CIBSE Patrons – Teamwork Award

Get Sust! is delighted to announce that we are working with our sponsor – CIBSE Patrons – to promote its Fifth Annual Teamwork Award, which recognises outstanding examples of teamworking.

Teamworking is something that the construction industry doesn’t always do as well as it might, but when it comes to sustainability, working as a team – right from the start of a project – is as essential to the final outcome as a tight building envelope and appropriate controls for building services.

The Teamwork Award is aimed at all types of teams working across the building services sector. Entries are encouraged from the following:

• teams working within CIBSE Patron member organisations;
• teams comprising Patrons and their clients;
• teams where at least one member is a registered Get Sust! subscriber.

Why not celebrate your achievements by submitting an entry to the CIBSE Patrons Teamwork Award?

Entry Criteria

The CIBSE Patrons Teamwork Award is aimed at CIBSE Patrons members and at Get Sust! subscribers. Teams may comprise, for example:

• a team from different organisations who have been working together on a project;
• an in-house company team;
• an inter- or cross-company team;
• a team of students working on a particular academic or commercial project.

Entrants are asked to demonstrate the benefits gained from working collaboratively as one team, through the open communication, trust, respect, honesty, drive and commitment of every team member who is involved.

The judges will be looking for submissions that indicate:

• a cohesive team that can demonstrate best practice and improvements that they have made by teamworking, with evidence of any key areas that the team have excelled in. 
• evidence of what the team achieved, how the team has developed and what they have learnt, and how they intend to carry forward their experiences for the future; also how the team have benchmarked themselves and what their targets and results were, clearly demonstrating how they monitor(ed) their performance. 
• evidence of how the team has (or plans to) spread best practice to others. The judges would also like to know what, if anything, the team would do differently and how they implement continuous improvement.

The judges will be particularly interested in projects that demonstrate a sustainability element. Time and again, projects that have scored highly on sustainability have demonstrated that teamworking is an essential factor in success. The CIBSE Patrons are keen to promote the wide-ranging benefits of teamworking.

Judging

The judging panel is likely to comprise the CIBSE Chief Executive, the CIBSE Patrons Chairman, and the editor of Get Sust!

Depending on the number of entries submitted, teams shortlisted for the award will be invited to present to the judging panel during late February or March 2007.

The winners of the Award, plus two runners-up, will be announced at the CIBSE Patrons annual luncheon to be held at the House of Lords in April 2007.

Last year’s winner

The 2006 Teamwork Award winner was M&E Contractor, Powerminster, and its client Bradford Community Housing Trust, a Registered Social Landlord.

The team had worked together under several different arrangements for about 10 years. By 2003, with a range of economic, social and governmental changes impacting upon the relationship, both parties agreed to move away from contractual obligations and devise a flexible partnering-style arrangement to better meet tenant’s needs.

Powerminster made numerous changes to its working practices to accommodate the needs of BCHT’s elderly and vulnerable tenants, including setting up a regional office to better service the contract, while in return BCHT returned the support by rearranging its pay schedule to help Powerminster maintain cash flow.

Submit your entry

Please submit your entry electronically, in Word format. When printed-out, the entry should take-up no more than 4 sides of A4 paper, with all supporting evidence contained within the submission. At the end of your submission, please include full contact information.

NB. No further information or documentation will be considered.

	•	Entries should be emailed to Chris Brown, the CIBSE Patrons co-ordinator, to cbrown@cibse.org
	•	The closing date for entries is 16 February 2007.