Plumbing And Heating Magazine

Enter the Awards

To receive your entry forms or for more information on the awards or categories, please contact Jacqui Fairley on  (UK) 028 9261 2990 or (RoI) 01 696 8319 2990 or e-mail jacqui@kmpltd.co.uk

Sponsorship

See your company name in lights!
The Northern Ireland Plumbing & Heating Awards are the most prestigious biennial awards night in the industry calendar! By becoming a sponsor of a category or through other branding opportunities you have the chance to display your branding in front of the elite of the Plumbing and Heating industry in Northern Ireland. If you are interested to learn how you can promote your branding to this diverse industry at the awards please contact Jacqui.

The categories for the Plumbing & Heating Awards 2018 are:

APPRENTICE OF THE YEAR
This award seeks to acknowledge and celebrate the outstanding contribution of a leading apprentice to their workplace.
Sponsored by Altecnic

SALES REPRESENTATIVE OF THE YEAR
This award will recognise a sales representative who provides outstanding customer service, superior product knowledge and support to meet customers’ needs. Nominations are welcomed for this category.

BEST MARKETING CAMPAIGN
This category will look at how well a company has marketed a new service, product or itself across a number of platforms, including digital media in order to drive engagement meeting set objectives to deliver measurable results.

COMMERCIAL PRODUCT OF THE YEAR
Open to manufacturers, this category will look at the energy efficient credentials of a commercial product, delivering performance and reliability utilising modern technology used within medium and large scale mechanical projects. It must be launched within the last two years.

INNOVATIVE PRODUCT OF THE YEAR
Open to manufacturers, this category looks at the development, innovation, performance and energy efficiency of a product launched in the last two years, showing a genuine or novel approach of either new or existing technology to new markets.

BATHROOM PRODUCT OF THE YEAR
This category for manufacturers looks at the development, innovation and visibility in the marketplace of a bathroom product launched in the last two years. Nominations from distributors and merchants are also welcomed for this category.

GREEN TECHNOLOGY PROJECT OF THE YEAR
Open to the entire project team or one member, this category will look at how the use of green technology has enhanced the energy efficiency and sustainability of a project successfully completed in the last two years. Entries are welcomed from manufacturers, merchants and distributors but should be in association with the contractor.

DOMESTIC PROJECT OF THE YEAR
Open to contractors, entries will be judged on a presentation of how they worked positively on a new build or retrofit domestic plumbing and heating project to deliver high standards and meet strict deadlines. The project must have been successfully completed in the last two years.

COMMERCIAL PROJECT OF THE YEAR – Large and small Categories
This category is open to M&E consultants and/or contractors and will include awards for small and large projects. Entries will be judged on a presentation of how they worked positively throughout a mechanical project that has been successfully completed in the last two years in the commercial, industrial or public sectors to deliver high standards and meet strict deadlines.

INSTALLER OF THE YEAR
This category is open to plumbing and heating installers who are Gas Safe registered and/or preferably OFTEC registered. It will be judged on a presentation of successful residential installations alongside accompanying customer testimonials.
Sponsored by Calor Gas

PLUMBING & HEATING CONTRACTOR OF THE YEAR – Medium and Large Categories
Including both a medium and large category, this section is open to all plumbing and heating contractors who are Gas Safe and/or OFTEC registered. Entries will be judged on the presentation of how you have provided a solution to a recent challenging project(s) within the domestic and/or commercial sector alongside accompanying customer testimonials.
Medium Contractor Sponsored by Warmflow

2018 MERCHANT AWARDS
This category is open to plumbers’ merchants of all sizes and will look at areas such as customer service, sales performance and staff development and training. Customers will have the opportunity to nominate their preferred plumbers’ merchant at the Plumbing & Heating Magazine website, www.plumbingmag.com. Merchants are also invited to nominate themselves. The successful nominees will then be judged through a combination of their entry form and the online poll.

UNSUNG HERO
This category is aimed at recognising an individual within the plumbing and heating industry who makes a substantive contribution to their company, local community or charity.

