apfpm’s Asia Pacific 2013 PROJECT MANAGEMENT ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS The 2013 apfpm Project Management Achievement Awards (PMAA) were an outstanding success with 15 projects nominated in 4 categories from 7 Member Associations (MA). The projects submitted varied markedly in complexity, cost, location and the challenges they faced, but clearly demonstrated that quality project management is thriving across the Asia Pacific. The 2013 awards program commenced with each MA being given the opportunity to provide submissions in any of the following categories. The processes used by different MAs to determine those submissions they would put forward to apfpm for judging vary significantly. Some MAs have an existing national PMAA competition which is used to select their contenders. Others who do not have a national competition used a MA panel to confirm that their submissions were of a suitable quality. The result was 15 high quality submissions. As the Award Chair and Chief Judge I was very fortunate that MAs were able to nominate an excellent panel of judges to make what would end up being a very close decision in a number of categories. Each project is judged out of 100 by each of three judges giving an aggregate score out of 300. If another project is judged to be within 10 points of the winning entry it is awarded a High Commendation. MAs represented on the judging panel included: Australia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Nepal, and Singapore. I would like to thank all of the judges for their efforts. Requiring each submission to be judged independently by three judges takes real dedication on their part. One area where apfpm is quite different to other award schemes is that, due to the geographic spread of our members, once the judging is complete and the scores collated we advise each winning MA that they have a winning entry and ask if a delegate from the project could be present at the awards ceremony. The result was that the majority of our winners were able to share with us in the excitement of their success. This year the awards ceremony was held in conjunction with the Indian National Congress. apfpm would like to thank the Project Management Association of India for their very generous effort in hosting the awards. The ceremony was a great success and a true celebration of excellence in project management. The following awards were presented on the 1st December in New Delhi, India Winning submissions included: Construction and Engineering WINNER Redevelopment of Yau Tong Estate Phase 4 (Domain) MA: HKIPM Telecommunications / Information Technology WINNER QANTAS /Telstra – QANTAS Domestic Network & Voice (DNV) Program MA: AIPM Organisation / Change Management WINNER Software Test System Construction of CSR times MA: PMRC Humanitarian, Community Service & / or Regional Development WINNER Tuen Mun North West Swimming Complex MA: HKIPM Project of the Year WINNER Redevelopment of Yau Tong Estate Phase 4 (Domain) MA: HKIPM HIGH COMMENDATIONS OP Jindal Super Thermal Power Project MA: PMAI Esperance Clean-Up & Recovery Project MA: AIPM Heartiest congratulations to all the Winners and High Commendations for the excellent project results you have delivered. Their great efforts help build the reputation of our profession. 2014 Asia Pacific PM Awards will be held at the apfpm Asia Pacific Congress in Beijing Nov. 2014. The culmination of an excellent evening at the apfpm Awards was the award of Project of the Year to the Redevelopment of Yau Tong Estate Phase 4 (Domain) from Hong Kong. There will be some exciting changes to the apfpm PMAA in 2014. It is our intention to commence an individual project manager award and a separate category for humanitarian projects. Both these categories will then enable the winner to submit for an IPMA award in the following year. 2013 marked apfpm’s third Awards program and it’s success will continue to encourage the participation of other MAs in the coming years. I would encourage all MAs to consider using the 2014 apfpm PMAA guidelines to reward excellence in project management in their own nation with winning submissions being provided with the opportunity to compete at apfpm and IPMA. All the very best for 2014 Mark Patch apfpm PMAA Chair