Huge advancements are being made as to how public buildings are used and managed. In turn, this is supporting the delivery of improved public services and significant progress is being made with much of our activity focusing on offices and the sale of surplus properties.
Across the public sector, there is a growing focus on Place which requires a One Public Sector approach.
This approach looks at how public assets can be deployed collaboratively to enable joined up services, achieve better outcomes for communities, deliver efficiencies and savings and provide leverage for economic growth.
The benefits of such an approach can be clearly seen in the following two videos.
Case Study
In 2014 The Edinburgh Partnership, Community Planning Partners adopted a collaborative, place-based approach to city-wide asset management.
Case Study
Some 30% of Scotland’s population live in small towns. The configuration of public services within these places, the ways in which their public sector assets are used will have a profound impact on the future of these communities.
REPORT - What can we do with our depots?
Huge opportunities exist for the public sector by remodelling their depots
Case Study - Health hub office
NHS National Services Scotland (NSS) had progressed a number of acquisitions and disposals aimed at consolidating and modernising its portfolio of offices.