CIBSE BUILDING PERFORMANCE AWARDS
Building Services Consultancy of the Year MAX FORDHAM
(more than 100 employees)
An outstanding year for Max Fordham has seen the practice grow, receive glowing customer feedback and take a key role in implementing initiatives such as soft landings and CarbonBuzz
Another successful year for Max Fordham saw 30 graduates recruited, growing the practice to more than 180 staff
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Max Fordham is committed to employing graduates and has recruited 30 in the last 12 months, growing the practice to more than 180 staff. The practice also won the CIBSE Employer of the Year Award in October 2013. Its policy is to nurture its progress and it is committed to training, ensuring that opportunities are provided for the personal and professional development of all employees. This includes sabbaticals for study, work or travel, including pro bono work in the developing world. Weekly opportunities for shared learning come in the shape of lunch meets and technical lectures, given internally by experienced engineers, to encourage continuous professional development in core skills. Max Fordham engineer Tamsin
Tweddell has played a fundamental role, working closely with BSRIA, in applying the soft landings methodology.
The practice also contributed to
a British Council for Offi ces (BCO) report advising members on how to manage their energy data to benchmark performance. It also recently developed the Energy
Tracker tool, in collaboration with Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios. This evaluates building performance gaps by creating energy profi les that help to monitor and manage energy performance throughout the project design and in-use phases. The practice also developed the Energy Risk Register, which identifi es the elements of design that are at risk to poor in-use performance. Max Fordham is currently implementing a business plan to conduct post-occupancy evaluation on all projects. Research found overall satisfaction
among customers to be high, with an overall score of eight out of 10 compared with the industry standard of 7.6.
Max Fordham impressed the judges with its emphasis on measuring and improving building
performance Hywel Davies, chair of judges
www.cibsejournal.com CIBSE Journal 37
FINALISTS AECOM
Arup
Grontmij Hoare Lea
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