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RFP Searches for Outstanding Individuals in New Landmark Industry Awards Scheme
Unique awards launched by RFP magazine to recognise individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the industries of the built environment in Asia ..

NOMINATE NOW
14 November 2007 Hong Kong: RFP Magazine and Facility Media announced today the opening of Nominations for the First Annual Regional Awards for Outstanding Individuals In Industry, the first awards aimed at celebrating the heroes behind the scenes who design, build and manage the buildings in which we live, work and play. With a panel of high profile judges (see below), “Outstanding Individuals in Industry”, not only aims to celebrate those professionals with extraordinary abilities who have contributed to real estate and related businesses, but also bring diverse industry sub-sectors together to share experiences and learn from others.

“There are many awards for building projects such as architectural and design awards, but few of them recognise the contributions of the people who made up the team,” said Claire Saeki, Founder & Publisher of RFP Magazine. “We already have nominees who have made remarkable achievements from sandbagging commercial buildings to keep out the floodwaters in Mumbai to designing green cities of the future in China ”.

Quality and not quantity will be emphasised in selecting the winners. Ben Butt, Director of Goldcrest Consultants, Asia's longest established and leading specialist recruitment company said: “As a recruitment company we have noticed the huge competition for talent in all sectors of the industry across the region.  By sponsoring the awards we feel that both employees and potential job candidates will see that Goldcrest also recognises the need for excellence in these industries.”

Ashford Pritchard, Editor of RFP, said: “Through the awards we aim to raise the profile of the industry and showcase the brilliant work done by the people behind the buildings shape our urban environment. There is a strong professional community out there whose work affects every single one of us, and these people deserve to be recognised.”

About the Awards
The “Outstanding Individuals in Industry” awards will be divided into three streams: “Real Estate”, “Facility” and “Project”. Each stream is sub-divided into three categories representing different sub-sectors of the industry. These are as follows:

Real Estate
1) Real Estate Investment:
- Buyers or sellers who took a risk, looked at markets others passed over, or exhibited creativity and integrity in their investment choices.

2) Real Estate Transaction
- Individuals who made the smartest choice or negotiated the best win-win arrangement for all the stakeholders involved.

3) Real Estate Strategy
- Professionals who used real estate to further business goals and set new standards in the industry.

Facility
1) Environmental Performance
- Forward thinkers who lead the way in implementing real environmental strategies to achieve green buildings.

2) Exceptional Facilities Managers
- Facility Management leaders who have done the industry proud through significant achievements in the field.

3) Corporate Facility Leaders
- Managers who have added top-line value to the business, the brand or the community through creative management of corporate facilities

Projects
1) Project Manager of the Year
- Project heads who have consistently completed on target projects, despite the challenges of time, budget and quantity constraints.

2) Landmark Project Achievement
- For an outstanding individual contribution to a flagship or halo project in the Asia-Pacific region.

3) Transformation Project Leader
- Managers who, against the odds, accomplish a major change related project.

For more detailed description of each category, please visit the RFP website ( http://www.rfpmagazine.com/outstandingindividuals/categories.html ).

Eligibility & Nomination Deadline
Anyone is eligible to nominate any individual, including themselves. No nominations of companies are accepted. Nominated individuals must pertain to a property or facility industry related project or achievement within the Asian region with no limitation in size and cost. The outstanding individuals contribution must have taken part in or accumulated in 2007. Nomination will be closed on FRIDAY 12:00noon, 14 th DECEMBER.

Assessment Criteria and Judgment Process
Nominated professionals and their projects will be assessed in terms of contribution, significance, sustainability, effectiveness, projects size, difficulties, budget-control, quantity etc. The goal of the award is to reward people but not to create a competition. Judge panel will not rank either nominees or winners. The award result will be announced at Facility Media's BuilTech Asia Conference on 22 nd January 2008, followed by a presentation ceremony and cocktail celebration on 23 rd January 2008. For more information, please contact awards@rfpmagazine.com or +852-2851-9923.

Judge Panel
The judge panel consists of a broad range of experts and leaders from top-tier management and high profile industry bodies from across the Asia-Pacific region. The judging approach will be collaborative and supportive rather than competitive. The judging panel (alphabetical order) is:

1) Claire Saeki (Founder & Publisher RFP Magazine)
2) Ken Yeang (Ph.D.) (Principal, Llewelyn Davies Yeang ( UK ))
3) John D. Gilleard (Professor) (IFMA Fellow)
4) Kumar Ravindra (Design Director, VA Group; Principal Architect & Founder, Pragrup)
5) Margaret Brooke (CEO, Professional Property Services)
6) Michael A. Zamora (Senior Manager, Cisco Systems)
7) Soichiro Okishio (Professor Emeritus (Architecture), Tokyo University of Science )

Nomination forms are available from www.RFPmagazine.com or via the link ( http://www.rfpmagazine.com/outstandingindividuals/nominate.html ) and RFP personnel will contact and follow up with the nominee to acquire relevant information where required.

About RFP Magazine
RFP was created to provided quality, independent information for corporate Real Estate , Facilities and Project managers in Asia . First published in May 2004, RFP aims to develop a community and build a forum of knowledge and experience. 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. 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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