Cabling products and projects will be recognized at a ceremony during the BICSI Fall Conference.
The 2016 Cabling Innovators Awards will recognize companies that demonstrate excellence in the use of products, applications, and projects.
For the second consecutive year, Cabling Installation & Maintenance will use the BICSI Fall Conference as the platform upon which it will present awards to organizations that have demonstrated innovation in cabling product development and/or use. The 2016 Cabling Innovators Awards “will be presented to organizations that demonstrate excellence in the use of a product, application, or project,” Cabling Installation & Maintenance said when describing the program.
“Products are welcome as entries,” it continued. “An entry could include information about how a product or system has been put to use. In many cases, a product or group of products will be the centerpiece of an entry—it is the innovation worthy of recognition—and this awards program is an opportunity for product manufacturers to showcase their products’ characteristics and value. We encourage product manufacturers to use their entry as an opportunity to tell us how your product, or a group of your products, can be deployed and the value that comes from that deployment.”
The judging panel will review entries and determine the extent to which they excel at any of the following characteristics.
Innovative approach to project, application or product design and implementation
Value to the user, which can be measured by such qualities as ROI, loss prevention, business-efficiency gains
Sustainability, characterized by overall eco-friendliness, long-term value, lifecycle cost-effectiveness, or other measures
Meeting a defined need as a well-conceived, well-executed initiative that fully meets specific user requirements
Collaboration, such as communication and cooperation throughout the value chain through which the product or system is procured or deployed
Impact, which can be identified by describing the difference the product, application or project makes on the professionals involved, on the productivity of its ultimate users, and/or on society as a whole.
The deadline for submissions is May 18, after which time the judging panel will begin their reviews.
