The Department of Sustainability & Environment (DSE) has appointed Five D to provide integrated property and facilities management services across its 45,000 sqm Victorian property portfolio after an open market tender.

The three-year contract will commence in November 2007 and features a central service delivery team supported by the Five D national Help Desk service providing sustainable property solutions across a diverse 107 site portfolio comprising commercial, office and special use facilities.

Five D’s CEO Steve Mackintosh described the DSE as a rapidly evolving organisation with a keen focus on driving sustainability in all its activities.

“We are thrilled to be partnering with this like-minded Department to continuously improve the environmental performance of all office-based activities and to be leaders in best practice environmental management. We see this win as further evidence of the markets readiness to embrace triple bottom line solutions in the provision of integrated property and facilities management services”.

Five D launched its operations in 2003, and with major clients including the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Australia Post, NSW State Property Authority, Flight Centre Australia and the Australian Federal Police is now the second largest outsourced corporate real estate service provider in the Australian market.

On Tuesday 11th September 2007 the Australian Business Arts Foundation (AbaF) recognised Five D and the Australian Youth Orchestra (AYO) successful and enduring arts and business partnership with the announcement of the National Australia Bank SME Award (NSW) at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney.

The AbaF awards recognise the best of partnerships between the private sector and the arts, and in particular focuses on arrangements that have ongoing mutual benefits to both parties. Enjoying its third successful year, the Five D and the AYO business arts partnership is exceeding all expectations. In 2007 Five D announced its sponsorship of the AYO’s 50th Anniversary year and European tour which represents the culmination of a business/arts relationship forged from common values, mutual respect, shared expectation and clear business objectives.

This AbaF award recognises the ability of Five D as an SME to balance rapid growth with a commitment to promoting a strong values based culture and focus on good corporate citizenship.

As a leading Values Based Organisation in the Australian property market, Five D continues to do things differently from its competitors by adopting longer-term alliances with community partners and clients alike.

Five D CEO Steve Mackintosh said, "We are thrilled to be receiving this industry recognition and celebrating our success with the Australian Youth Orchestra - of all the community programmes Five D participates in, those that support Australian culture and our talented youth are perhaps the most rewarding.”

On 27th February representatives from the Five D Sydney office returned to Berry Island Reserve at Wollstonecraft for our third consecutive year of participation in Business Clean Up Australia Day. We focused our attention on the foreshore area where all of the rubbish from the harbour sweeps up onto the shore. The group were able to clear a lot of rubbish – especially lots of smaller plastic waste helping to contribute to the clean up Australia day effort. The highlight of the day was a Beagle the group befriended who proceeded to turn into a thief when he ran off with one of our volunteer’s bottle of water. Maybe he was helping to clean up the beach as well! A big thank you for the team who participated and we hope to see you and more Five D volunteers next year.

Five D’s CEO, Steve Mackintosh has announced their sponsorship of the Australian Youth Orchestra’s 50th Anniversary Year in 2007. The announcement took place at a private ensemble performance attended by two hundred guests, including Melbourne Lord Mayor John So, at the Sofitel Melbourne last week. As part of it's Social Responsibility Programme Five D have been a sponsor of the Australian Youth Orchestra for a number of years, supporting the AYO’s goal to provide professional leadership and inspiration to talented young Australian musicians.

Announcing the 2007 partnership, Five D CEO Steve Mackintosh said, "We are thrilled to be celebrating this important milestone with the AYO and supporting its international programme in 2007 - it promises to be a musical showpiece of the talented youth of Australia. Of all the community programmes Five D participates in, those that support young people are perhaps the most rewarding.

Australian Youth Orchestra CEO Colin Cornish said “We are delighted that Five D will be one of AYO’s principal supporters in 2007 and help us celebrate the first 50 years of the Australian Youth Orchestra. We are immensely proud of this partnership with such an innovative and successful young company. On behalf of the many young Australian musicians involved in our programs I thank Steve Mackintosh and Five D for their commitment and support.

On Friday 4th August 2006 Five D proudly sponsored a private performance of the 110 piece Australian Youth Orchestra conducted by internationally renowned Oleg Caetani in the Grand Ballroom of the Sofitel Wentworth Hotel Sydney.

Approximately 150 friends of the AYO enjoyed an uplifting performance which featured a preview of the AYO's weekend program at the Sydney Opera House. In his address to the audience, Steve Mackintosh, Five D CEO praised the work of the AYO and its talented young musicians and encouraged others to join Five D in sponsoring this national treasure.

Organisations and individuals were awarded Australia’s highest Customer Service Award at the Australian Service Excellence Awards held in Sydney on Wednesday 17 May 2006 hosted by the Customer Service Institute of Australia (CSIA). Five D was recognised as Australia’s leading Small Business service provider.

The awards were heralded by the Prime Minister, the Honourable John Howard MP, as “showcasing organisations and individuals that have demonstrated excellence in the realm of customer service” and playing “an important role in promoting the highest standards of professionalism and responsiveness within the Australian business community.

The winners were chosen from a field of Australia’s top and most successful customer service organisations. Five D was awarded with the National Small Business Award together with CIBA Vision, whilst Westpac and AAMI were presented with the‘Best of the Best’ award at a gala function at Star City hosted by the Customer Service Institute of Australia (CSIA).

