BCO 2021 Entry Guide OCTOBER 2020 - Flipbook - Page 12
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SUBMISSION
To submit a project for the 2021 BCO Awards, you must
register for our BCO Awards online at www.bcoawards.co.uk
Once registered, you can create multiple entries, which will save as you go along, allowing
you to return and complete at your leisure. The deadline for all entries to be submitted is 5pm,
Friday 27 November 2020, and once you have submitted your entry you will be able to return
to review it but not amend it.
All projects for the 2021 Awards must have been completed between 1st January 2017 and
1st November 2020 and the significant use of the building should be for offices. Only the office
area will be judged. Projects do not need to be occupied in order to be eligible for submission.
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Project details
Category
Select your category for entry:
If you are unsure about the category,
please contact Createvents
Email: clare@createvents.co.uk
Tel:
01183 340085
CORPORATE WORKPLACE
PROJECTS UP TO 1,500M2 NET
This award is open to all projects up to 1,500m2
of net office area in any of the previous categories.
If you wish to enter your project in more than
one category you will need to submit a new form,
a separate submission document and a fee will be
payable for each category entered. Make sure
each of your submission documents reflect the
requirements of the category being entered
and please also upload different images and
material, reflective of the category.
This award is open to either a building commissioned
by owner-occupiers or a joint venture between a
developer and an occupier. The entry will be judged
on the combined merits of its base build and fit out.
Regional winners go on to compete for a national
award in their category and the chance for an
additional trophy in the following category:
COMMERCIAL WORKPLACE
The Best of the Best Award will be presented to
the project that is deemed particularly exemplary.
Chosen from the national winners, this award is a true
testimony to the vision shown by the project team.
A new building initiated on a speculative basis
for commercial letting including buildings that are
substantially pre-let or sold on to an occupier. In this
category, only the base build will be judged.
FIT OUT OF WORKPLACE
An award for a space or spaces within a building,
judged on the interior fit out.
REFURBISHED / RECYCLED WORKPLACE
A corporate or commercial building where significant
works have been carried out to adapt the existing
building to modern office use. No more than 49% of
the net internal area of the building may be new build.
Test of time
AWARD
This award is by invitation of the National Judging
Panel and open to past Award winners from five
years ago. The Award recognises the demonstration of
factors such as adaptability, savings in use, increased
staff retention and / or reduced staff absenteeism.
All winners of a BCO Awards in 2016 will be invited
in early 2021 to enter their winning project for a
chance to win the BCO Test of Time Award at next
year’s National Awards Dinner in October 2021.
To find out more, send an email to
events@bco.org.uk
BEST OF THE BEST
The following BCO Awards are by nomination
or invitation only:
REGIONAL INNOVATION AWARD
This award recognises significant innovation
in one or more fields, for example: unique or
differentiated sustainability, wellbeing, information
and communications technology, lighting,
procurement, social programme, mixed use and
regeneration. Winners in this category are nominated
and chosen by the regional judges from any of the
other categories and announced at the regional
awards. All Regional Innovation Award winners go
on to compete for the National Innovation Award.
REGIONAL COMMITTEE CHAIR AWARD
This award is presented by the regional committee
chair for an outstanding contribution to the property
industry in the region. This might be a project,
company or individual, or perhaps a combination
of all three. The BCO regional committee chair,
regional judging chair and BCO regional committee
choose the recipient of this award.