Government Property Asset Management 2007
London 2nd July 2007
Agenda
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P1: Plenary 9.30am - 11.00am
Running time: 09:30 - 11:00
- 11:00 - 11:20: 11.00am - 11.20am: Refreshments & networking in the exhibition area
- 11:20 - Break-out sessions A: Choice of 1 from 4 breakout sessions - 11.20am - 12.20pm
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A1: The RICS Asset Management Guidelines
Running time: 11:20 - 12:20
What links stakeholder satisfaction, the effective use of resources, financial accountability, compliance with regulation and environmental efficiency? It is property asset management and this is the subject of new guidelines for the public sector which the RICS is launching to assist operational managers and surveyors in achieving excellence in this high profile area.The presentation will describe how the guidelines will assist asset managers in delivering efficiency savings, improved services, new ways of working and optimum organisational effectiveness to their departments and authorities
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A2: Non-territorial Working (NTW) & its effect on workplace transformation
Running time: 11:20 - 12:20
The Non Territorial Working (NTW) project has a simple project aim of breaking the link between the individual and a specific desk to deliver a combination of financial and cultural benefits. Yet, the DVLA is the first public sector organisation to adopt the concept of desk sharing, and non territorial working, in an operational (transaction processing) environment * and whilst the aim of the project may be simple, the scale of the change initiated by this project will truly transform the culture of the organisation and the behaviour of its staff. Following a successful piloting phase, involving over 300 staff, the DVLA has already transferred 4000 staff to a working environment in which 80 desks are provided for every 100 employees
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A3: Sustainability
Running time: 11:20 - 12:20
This session will have two complimentary presentations on energy.
1. Energy performance certification. What it means for you.
2. Micro-generation .What grant aid is available and for what? This presentation will outline how the government supports Microgeneration (small-scale, renewable energy generation), and how the public sector can access existing grant programmes to improve their energy efficiency and onsite microgeneration. Detailed description and examples of how public sector organisations can access the Low Carbon Buildings Programme will be offered.
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A4: Benchmarking for continuous improvement
Running time: 11:20 - 12:20
How can you use benchmarking to make a positive difference to your estate and to your job? Speakers from both the client and supplier side of IPD Occupiers will guide you through the practical application of benchmarking to asset management strategies and what you should – and should not - do with your benchmarked property data
- 12:20 - 13:20: 12.20pm - 1.20pm: Lunch & networking in the exhibition area
- 13:20 - Break -out sessions B: Choice of 1 from 4 Breakout sessions - 1.20pm - 2.20pm
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B1: Use of Flexible Managed Office Accommodation
Running time: 13:20 - 14:20
One of the objectives of Government Property Asset Management is a smaller, more cost effective, fit-for purpose estate. Not just today, but flexibly and sustainably in the medium to long term. In this session, we discuss some of the approaches to meet this objective through the use of flexible managed office accommodation.
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B2: 'Waveney - A Varney service transformation case study.
Running time: 13:20 - 14:20
Waveney District Council, Suffolk County Council and Cefas (a government science agency) are collocating in an exciting, new 18,000 sq m development in Lowestoft that fulfils the back office functions for all three and provides new laboratories for Cefas.Covering service transformation, the joint property strategy and an innovative funding route with Waveney acting as developer,the case study will report on barriers met and overcome in progress to date.'
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B3: Physical Workplace Transformation
Running time: 13:20 - 14:20
Issues and Opportunities; Any physical workplace change - small team relocation or major estate transformation - creates opportunities to engage those affected in reviewing aspects of how they work.DEGW will build and present a road map, identifying the key stages of a project and the issues and themes that should be considered.Particular aspects of the road map will be illustrated with reference to case studies from ; DfES, DEFRA, Ministry of Justice, MoD, NICS, OFSTED,
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B4: The Role of Technology in Supporting Effective Asset Management
Running time: 13:20 - 14:20
The public sector is under increasing pressure to manage its estate more effectively, at lower cost and without compromising citizen value or performance. This session will highlight some key trends in property management and, using a private sector case study, will examine the role that technology can play in supporting effective asset utilisation.
- 14:20 - 14:40: 2.20pm - 2.40pm: Refreshments & networking in the exhibition area
- 14:40 - Break -out sessions C: Choice of 1 from 4 breakout sessions - 2.40pm - 3.40pm
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C1: Removing Barriers to High Performing Property
Running time: 14:40 - 15:40
This session will identify lack of management information as a key barrier to 'High Performing Property' and will outline: A route map to achieve fit for purpose property management information;the role of 'joined up' estate management processes in ensuring property management information remains fit for purpose over time;The opportunities which modern technologies provide to achieve 'joined up' estate management processes
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C2: Asset Management ,Performance Assessment and the Role of the National Audit Office
Running time: 14:40 - 15:40
This workshop provides an insight into:
• The NAO’s study of central government’s use of office property
• The performance assessment tool developed by PricewaterhouseCoopers and the NAO, which is intended for release as a self-assessment tool for organisations across the public sector
• The Maturity Matrix being developed as part of the HPP by Professor Stephen Male and how these initiatives link and complement each other.
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C3: Developing Property Asset Management Skills & Capabilities
Running time: 14:40 - 15:40
The The Institute of Asset Management (IAM) has led the development of BSi PAS 55 which has rapidly gained national & international recognition as a leading document on asset management. The IAM has recognised that this work has to be underpinned by a much better understanding of the business & individual competencies that are required to support delivering good asset management in a sustainable way. The presentation will outline the principles & development process of the recently published IAM 'Competency Requirements' framework
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C4: Home-based flexible working - Smarter working
Running time: 14:40 - 15:40
The tangible benefit's to Government.The civil service has a vital role to play in demonstrating how smarter working practices lead to significant cost-savings and enhanced productivity, helping to make the UK one of the most progressive economies in the world.This session will explore the practicalities of implementing a consultative and evidence-based approach to flexible working, and the impact of smarter working on space and mobility.
- 15:40 - 15:50: Comfort break
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3.50pm - 4.20pm: A special presentation: General Sir Michael Jackson, Plenary session
Running time: 15:50 - 16:20
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4.20pm: Drinks reception
Running time: 16:20 - 17:30
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5.30pm - Conference close
Running time: 17:30 - 17:30
*Agenda, speakers & timetable subject to change or alteration.
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