The finalists for the IWFM Awards 2019, which builds on the heritage of the BIFM Awards, were announced today.

The Institute of Workplace and Facilities Management’s annual Awards put the spotlight on individuals and organisations driving innovation and delivering exceptional results in the profession. And this year’s ceremony introduces new categories and promises an updated entertainment offering and an exciting after-ceremony experience.

The 45 finalists in 12 categories across the themes of Impact, Innovation and People are:

Impact

This category seeks to recognise those making a difference to not only the workplace and facilities management profession but also wider society in the areas of customer experience, the environment, organisational performance and social value.

Impact on the Customer Experience

• FM Helpdesk Transformation, NHS Property Services
• The customer experience partnership, ENGIE and Biffa
• Customer Service Program, Emaar Asset Management
• Savills RISE, Savills UK
   

Impact on Organisational Performance

• EDGE, Heathrow Airport
• UK Operations Team, Rolls-Royce and Mitie
• Improving employee satisfaction and office design through the introduction of height-adjustable desks, Skyscanner Edinburgh
• Transforming a national broadcaster in Scotland, Interserve and the BBC
• Impact on Organisational Performance Standard, Chartered Bank, Mace Macro and Leesman
   

Impact on Society and Social Value

• Sodexo Public Service Pledge, Sodexo
• Eric Wright Group Creating Profit for a Purpose, Eric Wright FM
• Junior Engineering Engagement Programme, ABM UK
• A best practice social value framework for lasting legacies for communities, VINCI Facilities
   

Impact on the Environment

• Fuel switch: Moving from coal to turmeric and chilli, GSH India and Kaleesuwari
• ISO 50001, An Garda Síochána
• Future proofing FM at Regent Street and St James, Demand Logic with JLL (RSMD) and BNP Paribas Real Estate
• Project Ceres, EY with ISS
   

Innovation

This category seeks to identify and recognise a stand-out products, services and relationships that help to improve processes, including service delivery, as well as assisting with challenges facing the profession; it invites research into best practice.

Innovation in People Development & Empowerment

• Building Your Leadership Signature Development Programme, Bouygues Energies and Services UK
• Empowering people through ENGAGE, Interserve and E.ON UK
• EDGE, Heathrow Airport
• CARES, Sodexo
   

Innovation in Products and/or Processes

• Superproof, SafeGroup
• The IMPACT Programme, OCS Group UK
• Property/Workplace Integrator, Sodexo
• Evidencing compliance on-site via the 'Customer check in check out' app, VINCI Facilities
   

Innovation in Supplier Relationships

• Property Team, Direct Line Group
• Together Stronger Partnership, AstraZeneca and Sodexo
• Heathrow Engineering & Asset Management - Supplier Relationships, Heathrow Airport
   

Innovation in Technology

• My Day - Workplace Experience App, EY and ISS
• Delivering world-class VIP visitor experiences, Gregory Blondeau
• Waterless Urinal Technology, WhiffAway Group
• Enterprise Control System, Sainsbury's
• 'Customer check in check out’ app, VINCI Facilities
   

People

This category highlights the individuals making a difference to the profession, their teams and organisations, including those new to the profession and the leaders within it.

Manager of the Year

• Fiona Stewart, Student Living by Sodexo
• Gaetano D'Altrui, CNCP soc. coop. Facility Management Rome, Italy
• Eng.Vazeer Husain, Adeeb Group, UAE
   

Newcomer of the Year

• Aimilia Marnerou, ENGIE
• Maddie Hayes, Mace Macro
• Jonathan Hill, ENGIE
   

Team of the Year

• Lantei
• Leading the Way: Churchill North East & Yorkshire
• Engineering & Asset Management Facilities Team, Heathrow Airport
• AstraZeneca Macclesfield Campus FM Team
• The Performance and Digital Team, VINCI Facilities
• 1Team, Vodafone and Mitie
   

IWFM Awards Chair of Judges, Steve Gladwin, said:

“This year's roster of finalists for the IWFM Awards is exceptional.  When market conditions are tough it's easy to dismiss celebrations as trivial and overlook the chance to stand among peers and recognise all the achievements made by teams and by organisations throughout the year. It’s at occasions like our Awards and the afterglow that follows, that we recognise some of the best work happening right now in our profession.

That’s why it's more important than ever that we come together as a community to celebrate achievements of distinction, so I urge all those involved in our profession’s future to attend."

The winners will be announced at the Awards ceremony at London’s Grosvenor House Hotel on Monday, 14 October. Tickets and tables are now available and can be booked atwww.iwfmawards.org

IWFM will announce further information about the people, teams, projects and organisations that are in contention for an Award in the run up to the ceremony. You can get the latest Awards news and updates via the website or by following @IWFM_Awards on Twitter.