The categories for the Plumbing & Heating Awards 2017 are:
• Overall Achievement Award
This category will recognise an individual or a company that has enhanced the plumbing and heating industry through their dedication and tireless hard work.
Sponsored by Calor
• Apprentice of the Year
This award seeks to acknowledge and celebrate the outstanding contribution of a leading apprentice.
Sponsored by Altecnic
• Manufacturer’s Representative of the Year
This award will recognise a manufacturer’s representative who provides outstanding customer service, superior product knowledge and support to meet customers’ needs. Nominations are welcomed for this category.
• Best Marketing Campaign
This category will look at how well a company has marketed a new service and/or product across a number of platforms, including digital media.
• Energy Efficient Product of the Year
Open to manufacturers, this category will look at the energy efficient credentials of a product launched in the last two years, combined with evidence of innovation and visibility in the industry.
• Innovative Heating Product of the Year
Open to manufacturers, this category looks at the development, innovation and performance in the marketplace of a product launched in the last two years.
Sponsored by Electric Ireland (Winner) and PTS Ireland (Highly Commended)
• Innovative Bathroom Product of the Year
This category for manufacturers looks at the development, innovation and visibility in the marketplace of a bathroom product launched in the last two years.
• Renewable Project of the Year
Open to the entire project team or one member, this category will look at how the use of renewable technology has enhanced the energy efficiency and sustainability of a project successfully completed in the last two years.
• Domestic Project of the Year
This category is open to small contractors (with an annual turnover up to €1million) or less employees). Entries will be judged on a presentation of how they worked positively on a new build or retrofit domestic plumbing and heating project to deliver high standards and meet strict deadlines. The project must have been successfully completed in the last two years.
Sponsored by Myson
• Mechanical Project of the Year
This category is open to M&E consultants and/or contractors. Entries will be judged on a presentation of how they worked positively throughout a mechanical project successfully completed in the last two years in the commercial, industrial or public sectors to deliver high standards and meet strict deadlines.
Sponsored by Heat Merchants
• District Heating Project of the Year
Open to manufacturers, M&E consultants and/or contractors, this category will acknowledge community and district heating projects successfully completed in the last two years that utilise all aspects to the highest of standards. Particular focus will be given to energy, design, heat interface units, insulated pipework and performance levels.
• BIM Initiative of the Year
With so many firms not just taking up but excelling in BIM utilisation, this new award will recognise Irish BIM innovation. This category is open to manufacturers, mechanical contractors and consultants who have shown initiatives such as training, encouraging industry engagement or implementation of BIM within a project.
Sponsored by HEVAC
• Plumbing & Heating Contractor of the Year (Small)
This category is open to plumbing and heating contractors with an annual turnover up to €1million who are RGII and/or OFTEC registered. It will be judged on a presentation of successful project(s) alongside accompanying customer testimonials.
Sponsored by Vaillant
• Plumbing & Heating Contractor of the Year (Medium)
This category is open to all plumbing and heating contractors with an annual turnover between €1million – €10million who are RGII and/or OFTEC registered. Entries will be judged on the presentation of how you have provided a solution to a recent challenging project(s) within the domestic and/or commercial sector alongside accompanying customer testimonials.
Sponsored by Baxi Potterton Myson
• Plumbing & Heating Contractor of the Year (Large)
This category is open to all mechanical contractors with an annual turnover of over €10 million working in the commercial, industrial and/or public sector. Entries will be judged on the presentation of how you have provided a solution to a recent challenging project(s) alongside accompanying customer testimonials.
Sponsored by Reliance Corporation
• Plumbers’ Merchant of the Year
This category will have three awards –
• (9 or less Branches) Merchant of the Year
• (10 plus Branches) Merchant of the Year
• Overall Merchant of the Year.
Customers have the opportunity to nominate their preferred plumbers’ merchant via the online voting form (click here). Merchants are also invited to nominate themselves. The successful nominees will then be judged through a combination of their entry form and the online poll.
For more information and to request an entry form, contact Jacqui Fairley on (RoI) 01 6968319 2990 or (UK) 028 9261 2990 or e-mail jacqui@kmpltd.co.uk
