Annual Report 2005 - The Office of Public Works

Key Objectives Performance 2005 Progress Comment
Indicator
• Recognition as leading
expert in the field of
diverse State property
and portfolio
management.
• Maintain position as
leading State body
delivering excellent
professional services in
construction.
• OPW pursued a 2005
project to seek
partners for equity
swaps in a number of
locations.
• OPW sponsored
projects won a
number of awards
during 2005:
- RIAI award for
Architectural Archive
building;
- Successful
completion of State
Lab. and Marine
Institute projects;
- Clonmel Flood
Protection scheme.
The equity swap project
did not result in any
development projects -
however, it has
established OPW as a
presence in the market
which will lead to
potential opportunities
in the future.
5.
To develop
programmes and
measures to implement
flood risk management
policy
• Advise Government in
relation to flood risk
management and
flood risk
management policy.
• Development of
detailed programmes
to implement the
recommendations of
the Report of the
Flood Policy Review
Group.
• Establish a
consultative
framework involving
relevant stakeholders.
• Develop criteria for
prioritisation of
expenditure.
• Develop criteria for
designation of high
flood risk
watercourses.
• Deliver on flood risk
management work
programmes and
projects (structural
and non-structural
flood relief measures).
• Develop and
disseminate Flood
Hazard Mapping
information.
• A draft
Implementation
Programme, including
allocation of resources
in 2006 and beyond
was agreed during
2005 with the
Department of
Finance.
• Initial contact has
been made with the
Departments of the
Marine and the
Environment, Heritage
and Local Government
to progress the
promised consultative
framework.
• Launch of Flood
awareness website.
• Progress on the Flood
Hazard mapping
project.
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