Birmingham Children’s Hospital, Ambinet, Sodexo; MAPLE
- Highly commended: ISS Facility Services: Right to Work Scanning System
Impact on Organisation and Workplace
- Plantronics: Plantronics Simply Smarter Working
- Highly commended: Channel 4 Television; Channel 4 Headquarters Refurbishment
Excellence in a Major Project
- PwC with MITIE, Honeywell and ARAMARK; “7 More London” with PwC and their Service Partners
- Highly commended: Adobe; Catalyst for Change — Maidenhead Project
In-House Client Team of the Year
- BAE Systems Real Estate Solutions; Delivering Our Customers Perfect Day
- Highly commended: EE; EE (T-Mobile and Orange UK Merger) / Workplace Consolidation Project
Consultant of the Year
- Davis Langdon, an AECOM Company: FM Support to Marks & Spencer, Merseyside Police and Ministry of Justice
Service Provider of the Year
- MITIE Client Services
- Highly commended: Interserve; Project Armada
Learning and Career Development
- Interserve; Skills Development at Interserve
- Highly commended: ISS Front of House; arena21 Learning
Sustainability and Environmental Impact
- Wales Millennium Centre; Sustainability Exemplar Project
Judges Special Award
- G3 Systems Ltd; NATO Medical Treatment Facilities, Afghanistan; and
- The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games; LOCOG FM
Facilities Manager of the Year
- Wendy Cuthbert, Barclays
Overall Industry Impact
- Professor Keith Alexander
Full details of all the cutting-edge winners and finalists are available from the left sidebar on the BIFM Awards 2012 Web page. Entries for the 2013 awards are set to open in January, with the winners to be announced at a ceremony on October 14, 2013. Full details will be available on the BIFM Awards Web page shortly.
