FMpedia wins FMA Australia & Rider Levett Bucknall FM Industry Award

Congratulations IFMA Foundation for designing, implementing and managing FMpedia, winner of the 2008 FMA Australia & Rider Levett Bucknall FM Industry Award.

Supported by Rider Levett Bucknall since first established in 2002, the FMA Australia & Rider Levett Bucknall FM Industry Award is Australia's premier award for facility management strategy and practice, recognising excellence in a facility management program or idea that demonstrates an outstanding level of innovation and success.

For this award, the judging panel looks to see that the successful applicants showcase a visionary facility management project which has positively contributed to organisational success, achieved strategic business objectives and contributed to improved financial outcomes across the lifecycle of the organisation's facility portfolio.

FMpedia is a free Wikipedia-type on-line facility management glossary. It has been on-line to the international FM community since October 2007 and now has users and contributors from over 20 countries. FMpedia recognises that words are important and their meanings are often dynamic. In an increasingly global market FMpedia provides a much needed communication tool for the FM industry in the 21st Century. FMpedia brings international recognition to FM and empowers practitioners to define themselves via a common language within the Built Environment.

Dave Brady of the International Facility Management Association (centre), pictured with FMA Australia's David Duncan (left), receives FM Industry Award from Rider Levett Bucknall's Stephen Ballesty

The 2008 FMA Australia & Rider Levett Bucknall FM Industry Award was presented at FMA's Australia's 19th Annual ideaction conference on the Gold Coast on 9 May 2008.