The organisations selected have demonstrated that they are leaders in customer service and are very worthy winners of our top award. All our winners and finalists are working hard towards service excellence and their achievements in customer service have shown a true commitment to putting the customer first in today’s competitive business climate” commented CSIA Executive Director, Brett Whitford.

Customer Service is an essential factor in maintaining an organisation’s competitive edge in the marketplace. Many organisations are placing greater emphasis on developing a customer service culture and making it a strategic priority.

The criteria for the Australian Service Excellence Awards is based on the International Customer Service Standard (ICSS), which provides a comprehensive and practical framework to assist organisations deliver consistently high levels of service.

On Thursday 27th April 2006 the Customer service Institue of Australia (CSIA) recognised Five D's commintment to excellence in customer service for Small & New Business across NSW with an Award at the 2006 annual awards event held at Pavillion on the Park in Sydney.

This award reflects Five D's ability to balance its rapid growth and recent wins including the Australia Post outsourced property and facilities management contract, with the delivery of superior customer service.

Five D continues to do things differently from its competitors by adopting longer term alliances with clients like Starbucks Coffee, Vodafone Australia and the Commonwealth Bank of Australia.

Five D CEO, Steve Mackintosh announced the Chief Executive Officer of the Year at the JML Australia Human Capital Leadership Awards 2006 black tie dinner held last Thursday evening (30th March) in the Ballroom of the Shangri-La Hotel, Sydney.

The ex Wallaby Captain and Banker, Chief Executive of IAG Group Michael Hawker was recognised for his commitment to values based leadership and as a person seeking to deliver company objectives for the community, his people, regulators, shareholders and customers.

As a sponsor of this award for the second year, Five D hosted a table of Australia Post, Vodafone and CBA clients who were entertained by the Australian Youth orchestra, another of Five D's valued community partners, throughout the evening.

Five D volunteers downed their tools on Tuesday 28th February to pitch in and help remove rubbish from the environment as a prelude to Clean Up Australia Day.

For the second year in a row, the Five D volunteers conducted an intense clean up of the Berry Island Reserve focusing their efforts on the shore where considerable rubbish is accumulated from the Harbour around the bush-land track.

Berry Island was originally an area for local Aboriginal communities to camp and eat. Evidence of the Aboriginal way of life include shell middens and axe grindings which are still visible today. This island was dedicated as a nature reserve for public recreation in 1926.

The island reserve looked beautiful as the Five D team left after a good afternoon's clean up. Thank you to those who participated and we hope to see you there again next year.

Five D are excited to announce their sponsorship to support a series of performances by the Australian Youth Orchestra during 2005. The concerts will see the young musicians of the AYO performing in both city and country areas of Australia, including Canberra, Sydney and Goulburn.

Announcing the partnership, Five D Chief Executive Steve Mackintosh said, "I am thrilled to be supporting these upcoming events - they will be a musical showpiece of the talented youth of Australia. Of all the community programmes Five D participates in, those that support young people are perhaps the most rewarding.”

The new partnership was formally launched on Monday the 9th May with a performance in the Great Hall at Parliament House, led by dynamic conductor Alexander Anissimov. After Canberra the AYO were back in Sydney to perform at three sold-out concerts at the Concert Hall of the Sydney Opera House and concluding with a gala cocktail party and concert in the Grand Ballroom at the SOFITEL WENTWORTH SYDNEY on Friday the 13th May.

“Sponsorship of the AYO was a natural fit for Five D- they are highly talented, energetic and innovative and as a young organisation ourselves we share many of the same values." Mackintosh said.

Tony Grybowski, General Manager of the Australian Youth Orchestra, said “I am excited to welcome Five D as our newest corporate partner. They have already embraced this new partnership with enthusiasm and we are both looking forward to the exciting possibilities ahead.”

On Wednesday 4th May 2005 the Customer Service Institute of Australia (CSIA) recognised Five D's commitment to excellence in customer service for Small & New Business across NSW and ACT with a Highly Commended Award at the 2005 annual awards event held at Pavilion on the Park in Sydney.

This award reflects Five D's ability to balance its rapid growth and success in the market place with the delivery of superior customer service and for doing thing differently to its competitors by adopting a long term partnering approach with clients including Vodafone Australia and the Commonwealth Bank of Australia.

The JML Australian Human Capital Awards seek to find and recognise successful people in various positions throughout key organisations in Australia. Five D is sponsoring the "Chief Executive Officer" award which will be announced at a black tie dinner on 31st March 2005.

More information can be found in the Australian newspaper promotion on the JML Australia web site http://www.jmlaustralia.com.au/

One-hundred and forty special guests including clients, industry and media representatives attended a cocktail party to launch Five D's new showpiece wireless work environment on Monday 29th November 2004.

Guest speakers, Mr John Brogden MP and Professor Steve Burdon, captured guests attention with their thought provoking views on Five D's entrance as third player in the outsourced property market and future industry and business trends.

With a jazz trio from the Sydney Conservatorium of Music setting the mood, guests were in no rush to leave with the function closing at around 11pm. Several articles highlighting views expressed by Five D Chief Executive Steve Mackintosh and guest speakers can be found in the media articles section.

Please visit the media articles sections for further information.