Finalists for the 2018 ARBS Awards were formally announced yesterday with winners to be announced at a gala dinner to be held on May 9, 2018 at the International Convention Centre (ICC), Sydney.
The awards, which cover HVACR and the building services sector, attracted nominees from across all sections of the industry.
A panel of experts evaluated the nominations based on various criteria such as leadership, sustainability, performance and innovation.
Finalists for the ARBS Young Achiever Award includes Laura Fortuna of Cold Logic, Firas Shawash of Exova-Defire and Jason Harrison of Airmaster Australia.
Three products were selected for this year's Product Excellence Award including the YORK YZ Magnetic Bearing Centrifugal Chiller from Johnson Controls, Firebox TM from Trafalgar Fire Containment Solutions and the ACDHUM-LD from Air Change.
The Software/Digital Excellence Award is a new category which attracted a highly competitive lineup of nominees.
The finalists are Tuggeranong Office Park Building Services Network from Airmaster Australia, the Fujitsu General Online Parts Store from Fujitsu General Australia and Clarity from HydroChem.
One category that has always attracted a lot of industry interest is the ARBS Project Excellence Award and this year is no exception. Once again there is an outstanding lineup of finalists including F Mayer Refrigerated cold storage / distribution centre project by Strathbrook Industrial Services & Danfoss Australia, Spotlight Retail Group by SEDAC Building Energy Management System and the International Convention Centre project by the A.G. Coombs Group & AECOM.
ARBS Outstanding Industry Education/Training Award finalists are the Refrigeration & Climate Control Centre of Excellence by AMCA & Box Hill Institute, the Professional Diploma of Building Services, HVACR by AIRAH and the Mobile CO2 Training Unit by Danfoss (Australia) Pty Ltd.
Finalists for the ARBS Outstanding Service & Maintenance Award are Airmaster Australia, A.G. Coombs Group Pty Ltd and City Holdings Australia.
There are five new entries to the ARBS Hall of Fame 2018 including:
Stephen Gilchrist – CIBSE ANZ
John Bosci – AIRAH
Mark Padwick - AREMA
David Seedsman – AMCA
Warren Cole - RACCA