RFP Magazine today announced categories for a new regional awards scheme for the Outstanding Individuals in Industry Awards that has been running on an Asia -wide basis for the past four years. The categories have been altered to better reflect the calibre of nominees coming in from the various locations and include two new awards. The first is Commercial Developer of the Year, for landlords and developers that have given occupiers some thing special, or created landmark developments. The other will please those involved in the technical side of things. the Excellence in Engineering award is for those that work on complex systems such as datacentres, trading floors or other facilities. The nomination deadline for New Regional Awards is on 8th of September, 2011.
Regional awards will be held in three areas: India, China and South East Asia and awards will be presented at gala dinners held in Major cities in those regions in conjunction with the Asia Office Space Congress series which is held in Hong Kong, Singapore, Shanghai, Mumbai and Beijing. The first will be in Mumbai directly following the Asia Office Space Congress on 22 September this year.
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Filed under News by on Jul 4th, 2011. 
RFP Magazine today announced the winners of the Asia region's most coveted awards for individuals in industries making up our built environment, the RFP Outstanding Individuals in Industry. Amidst stiff competition from Australia to India and North Asia the awards will now be extended to also offer regional awards in country specific categories including India, Greater China and South East Asia with regional exemplars receiving their awards and commendations at a series of ceremonies organised to coincide with the Asia Office Space Congress series of conferences as they are held from city to city.
Claire Saeki, Co-publisher and editor of RFP Magazine said "The new crops of winners as usual exemplify professionals at the top of their game. However we are receiving increasingly strong nominations from round the region this year, so instead of cutting out worthy nominations and creating a shortlist we will be contacting these parties to compete in their regional environments and celebrating their achievements as we travel the region as part of the Asia Office Space Congress Series of conferences".
Ben Butt, Director and co-founder of the Asia Office Space Congress said "Over the years the RFP Awards have played an important role in developing not just individual careers but in encouraging excellence region wide. We want to expand in the celebration of achievement from these individuals and the companies that support them."
The first regional ceremony will be held in India, 22 September 2011.
Congratulations to the Asia wide winners should go to the following Outstanding Individuals:
Transactions – Eric Shek, Local Director, Jone Lang LaSalle China
Architecture – Yu Jordy Fu, Creative Director, dwp
Business Development – David Brown, Head of Lease Administration, Asia Pacific, Jones Lang LaSalle
Corporate Facility Leader – Tushar Prabhu, Account Director, Jones Lang LaSalle
Environmental Performance – Irving Steel, International Sales Manager, Etrilum (Currently)
Excellence in FM – Henry Han, Project Manager, CB Richard Ellis
Industry Champion – Matthias Gelber, Co-Founder, Maleki Green Building Products
Project Manager of the Year – Anthony Leigh, Senior Project Manager, EC Harris
RE Investment – Raymond Lee, CEO, Greater China, Savills
RE Strategy – Rajesh Gandhi, Group Executive Vice President- Country Head, INM (Corporate Real Estate), YES Bank
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Filed under News by on Jun 13th, 2011.
RFP (Real Estate Facilities Projects) Magazines, one of Asia’s top trade names and publishing the leading magazines for the industries of the built environment, is proud to launch the 2011 ‘Outstanding Individuals in Industry’ Awards. The awards’ distinct feature is still to recognise the dedicated individuals behind the buildings in which we work live and play, which makes them stand out from other awards and is an honour of deep professional respect. For the fourth year running and with an overwhelming amount of nominations in spit of the financial crisis in 2010, the Outstanding Individuals In industry Awards 2011 is regarded as the awards of the year in the industry.
“Previous years’ award winners won acclaim from across the region from both press and the general public, and showed what the unsung heroes of our industry can achieve” said Claire Saeki, Co-Founder and Publisher, RFP Magazine. “We are looking forward to celebrating new heroes that have risen particularly in real estate, construction and other industries that saw a turn in fortune following the global economic crisis.” So that more deserving people can make it to the shortlist this year, RFP have rearranged the categories and streamlined the nomination process – the nomination form can be found at: www.rfpmagazine.com/outstandingindividuals/nominate
Due to popular demand, the following three new categories have been created:
- Outstanding Corporate Real Estate Young Leader (supported and judged by CoreNet Global Hong Kong Chapter)
- Architect and Designer of the Year
- Engineering and System Designer of the Year
For the Outstanding Corporate Real Estate Young Leader Award, this is the first of its kind in the industry and this particularly award is co-organised with CoreNet Global Hong Kong Chapter. This award recognises the young stars of our industry that have great potential to make a difference. We are looking for high caliber individual who has the enthusiasm and a vision in Corporate Real Estate. If you are serving the Corporate Real Estate Industry and meet the age criteria of 35 and under, you should apply for this CRE Young Leader Award.
The award winner will also be entitled to the CoreNet Global Young Leader Membership for 1 year, access to Knowledge Centre and a free admission to the CoreNet Summit Hong Kong in March. Please note the deadline for this category is 31st January 2011.
