BP Australia's Contractor Accreditation Awards - October 2008

GJK Facility Services’ IMS Department was firmly in the spotlight at the recent BP’s Contractor Accreditation Awards Dinner.

BP’s Accredited Contractor’s program comprises of three crucial assessment stages: Health; Safety; Security & Environment (HSSE), Service to Facility, and Service to BP.  Once accreditation has been achieved, the participating organisation is provided with a Certificate of Accreditation. The process is rigorous and of exceptional standards, with assessment criteria in some instances of a higher standard than what would be required under state legislation or Australian Standards. A condition of accreditation is also that contracts be re-assessed annually.  As recognition of participants who have achieved accreditation in BP’s Accredited Contractor’s program, GJK’s IMS Manager Maria Panayi was invited to attend the program’s awards dinner held on Monday 13, October.

During the course of the evening, awards were presented to stand-out contractors from both large and small organisations.  GJK are thrilled to receive the HSSE Assessment Large Contractor 2008 Award for recognition of their service excellence, and we offer our congratulations to Maria and the IMS team for their excellent work and success on the night.

Public Tenant Employment Program Awards - September 2008

GJK was proud to be recently acknowledged during the inaugural Public Tenant Employment Program Awards - given to 46 Victorian firms, NGOs and individuals in recognition of their achievements in helping disadvantaged Victorians train and gain employment,

As part of Housing Week, Housing Minister Richard Wynne made the presentations at Parliament House and paid tribute to the public tenants, employers, employment agencies and training organisations that have supported the drive to create more employment for public housing residents.

Since 2002, GJK Facility Services has worked collaboratively with the Department of Human Services, delivering cleaning services to a significant quota of the Public Housing tenancies throughout Melbourne.  GJK has taken this responsibility to the community one step further by engaging residents of housing estates to undertake cleaning and gardening services – giving tenants empowerment through employment and ownership over their environment.

GJK employs over 30 staff members from housing estates and six of those employees were nominated for their outstanding achievement in employment and inspiration in the workplace. They were: Greg Hollermead, Andrew Taylor, Charlie Hill, Omer Civic, Iwan Susanto and Eduardo Reyes.

GJK received the Employer of the Year Award for recognition of outstanding contribution to the employment of public tenants, and looks forward to fostering more sustainable relationships with the community in the future.

   
    

2007 Golden Service Awards

GJK has once again been recognised for their outstanding contributions to the rapidly evolving Building Services Industry at the 2007 Kimberley-Clark Golden Service Awards.  These awards are for premier recognition of achievement and commitment to higher standards of excellence within the industry across Australia and New Zealand.

• Winner for Commercial Offices 5,000 - 40,000 sq. metres
  - Siemens Head Office, Bayswater
  
      
  
  
• Finalist Recognition Award for High Standards for Manufacturing Contract > $500,000
  - Siemens VDO Automotive Pty Ltd   view award
  - Pilkington Australia   view award
   
• Finalist Recognition Award for High Standards for Manufacturing Contract < $500,000
  - Huntsman Chemical Company Australia   view award
   
• Finalist Recognition Award for High Standards for Commercial Offices < 5,000 sq. metres
  - AAMI Moorabbin   view award
   
• Finalist Recognition Award for High Standards for Commercial Offices 5,000 - 40,000 sq. metres
  - Siemens Head Office, Bayswater   view award
  - Australian Radiation Protection & Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA)   view award
   
• Finalist Recognition Award for High Standards for Education Tertiary & Other
  - Australian Catholic University   view award
  
  
  

2006 CoreNet International H. Bruce Russell Global Innovator's Awards

At the CoreNet Global Summit in Orlando, Florida in November 2006, GJK Facility Services were announced as winners of the "Community Redevelopment" category at the 2006 H. Bruce Russell Global Innovators Awards.  GJK are proud to receive this prestigious honor following their presentation at Harvard University in August in which GJK were announced as one of Top 10 finalists.  Richard Kadzis, Director of Special Projects and Media Relations for CoreNet Global said, "This year's winners have a lot to teach the greater corporate real estate community about out-of-the-box thinking, innovation and leadership.  The  Global Innovator's Award Winners have again broken the mold by applying new thinking to old problems".

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CoreNet Global Media Release
CoreNet Global Announces Winners
GJK as Finalists
GJK Press Release

  

2005/2006 Golden Service Awards

• Winner for Commercial Offices < 5,000 sq. metres
  - Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA)  view award
  
• Winner for Manufacturing-Industrial >$500,000
  - South Pacific Tyres, Airport West Complex  view award
  
• Winner for Commercial Offices < $500,000
  - Huntsman Chemical Company of Australia  view award
  
• Finalist Recognition Award for High Standards in Education/Tertiary/Other
  - The University of Melbourne - Medical Building  view award
  
• Finalist Recognition Award for High Standards for Commercial Offices
  5,000 to 40,000 sq. metres
  - CSIRO  view award

Facility Management Association of Australia Awards 2005

• At the FMA Rider Hunt Terotech Industry Achievement Awards, GJK Facility Services were awarded a High Commendation Award for providing an innovative response to a pilot facilities services program that could have long term social benefits. The project has established a successful precedent for public housing tenant employment programs in a commercial environment involving cleaning, grounds and building maintenance and waste management services in Melbourne.  view award
  
        
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• Department of Human Services, 2005 Certificate of Appreciation – Public Tenant Employment Program  view award
    

2004 Golden Service Awards

• Winner for Commercial Offices < 5,000 sq. metres
  - AAMI Customer Service Centre    view award
   
• Winner for Commercial Offices 5,000 to 40,000 sq. metres
  - The University of Melbourne – Raymond Priestley Building    view award 
  
               
  
  Finalist Recognition awards for High Standards in Education and Venues
  - Australian Catholic University - St Patrick's Campus (Education)     view award 
  - The University of Melbourne – Medical Centre Building (Education)     view award
  - City of Port Phillip – St Kilda Town Hall (Venues)     view award 
   
• Finalist Recognition awards for High Standards achieved in Manufacturing – Industrial Contract <$500,000
  - Huntsman Chemicals     view award
   
• Finalist Recognition awards for Commercial Offices 5,000 to 40,000 sq. metres
  - The University of Melbourne – Medical Centre Building (Commercial)     view award
  

Australian Achiever Awards 2005

•  2002 and 2003 – Highly Recommended for Excellence in Customer Relations    view award