Practitioner Awards

It is the equivalent of the entertainment industry’s ‘Lifetime Achievement’ award and will be entirely at the discretion of the APM. It will be due to the outstanding contribution made to the profession, be that as a single effort or as a sustained set of activities over a long period.

Previous winners:
2008 Professor Peter Morris
2007 Tim Carter
2006 Dr Terry Cooke-Davies
2005 Professor Stephen Wearne
2004 (No award given)
2003 Joseph Lee

Project Manager of the Year - Sponsored by Corporate Project Solutions
Project Manager of the Year is awarded to the project manager who provides the most effective demonstration of project management competence, no matter the scale or type of project.

Project managers orchestrate an environment for success, providing the drive and impetus to innovate and achieve. They balance technical and management skills with communication and interpersonal skills. They offer empathy with different views and perspectives as well as understanding different backgrounds and personalities. At the same time they are always focussing to ensure the objectives of the project are met.

Project Manager of the Year is awarded to the individual who best demonstrates their project management ability in the delivery of a project/projects during 2006/7. The criteria are based upon the APM Body of Knowledge and the APM Project Risk Analysis and Management Guide. The focus is very much on the personal qualities of the individual, regardless of the project.

Previous winners include:
2008 Kay Martin - BT/Liverpool Direct Ltd
2007 Martin Cross – Turner & Townsend
2006 Gareth Mills - MWH Global
2005 Lise Taylor - Black & Veatch
2004 Martin Perryman - Turner & Townsend
2003 Rob Leslie-Carter – Arup

Project of the Year - Sponsored by Siemens
The Project of the Year is awarded to the company for the project delivered within the UK whose outcomes and results exceeded or aligned most closely to its objectives, completed or successfully commissioned during the last year.

The focus is on the project, the difficulties encountered and how they were overcome, along with the success of the final outcome, measured in terms applicable to the project. Successful projects deliver results for the customer and the stakeholders, as well as the project itself. Projects turn visions into reality, and project management achieves that reality effectively and efficiently to the benefit of all. Through the application of knowledge, skills, tools and techniques, it should be demonstrated that the requirements of the project can be met.

Previous winners include:
2008 Rolls-Royce - Defence Aerospace
2007 ATTAC – BAE Systems
2006 Jubilee Line 7th Car Project - London Underground
2005 Firearms Training Centre - Hannah Reed Construction Project Management
2004 The Pensions Credit Programme - Department for Work and Pensions
2003 Royal Academy of Music, York Gate and Courtyard - Davis Langdon and Everest

Programme of the Year - Sponsored by Program Framework
Introduced for the first time in 2006, the Programme of the Year is awarded to the programme delivered within the UK and completed or successfully commissioned during the last year, whose outcomes and results exceeded or most closely secured its objectives.

The Programme of the Year award will be presented for the most effective management of a programme of projects all aligned to a common goal, where some or all of the benefits can be shown to have been achieved during the last year.
The focus will be on the linkage with the organisation's business strategy, effective management of the interdependencies between projects within the programme, and the way that resources have been allocated and reallocated between those projects.

A programme is a series of co-running related projects. Some significant phases have to be completed as a minimum, with some of the sub-projects completely finished to qualify for entry.

Past Winners
2008 Eurostar High Speed Rail Link
2007 SLAM – White Young Green
2006 The Integration of Northern Bank and National Irish Bank into Danske Bank – Danske Bank

Young Project Manager of the Year - Sponsored by PMProfessional Learning
The Young Project Manager of the Year award recognises rising talent. It is awarded to those individuals who, despite being in the early stages of their project management careers, are already demonstrating that they can make a difference to the project management profession and the companies and clients for whom they work.

The Young Project Manager of the Year Award is open to project managers aged up to 30 at the time of entry, who are working on any project where their involvement has been greater than 6 months. Not surprisingly the criteria are the same as the Project Manager of the Year, but the difference in experience and influence is recognised.

Previous winners include:
2008 Iain Heath - Turner & Townsend
2007 Jimmy Zammar – Davis Langdon
2006 Helen Timperley - Westminster City Council
2005 Sandra Cummings - Faithful & Gould
2004 Helen Martin - Atkins Project Management

Project Management Company of the Year
The Project Management Company of the Year, first presented in 2007, is open to all companies that can demonstrate the discipline of project management is ingrained into their culture, their structure and their everyday working.

Other criteria that are considered for this award include company management, communication and employee development; as well as acknowledgement of the company’s social and environmental responsibilities.

Entries are encouraged from companies of all sizes. Project management is seen as the future for running business and the finalists for this award will be demonstrating that they are the companies who are ready for tomorrow.

Previous winner:
2008 Moorhouse Consulting
2007 Arup

Overseas Project of the Year - Sponsored by The Projects Group Ltd
The Overseas Project of the Year Award, first presented in 2005, is given to the overseas project or programme commissioned or completed during the year by a UK or overseas based project team that best met its objectives.

Projects delivered overseas present unique challenges to any project team. Alongside technical and geographical differences are issues of language and culture. The successful delivery of an overseas project requires particular skills and aptitude.

Previous winners:
2008 Water Cube (Beijing) - Arup
2007 Iraq Water and Waste Master Planning – MWH
2006 Nike Factory Store Programme - Faithful+Gould
2005 British Council Alexandria - Davis Langdon

Community Project of the Year
The Community Project of the Year, also introduced in 2005, recognises the project that has provided a major benefit to a local community, the environment, a disadvantaged group or to society as a whole. The winning project could therefore be anything from creating a children’s playground to accomplishing a residential care home on-line. It could involve the establishment of a new service, or the reorganisation or remodelling of an existing one.

The award is open to both professional project management organisations and others who have shown the best project management skills in delivering their work for a community or stakeholder group. The criteria for this category are based upon a clear demonstration of community benefit, alongside the APM Body of Knowledge and Project Risk Analysis and Management Guide. The focus is on the project, the difficulties encountered and how they were overcome, along with the success of the final outcome, measured in terms applicable to the project.

Previous winners:
2008 Langdon Park Station - Docklands Light Railway Ltd
2007 Birkenhead Park – Turner & Townsend
2006 Sheffield City Hall - Barraclough English and Wright
2005 The Bordesley Centre – RLF

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