The Way We Work update Property Panel 23 May 2006

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The Way We Work updateProperty Panel 23 May
2006

• David Robinson

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Progress achieved in 2005/06

• Apsley One fit-out by Mace
• Relocation of 511 staff in Jan 06
• Release of
• Langleybury
• 501 St Albans Rd
• Manor Street
• Dacorum Civic Centre
• Hempstead Rd
• Cow Lane
• Apsley Two landlord started refurbishment

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Change management

• Change management approach agreed
• Changing HCC culture and working practices
• Learning review completed
• Stakeholder engagement
• Apsley Strategic Group
• Apsley Improvement Group
• Manager's session

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What is now different at Apsley?

• Office environment open 0630 to 2130hrs and
  being used Monday to Saturday
• Touchdown areas for visiting HCC staff being used
  on a regular basis
• Approximately 50 of staff now using Voicemail
  effectively on a regular basis with 34
  retrieving messages when away from the office
• The first 20 Staff from Apsley have been set up
  and are using their own Broadband to access HCC
  systems from home locations

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Targets for 2006/07

• Handover of Apsley Two to Mace
• Complete fit-out of Apsley Two
• Relocate next 500 staff to Apsley Two
• Acquire and fit-out the A1 base
• Relocate Hertfordshire Development Centre
• Complete sales of vacated premises
• Effective change management including FM
• Electronic document storage

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Apsley Two

• Part of the combined acquisition of Apsley
• 15 year full repairing lease
• Formerly occupied by BT
• 1980s glass cladded structure
• 67,704 sq ft over 3 floors
• 274 car parking spaces
• Fit-out completion by Dec 06
• Staff move in Jan 07

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Apsley Two
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Occupation of Apsley Two

• CSF / ACS staff from Hertsmere and St Albans
• Training suites from New Barnfield
• Child / adult protection conference suites
• Occupational health facility
• Trading Standards met lab and evidence rooms
• E-learning areas
• Meeting / conference rooms

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Properties released by Apsley Two

• St Albans
• Porters Wood
• Alma Road
• Hertfordshire House
• Hatfield
• New Barnfield
• (Training block)
• Hertford
• Castle Street

• Watford
• Clarendon Road
• Lower High Street
• Upton Road
• Borehamwood
• Civic Centre
• Abbotts Langley
• Parsonage Close

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Agreed staff requirements for the A1 base

• 841 CSF staff
• 613 ACS staff
• 106 Vertex staff
• 49 client services staff
• Hertfordshire Development Centre
• Trading Standards officer team (2010)

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Key Properties released by A1 base

• Hertfordshire Development Centre
• Mount Pleasant, Hatfield
• Old Grammar School, Letchworth
• Porters Lodge, Ware
• Southgate, Stevenage
• Parkway, Welwyn Garden City
• Warren Park Rd, Hertford
• Eleanor Cross Rd, Waltham Cross
• 19/21 St Albans Rd, Hatfield

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County Hall

• County Hall must accommodate
• Over 200 CSF and ACS operational staff moving
  from the East locations
• Teams identified to move out so far include
• ACS Finance
• Money Advice unit
• Crime and Drugs Strategy unit

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Properties released by moves to C/Hall

• Warren Park Road, Hertford
• Porters Lodge, Ware
• 103 New Road, Ware
• Old Fire Station, Ware
• Eleanor Cross Road, Waltham Cross
• 5-9 Limes Court, Hoddesdon
• Drill Hall, Cheshunt

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Financial position

• Total capital budget 31.8m
• Capital spend to date 6.6m
• Projected Capital receipts 35.2m
• HCC project management c.0.4m p.a.
• Business case projected revenue savings
• 4.3m over 7 years to 2011-12

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Questions?