OVERALL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
This category will recognise an individual or a company that has enhanced the plumbing and heating industry through their dedication and tireless hard work.
Sponsored by the Main Sponsor Flogas

For more information on how to enter, contact Jacqui Fairley on  (UK) 028 9261 2990 or (RoI) 01 696 8319 2990 or e-mail jacqui@kmpltd.co.uk

All the previous winners from Northern Ireland’s Plumbing & Heating Awards 2016.

Read our full coverage on all the winners – CLICK HERE

OVERALL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

• Brian Harvey, Harvey Group plc

PLUMBERS’ MERCHANT OF THE YEAR

• Winner – Bassetts
• Best Customer Service – PTS
• Best Family/Independent – Winner – Beggs & Partners
• Best Family/Independent – Highly Commended – Kildress Plumbing Suppliers

COMMERCIAL CONTRACTOR OF THE YEAR

• Winner – Hanna Mechanical
• Highly Commended – Maurice Stevenson Ltd

DOMESTIC OIL CONTRACTOR OF THE YEAR

• Winner – CTS Projects
• Highly Commended – O’Kane Plumbing Services

DOMESTIC GAS CONTRACTOR OF THE YEAR

• Winner – GT Gas Works
• Highly Commended – Safegas NI Ltd

DOMESTIC OIL INSTALLER OF THE YEAR

• Winner – David Lindsay
• Highly Commended – V&J Harness P&H

DOMESTIC GAS INSTALLER OF THE YEAR

• Winner – Stephen Meneely Plumbing and Gas Ltd
• Highly Commended – V&J Harness P&H

DOMESTIC PROJECT OF THE YEAR

• Winner – Handley Heating for Services for Chester Terrace, London
• Highly Commended – Quinn Mechanical Services for Grillagh Water House

COMMERCIAL PROJECT OF THE YEAR

• Winner – Harvey Group for Queen’s University Belfast
• Highly Commended – JBE Mechanical Electrical for Lews Castle

GREEN TECHNOLOGY PROJECT OF THE YEAR

• Winner – Moffitt & Robinson Construction for Corick House
• Highly Commended – Thomas Hanna for Crest Pavilion

INNOVATIVE PRODUCT OF THE YEAR

• Winner – Grant for Grant Vortexair
• Highly Commended – Reliance Worldwide Corporation for Radiance Thermal Interface Units
• Highly Commended – Classic Marble (Showers) Ltd for CM Seal Tanking for Shower Trays and Baths

ENERGY EFFICIENT PRODUCT OF THE YEAR

• Winner – Warmflow for its Ground Source Heat Pump
• Highly Commended – OkoTech for Heatboss

MANUFACTURER’S REPRESENTATIVE OF THE YEAR

• Winner – George McGuire, Pegler Yorkshire
• Highly Commended – Mark Eccles, Grant Engineering
• Highly Commended – Trevor Beggs, Glen Dimplex NI

BEST MARKETING CAMPAIGN

• Winner – Grant for Think Boilers, Think Grant
• Highly Commended – Beam for Beam Vacuum & Ventilation

APPRENTICE OF THE YEAR

• Special Recognition Award – Gary Doyle for his Gold medal success at WorldSkills in Brazil
• Winner – Aaron Corr, Dowds Group
• Highly Commended – Maitiu Cole, CTS Projects

UNSUNG HERO

• George Nelson, George Nelson Plumbing & Heating
• Des Keenan, Kildress Plumbing Suppliers

Awards Judges

Northern Ireland’s Plumbing & Heating Awards are judged by an independent panel of judges from within the industry. Confirmation of the 2018 judges will be announced in due course –

Sponsors

See your company name in lights!

The Northern Ireland Plumbing & Heating Awards are the most prestigious biennial awards night in the industry calendar!

By becoming a sponsor of an award category or through other branding opportunities you have the chance to display your branding in front of key-decision makers, industry front-runners and the elite of the Plumbing and Heating industry in Northern Ireland.

As an award sponsor, you can unequivocally demonstrate your support for excellence and high standards within the plumbing and heating industry and take the opportunity to network with respected industry experts, leaders and other key figures at the Gala Awards’ Evening at Titanic Belfast on April 13, 2018.

A range of sponsorship opportunities are available. To be part of these prestigious awards please contact Jacqui Fairley on (NI) 028 9261 2990 or (RoI) 01 696 8319 or e-mail jacqui@kmpltd.co.uk