Instead of having one combined category for architects and system designers as we did in previous years, two separate and distinct categories have now been created, in order to recognise the outstanding achievements of the architects, architectural designers, engineers and system designers.
Nominations are open between now and March 1st, apart from the Outstanding Corporate Real Estate Young Leader Award, which closes its nomination on 31st January, 2011. The winners and shortlisted nominees will be officially rewarded at a gala black tie dinner (one of the must-attend events of the year) in Hong Kong in June. Nomination forms can be downloaded from the awards website: www.rfpmagazine.com/outstandingindividuals/nominate/, and submitted by email (awards@rfpmagazine.com), fax (+852 2851 9477) or by post.
Gala Awards Dinner table sales are open now. Please download the booking form here.
The 2010 awards in figures:
Shortlist: 76
Categories: 10
Winners: 10
Countries represented: 9
Some projects/deals highlighted at the 2010 Awards:
Upper House Hotel
HSBC Portfolio in Hong Kong
Quincy Hotel in Singapore
Negotiating nearly 700,000 sq. ft of office space for Shell Malaysia
Selection of companies who attended the Awards Gala Dinner in 2010:
ISG Asia, APG, Arup, AXA, Barclays, Citi, Connected Group, CB Richard Ellis, Clestra, Colliers, HSBC, Disney, DWP, EC Harris, Facility Media, Goldcrest Consultants, Henderson Land, Honeywell, Hospital Authority of Hong Kong, Humanscale, KF Development, IBI, InProjects, Intel, Hong Kong Jockey Club, Jones Lang LaSalle, JP Morgan, Knight Frank, Lexco, Lloyd Northover, Nomura, Maze, M Moser Associates, Microsoft, nude Design, Ong & Ong, ProjexAsia, SBFI, SINO Properties, WPP, Zerin Properties.
About RFP Magazine
RFP Magazine was created to provide quality, independent information for corporate Real Estate, Facilities and Project Managers in Asia. First published in May 2004, RFP has been constantly updating and providing informative, timely and relevant contents so that readers, contributors and advertisers have a clear picture of their role in the market. RFP Office Space is the essential tool kit for corporate occupiers and RFP EcoBuild gives everyone in the industry the information they need on greening the building lifecycle. To date, RFP has more than 30,000 readers working in a diverse range of local, regional and multi-national companies both within Asia and beyond.
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Filed under News by on Dec 9th, 2010.
In its third year, RFP Magazine’s Outstanding Individuals in Industry Awards picked another crop of winners from around Asia presenting them with the coveted trophy at the Gala Dinner on 15 July. This year was the first year that the nominees had not been notified in advance and winning came as a happy surprise for many of the winners. The 2011 Awards nomination season was declared open.
Claire Saeki, Publisher, RFP Magazine said “Already in its 3rd year the Outstanding Individual Awards in Industry have proved to be a true barometer of talent in our industry with consistently high nominations making the judges decision-making process extremely challenging. With top names in the industry participating, and a raft of newcomers from across the region, we expect the 2011 awards to carry on showing us who the industry’s star players will be well into the coming decade.” Photos can be found at here.
A special issue of RFP Magazine will follow the event where all the winners will be interviewed. Winners were as follows:
- Architectural Systems and Design
Andre Fu, ASFO, for the Design of the Upper House hotel. - Business Development
Ong Soo Yar, Jones Lang LaSalle, for her outstanding success in creating substantial growth for the Jones Lang LaSalle Integrated Facilities Management business in China. - Environmental Performance
Michael Friedlander, APG Asset Management, for his commitment to delivering environmental performance in existing buildings and setting up and delivering a US$100 million China specific energy fund. - Excellence in Facilities Management
Andy Coy, EC Harris, for successfully implementing a change management program for the HSBC portfolio in a very challenging economic climate. - Industry Champion.
Rob Blain, CBRE, for his contributions in promoting the real estate industry as a whole, his commitment to environmental sustainability and his work with the community and philanthropic initiatives. - Landmark Project Achievement
Mr Ong Tze Boon, Ong & Ong Pte Ltd., for his innovative and contemporary design of the Quincy hotel in Singapore. - Project Manager of the Year
Ada Fung, Jones Lang LaSalle, for the successful relocation of the Baker McKenzie offices to one pacific place. - Real Estate Strategy
Previndran Singhe, Zerin, for securing the strategic expansion partnership between Tune hotels and Evolution Capital. - Real Estate Transactions
Sarky Subramaniam, Knight Frank Malaysia, for successfully negotiating nearly 700,000 sqft of office space for Shell Malaysia. - Transformational Project Leader
Andrew Macpherson, EC Harris, for successfully managing the extremely difficult task of the physical transformation of the building and facilities at the HSBC main building.
For a full list of shortlisted nominees please click here.
About the Awards
RFP's Outstanding Individuals in Industry Awards were created in 2007 as a way of celebrating personal success rather than focussing merely on companies and project results. Already an institution, the awards have continued to attract nominations from the industry's most renowned and well respected professionals. Visit www.rfpmagazine.com/outstandingindividuals for more information or to nominate for the 2011 awards.
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Filed under News by on Jul 22nd, 2010.
