Awareness of the scale of the public property empire is
one thing. Reforming it in recessionary times is quite
another…
Professionals in the property industry have become increasingly
familiar with the big figures effortlessly bandied around public
sector property; a total worth valued at £385 billion and annual
costs of £35 billion to run the 1 billion sq feet of built
environment*.
This is the challenge facing the 35,000 strong community of
public property managers. Their remit is to achieve this at
ground level, on an organisation-by-organisation basis, while
navigating the plethora of edicts, policy directives and a once in
a lifetime squeeze on spending.
The questions and issues are urgent and complex:
- Sell, retain or outsource property assets?
- Which location?
- What are the essentials for the 21st century public
sector office?
- How to balance sustainability over the urgent calls for
efficiency?
- How to reduce office requirements without alienating
staff?
- How to drive down facilities and estates management costs while
maintaining quality of service?
This huge public property challenge will be addressed over the
course of two days, and in association with some of the key
government and industry bodies involved in driving these
reforms.
Public Property EXPO will examine the major aspects of the
public property reform agenda from, Lord Bichard's Total Place, to
Whitehall relocation and the new property and FM frameworks being
launched by Buying Solutions.
Alongside the conference and workshops, the exhibition will
provide a buyer's forum for the public sector estates manager with
a range of service providers, locations and properties on offer to
help them implement their reform.
*Estimated HM Treasury Figures
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