Objective
This category recognises the achievements of WA planning consultancies which demonstrate high levels of service, commitment to sustainable development and support for the planning profession.
Eligibility
Selection Criteria
Nominations should address how the objective of the award responds to the following selection criteria, relevant to the current year:
Development and application of imaginative approaches and techniques to achieve high-quality planning solutions in WA.
Client/applicant/partner's satisfaction with the service provided. The ability of planners to manage multi-disciplinary projects or to work within a multi-disciplinary environment.
Industry affiliation of the organisation and individuals How does your company and staff contribute to the growth and development of the planning profession through networks and memberships?
Staff Training and Development Commitment. Provide evidence of your company’s commitment to staff professional development over the past 12 months
The Future of Planning. Provide evidence of your company’s initiatives regarding young and emerging professionals in the planning profession
What makes your company the best to work for? Provide evidence to support your answer -this could include organisation values, management styles, support and involvement in the local community, workplace practices, staff support, public profile
Provide evidence to show your company's strategies to not just attract staff but ensure you retain them for future growth and active commitment to a positive workplace culture.
Describe why you believe your company should win the Consultancy Excellence Award
Compulsory Materials
Written
All entries are to be in electronic format only and must include:
- Nomination Statement - maximum of 5 x A4 pages (which is approximately 2500 words) in a suitable sized font. There is no minimum number of words, however, the nomination statement must address the selection criteria and outline the key issues and ideas addressed in the project and the key contribution the project makes to best/leading practice and learning for the planning profession.
- Project Summary – which includes an abstract of no more than 250 words using the Project Summary Sheet for use in award promotions and media. If you haven't done so yet, download the Project Summary Template.
Additional supplementary material may be submitted electronically where it is the subject of the nomination. Examples include: a book, PhD thesis, strategic plan, framework document. However, the judges will refer primarily to the Nomination Statement.
Consent and licenses
- Proof of Consent to enter the Nomination into the Awards is required from the client/initiating body and all other entities involved in the project. .
- Licenses from copyright/intellectual property/moral rights holders are required so 澳门2023全年正版免费资料 can reproduce, exhibit, publish or communicate the specific words, images, plans, illustrations, and all other material you submit with the Nomination. You may already have the license to grant 澳门2023全年正版免费资料 use of the material (it may have been covered in your contracts with the client/initiator and other entities), in which case no license forms are needed. Otherwise, rights holders should complete a license form to accompany the Nomination. If you do not provide any license forms, you are warranting that you already have license to grant 澳门2023全年正版免费资料 use of all the materials you provide. Download a Materials License, Attribution and Schedule Form.
Images
A minimum of five (5) high quality images of the project are required for promotional purposes. Images embedded in the Nomination Statement must also be provided as standalone image files.
Image file names should succinctly describe the subject matter. For example ‘louise street piazza open day.jpg’ , not ‘IMG00023.jpg’
The basic minimum requirements for electronic images are:
- File format: *.jpeg or *.png
- Resolution: 300ppi;
- Dimensions: ideally 1920px x 1080px
- Size: 5MB max.
- No special characters/symbols in file names (e.g. +!@)