17 December 2009
Capita Symonds has unveiled the winners of its Success
Awards 2009 – an annual internal awards scheme for employees which
celebrates its culture of ‘successful people, projects and
performance’.
Employees are invited to submit nominations in October every
year to recognise and celebrate those individuals and teams that
are inspirational examples of Capita Symonds' values in action,
delivering real, mutual success to clients and Capita Symonds.
These nominations are then judged by a panel of representatives
from across the business and announced every December at an Awards
Ceremony at our Procter Street, London offices.
This year’s winners, and judges'
citations, are:
successful people
Winner: Jon Baber, East
Grinstead: "Energy, enthusiasm and commitment backed by
unrivalled technical knowledge; this is what the Success Awards are
all about. Jon embodies our values and leads by example; he wins
work, he is a lateral-thinking designer, he can lead a team, he
represents the UK on industry committees and he mentors our next
generation of engineers. An outstanding candidate."
View case
study…
Commended: Victoria McCann, Blackburn (view case study). Jacqueline Hinton, East
Grinstead (view case study).
successful projects
Winner: HQ Parkway Edge team, Sheffield: "This
project brings together the best of everything 'Capita'. The judges
were impressed with how the project was created; the initial team
was clearly innovative and proactive in their approach to this
project coming to fruition. A classic example of how a project can
be successfully conceived and delivered to the mutual benefit of
all parties. Clearly some excellent technical skills coupled with
high quality management and cost control enabled this project to be
delivered within the required constraints." (Image: Richard
Watkins, Wayne Ballance, Bob Taylor, Gary Batham and Craig Adcock
with Executive Director John Southgate). View case study…
Commended: Spinningfields team, Manchester
(view case study). BBC
Academy team, London (view case
study).
successful performance
Winner: Business Transformation & Innovation
(BT&I) team, London: "An unanimous decision. £350k
profit…for little or no extra work…from the taxman. Not only do we
have a new business stream, it is one that positively encourages us
all to complete a bit of Research & Development. We certainly
need to be innovative to stay ahead of the competition,
particularly in these challenging times." (Image: Richard
McWilliams (left) and Matt James (right) with Executive Director
John Southgate). View
case study...
Commended: Capita Glamorgan, Treforest
(view case study). Reservoir
Inundation Mapping team, East Grinstead (view case study).
This year’s Awards Committee also made three
Discretionary Awards for those entries which championed our
Sustainable & Responsible Business (SRB) and Innovation
initiatives.
This year’s Judges’ Discretionary Award for Contribution
to SRB went to the ‘Think Maths’ team in Cwmbran, for what
the judges described as “…an excellent initiative to give something
back to the community.” (Image: Antonio Di Caprio with Executive
Director John Southgate). (View
case study).
Find out more about what being a
Sustainable and Responsible Business means at Capita
Symonds
A new Judges’ Discretionary Award for
Innovation was also awarded this year to two teams. New
business MMB Associates picked up the award for its Network
Performance Monitor Tool and were described as “…showing great
integration in identifying needs, taking a product to the client
and winning work as a result.” (Image left: Neil Brailsford with
Executive Director John Southgate) (View case study).
Our multidisciplinary Sustainable Design Lab (SDL) was also
awarded a Discretionary Award for Innovation for “… demonstrating
Capita Symonds’ commitment to delivering sustainable solutions,
(and) providing a unique and innovative forum for research feedback
and knowledge transfer.” (Image right: Taariq Mauthoor with
Executive Director John Southgate). (View case study).
Find out more about our Vision
& Values and how we celebrate success