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(2001), "Oscar Faber is the Large Consultancy of the Year with the Best Practice of the Year", Facilities, Vol. 19 No. 13/14. https://doi.org/10.1108/f.2001.06919maf.002
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:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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Oscar Faber is the Large Consultancy of the Year with the Best Practice of the Year
Oscar Faber is the Large Consultancy of the Year with the Best Practice of the YearKeywords: Awards, Building industry, Engineers
Oscar Faber has recently won two top Building Services Awards, Large Consultancy of the Year and Building Services Best Practice of the Year. The Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers Awards are the most prestigious accolades in the sector.
The judges at the awards described Oscar Faber as "a first class company – strong on attention to detail. Oscar Faber has a strong reputation for innovative design solutions. The company demonstrates a commitment to excellence in practice." The secret of its success as a business is to engage everyone in the company in forming vision, values and style of behaviour.
In addition to winning two top awards, Oscar Faber was runner-up in both the Major Project Award and the Training Award. Why is it so successful? Ken Dalton, Chief Executive, says "our achievements speak for themselves" and he points to the list of accolades, which prove the worth of the company's partnerships with clients, staff and suppliers, and with the industry and engineering profession. Oscar Faber is:
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one of the Sunday Times/Learndirect "50 Best Companies to Work For in the UK";
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one of the top 100 most profitable unquoted companies in the UK in the Sunday Times/PricewaterhouseCooper Profit Track 100;
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a record award winner with 28 Award wins and 13 placements in three years;
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a founder member of the Centre for Tomorrow's Company;
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one of the 27 Best Practice Companies chosen by government to launch "Inside UK Enterprise";
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one of the fastest growing companies in the sector;
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a member of Business in the Community giving 1 per cent of profit to the Community.
Oscar Faber is one of the UK's largest professional engineering consultancies, delivering a comprehensive range of services in building engineering through a network of offices in the UK and overseas. It employs over 1,100 staff in the UK, Eire, Malaysia and Singapore.
For further information contact Marlborough House, Upper Marlborough Road, St Albans, Herts AL1 3UT, UK. Tel: +44 (0) 20 8784 5784; Fax: +44 (0) 20 8784 5700; E-mail: enquiries@oscarfaber.com; Web site: www.oscarfaber.com