And the winners are….

The IAM Global Awards are now in their 8th year and continue as a marker of achievement and success in the world of asset management. Our recent Awards announcements, held during our recent Annual Virtual conference gave members, and the wider asset management community a chance to celebrate the progress that has been made in the field and the teams and individuals for their hard work and commitment to asset management principles. 

Asset Management Individual Achievement Award

The Award that honours an individual who has made a great personal contribution to their organisation or to the asset management knowledge base.

Winner: Esther Davidson - Transport for London
Esther as a new Senior Manager led the design and development of a 25 year investment plan for London Underground using an strategic asset management approach. Delivering a consistent approach to long term investment and gaining strong Executive level agreement.

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Asset Management Team Achievement Award

The Award that honours an operational team or department who have made a significant contribution to their organisation o the asset management knowledge base. Each team consists of people from across the organisation, or from other organisations, reflecting that this was a collaborative effort.

Winner: Jude Carey - Irish Rail
The UIC Asset Management Working Group has done some fantastic work with producing instructional guides that can be used across the rail industry to develop, embed and understand the Asset Management System and specifically SAMPs.

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Asset Management Project Achievement Award

The Award that honours a project which has achieved a notable outcome for the organisation through the use and application of asset management principles.

Winner: Jude Carey - Irish Rail
The UIC Asset Management Working Group has done some fantastic work with producing instructional guides that can be used across the rail industry to develop, embed and understand the Asset Management System and specifically SAMPs.

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Asset Management NxtGen Award

The Award that honour an individual newer to the field of asset management who has made an outstanding contribution to the implementation and development of asset management, and who demonstrates great potential in the field.

Winner: Olunbenga Ibikunle - Stantec Consutling Ltd
Referencing my experience and achievements in AM Practices in Canada and beyond, I want my fellow Engineers to adopt a mindset that our design deliverables, from clients perspectives, are means to solve business problems and not just engineering solutions.-

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Asset Management Innovation Award

The Award that honours an innovation which has delivered financial, performance and risk reduction benefits in line with the best practice of asset management for the organisation.

Winner: Stewart Whyte - National Grid
C55 Circuit-Optimiser is an intelligent system, transforming the planning of National Grid’s electricity transmission network. The innovation solves a significant Optimisation problem for asset management decisions that reduce risk and improve network reliability, resilience and security.

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Asset Management Customer Service Award

The Award that honours the understanding, management and meeting requirements of customers in an important part of an asset management activity.

Winner: Connect Plus Services, Connect Plus, Atkins and Accent - M25 DBFO
Aligning asset data and performance with customer experience, using asset management, digital technology, analytics, engineering and market research, to better understand the level of service provided. This supports the “Focusing on Customer Service” objective within Highways England’s Asset Management Strategy.

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Asset Management Risk & Resilience Award

The Award that honours either risk or resilience management which is demonstrably effective in the asset management efforts of the organisation.

Winner: Andrew Pearce - Environment Agency
AMS Team designed and implemented a Technical Cell, using risk to define, monitor and embed system changes needed to ensure the continued safe operation and maintenance of assets across all four Environment Agency AM systems in response to COVID 19

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Asset Management Information Management Award

The Award that recognises the importance of information management in asset management systems, enabling teams and stakeholders to use their resources effectively to make asset management decisions.

Winner: Paul Hart - Black & Veatch Ltd
Paul has spearheaded an information revolution on a national infrastructure project, migrating a team from rudimentary digital practices to a fully integrated information management strategy and toolbox. In achieving this he has greatly improved the project, data and users experience.

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We would like to give special thanks to our judges. Each of the judges helped to impartially decide the deserving winners in each category. We thank them for their time, commitment, and expertise in making sure the Awards continue to bestow prestige upon the winners.