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The public sector is driving innovation in the design and management of large commercial estates. And one of the most progressive is Nottingham City Council which has just moved to a new groundbreaking headquarters building with the help of Condeco. Neil Franklin reports
here was a time, not so long ago, when few people worried too much about the rooms that led off the corridors of power. But the pressure on UK public finances and the subsequent 2010 Public Spending review have politicised the design of the office. The Government wants to save money, and its enormous property portfolio has become an obvious target for savings. In January, the Communities Secretary Eric Pickles announced the results of a long awaited report into the running of the UK’s public sector estate. Although there has been an ongoing debate about the best ways to run government property for some time, the new report – ‘Leaner and Greener: Delivering Effective Estate Management’ - crystallises many of its features and makes fifteen recommendations based on its findings. The ultimate aim of the review is to make savings of around £7 billion a year.
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In some ways, the new approach will serve to encourage the public sector to catch up with what has been happening in parts of the private sector for some time. The past few years have seen structural changes in the way firms design and manage their workplaces. Mobile technology and new working practices have meant that time is no longer the fixed element that determines the way we
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