Who can participate in the HKIS Awards 2024?

The HKIS Awards 2024 is open to all types of development projects, including Residential, Commercial, Government, Institution or Community (GIC), and Industrial projects. Both new and existing projects are welcome. The Awards focuses on the use and application of surveying knowledge and/or professional expertise across the disciplines in the respective phases within the project development cycle, of which brought about economic, environmental and social sustainability. Projects from local areas, the mainland, and overseas are all welcome to participate in the Awards.

Application Fee and Deadline

	Application fee
Early-bird Application Deadline  On or before 23:59, 26 November 2023	HKD6,800 (for application in one category)
Regular Application Deadline On or before 12:00 noon, 15 December 2023	HKD8,000 (for application in one category)

• The application fee is non-refundable once submitted.
• The submitted application fee of any ineligible project or project will not be refunded.
• Late submissions will NOT be considered.
• The application fee should be paid by cheque, made payable to Surveyors Services Limited, and mailed to the HKIS Awards 2024 Secretariat Office (c/o Creative Consulting Group Inc. Ltd.) located at 4/F., Lee Garden 3, 1 Sunning Road, Causeway Bay, HK.
  
  

Application Documents and Materials Required

All applications must be submitted online, and MUST contain:

Completed online application form.

A copy of Occupation Permits (OP or Phased OP), Acknowledgement letters on Form BA14 or Confirmation letter of Substantial Completion of applied project.

Application document must be within a maximum of 20 pages of content materials up to A3 size for each applied project, with no more than 8,000 words (in English) to illustrate the merits under the judging criteria.

A minimum of 6 electronic image files showing the entry project. (Format: “.jpg”, image resolution no less than 350 dpi)

Company Logo of all project team members. (Format: “.ai” and “.jpg”, image resolution no less than 350 dpi)

Materials Required from Finalists:
A 25-second video will be collected from the applicant who entered the finalist round. The video introduces the project, and will be played at the Award Presentation Ceremony. Submission deadline will be early June 2024.

Eligibility

1. Applied projects must be within the Hong Kong SAR for the Hong Kong Award Categories: Planning, Pre-construction, Construction, Sales & leasing and Post-occupation.
2. Applied projects must be outside Hong Kong SAR for the Projects outside Hong Kong Award Category.
3. Eligible projects should possess either Occupation Permits (OP or Phased OP), Acknowledgement letters on Form BA14 or Confirmation letter of Substantial Completion between 1 January 2019 and 15 December 2023 (both dates inclusive) as stated in the submission requirements.
4. A partially completed project will not be accepted unless phasing of the project is rendered as a completed portion of a distinct project with possession of Occupation Permits (OP or Phased OP), Acknowledgement letters on Form BA14 or Confirmation letter of Substantial Completion.
5. The application fee of HKD6,800 (Early Bird rate) or HKD8,000 (Standard rate) will be collected for each submission and is non-refundable. Submission will only be considered valid upon confirmation of payment.
6. The project team can use one Hong Kong project to apply for multiple categories by making separate application submissions to the five Hong Kong Award Categories, subject to final approval by the HKIS Awards 2024 Organising Committee.
7. Applicants who have submitted entries in the HKIS Best Development and Conservation Award 2021 cannot apply for the same award category using the same entry for the HKIS Awards 2024.
8. Applicants are required to designate a surveyor who is a corporate member of the Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors (HKIS) and involved in the project to submit the application.
9. The HKIS Awards 2024 Organising Committee reserves the ultimate right to make final and binding decisions on the eligibility of all applications.
10. The HKIS Awards 2024 Organising Committee reserves the right to not bestow an award if the Jury Panel deems that no application is worth receiving an award.
11. Project teams are required to conduct a finalist presentation to the HKIS Awards 2024 Jury Panel once they are shortlisted by the Organising Committee. Finalist qualification will be usurped if the project team is unable to present at the Finalist Presentation to the Jury Panel.
12. The decision of the Jury Panel shall be final for the award assignments.

 

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