This year’s RICS awards are open for entries, including a category for building conservation, with a closing date of 16 January 2017 and early bird reduced entry fees applying until 30 November.
RICS writes:
A four-month search to find each region’s most inspirational built projects in the land, property and construction sectors is now on, following the opening of entries for the 2017 RICS Awards.
Our popular annual awards celebrate each region’s top built initiatives and developments that provide significant value to the communities they serve. Every year, each regional RICS Awards ceremony attracts hundreds of entries, from small scale pioneering schemes to large multi-million pound developments.
Carolyn Robins, RICS Awards Coordinator said ‘2016 was one of our best years in terms of the volume of quality entries which each regional RICS Awards ceremony attracted. But many outstanding property schemes have recently completed, or are due to complete soon, in various regions, which fully deserve the recognition that winning an RICS award can bring. So we hope this year’s awards will attract an even greater number of quality nominations.’
There are eight categories to enter in which property professionals must demonstrate how they have used their skills to develop, regenerate and conserve the environment in which we live and work: Building Conservation, Commercial property, Community Benefit, Design through Innovation, Infrastructure, Regeneration, Residential, and Tourism & Leisure.
There is also an overall Project of the Year, which is awarded to the entry that demonstrates outstanding best practice and an exemplary commitment to adding value to its local area.
All category winners go on to compete against other regional winners at the national RICS Awards Grand Final, for the chance to be crowned the overall UK winner in their respective category.
Carolyn Robins, RICS Awards Coordinator said: ‘These awards give professionals working in the land, property and construction sectors the opportunity to showcase their exemplary talent and innovation, while raising the profile of their region as a home to some of the best and most inspirational built initiatives’.
The deadline for entries is 16 January and an early bird entry offer of £78 per entry is available until 30 November.
