Business View Oceania | March 2021

21 22 BUSINESS VIEW OCEANIA MARCH 2021 BUSINESS VIEW OCEANIA MARCH 2021 THE FAC I L I T I ES MANAGEMENT ASSOC I AT ION OF NEW ZEALAND ( FMANZ) Happy Award for Facilities Manager of the Year; Geoffrey Lambert the Young Achiever award; and Jackson Engineering Advisers the Service Provider of the Year award. Despite the challenges of COVID, nomination numbers were up 40 percent on 2019 and were “all of a very high calibre,” says awards committee Chair John Hutchings. The FMANZ Awards were established to recognise and applaud the achievements of individuals and service providers who have excelled in facilities management, to promote the FM industry to the wider community, and to highlight the significant contribution FM makes to the health, wellbeing and productivity of New Zealanders. Another important mandate of FMANZ is to improve the understanding of the FM profession and the contribution facilities management makes to business productivity. The facilities management industry in New Zealand represents 1.4 percent of GDP, approximately $2.8 billion, a significant portion of the country’s economy. (Source: Global FM Market Report 2018.) Looking to the year ahead, 2021 is proving to be another busy and productive year for FMANZ. One of the projects underway is a new cadetship programme which will combine practical on- the-job work experience with part-time study. “This is great news for young people interested in gaining a real understanding of facilities management and making FM their career of choice,” says Gillian. “Our theme, ‘The Way of the Future’, explores how we can build a new future for FM out of the ‘new normal’ we find ourselves in,” explains Gillian. “Along with the myriad challenges and seismic changes that COVID has brought, the global pandemic presents facilities managers with an opportunity to pause, re-evaluate and look at ways to build a better post-pandemic world.” Embracing this theme, industry leaders will explore new ways of working, sustainability, future technologies, economics, change management, digital transformation, climate change, how we interact with each other, and the vital role facilities managers can play in this new world we find ourselves in, as custodians of the built environment. Go to www.fmsummit.org to find out more. Held each year during FM Summit, the annual FMANZ Awards celebrate excellence in FM. In 2020 Simi Mujherjee took home the Brian