DEGW has an established relationship with the public sector globally, particularly in the UK where it is actively supporting the Government change agenda, helping realise the benefits and possibilities around the relationship between space, people, work processes and working practices. DEGW hosts a regular Government Forum, where representatives from Government departments regularly meet up for topical discussion and case study visits and presentations.
Specifically, we provide public sector clients with:
• Strategic advice on property portfolio management and rationalisation
to improve efficiency (including new thinking around the financing and running
of property projects, such as PFI);
• Appraisal and evaluation of buildings and workspace and their use to
understand their performance and value to the organisation,
• Design and building of flexible and sustainable buildings to meet evolving
organisational, cultural and community needs,
• Office refurbishment to improve employee effectiveness and satisfaction,
as well as enhance internal and external identity (including the embracing of
relevant private sector philosophies),
• Creation of more open, 'landscaped' working environments to support greater
knowledge exchange and collaboration, as well as supporting the evolving diversity
of workstyles,
• Design of new ways of working, including flexible working practices,
homeworking, hot-desking and more open working environments and their related
policies and protocols.
Current and recent key public sector clients include: