Complete annual report 2010-11 - Land - NSW Government

leasing staff generated substantial savings and economic
benefits for Government. Around $1.4 million in savings
was generated from improved leasing outcomes.
2010-11 saw the Authority expend $24.0 million under
its capital works program to improve the quality of
Government office buildings and client amenity. This
included projects in regional centres such as Armidale,
Bourke, Broken Hill, Grafton and Wollongong. Metropolitan
capital works projects included a $4.38 million
refurbishment of the former Australian Red Cross Blood
Services building in Parramatta to accommodate the
Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions and a major
lift upgrade of the McKell Building in the Sydney CBD, with
costs to date of $1.4 million.
As part of its role as a key delivery agency of the NSW
Government’s Sustainability Policy, the Authority undertook
a number of initiatives to actively reduce the impact
of Government office buildings on the environment.
All building refurbishment projects were designed and
constructed in line with sustainability principles and the
Government’s Sustainability Policy. The Authority also
continued its program of measuring and assessing the
water and energy efficiency of its property portfolio against
the NABERS (National Australian Built Environment Rating
System) water and energy scales.
Pilot solar panels and smart meter projects were
also launched during 2010-11. These projects, at a
combined cost of $735,000, will help to determine the
cost effectiveness of harvesting solar energy to reduce
office buildings’ greenhouse gas emissions and to better
measure and monitor building energy and water efficiency.
In mid-2010-11 the Authority commenced a five-year
statutory review of the State Property Authority Act 2006
to ensure that it remains appropriate in supporting the
Government’s objective to improve operational efficiencies
in Government property administration. The review is timed
for the tabling of the report in both Houses of Parliament in
May 2012.
n Planning and Strategy
Group
Throughout 2010-11 the Planning and Strategy Group
continued to provide advice to central Government and
Government agencies on various property related matters.
These activities included:
n reviewing agency office accommodation plans and
strategies
n developing, implementing and monitoring regional asset
strategies
n participating in and hosting whole-of-government
property forums, including the national Government
Property Group
n reviewing proposals for new and renewed leases for
office accommodation
n facilitating agency cluster asset planning Groups
n developing the Authority’s asset strategy and forward
capital works investment plan for the property portfolio
under management.
In addition considerable Planning and Strategy Group
resources were committed to a number of key projects.
These included:
n identifying and pursuing options for Central
Government’s longer term office accommodation
requirements (for Government Ministers, the Department
of Premier and Cabinet, and NSW Treasury)
n working with relevant agencies to develop a
comprehensive needs analysis for a potential
emergency services joint training facility
n reviewing agency business cases justifying a Sydney
CBD presence
n investigating suitable accommodation options in Far
West NSW for human services agencies
n identifying and pursuing options for a multi-agency joint
communications centre in Newcastle
n working with the State Emergency Services in
determining its long term accommodation requirements
for its state headquarters in Wollongong and its various
Regional headquarters across NSW
n working with several other agencies to determine their
future head office accommodation requirements
n completing a review of the Office Accommodation
Workplace Guidelines and developing the revised Office
Accommodation Design Principles.
In 2010-11 the Planning and Strategy Group continued its
program of agency property portfolio reviews to identify
improvements in property management outcomes for
agencies. It completed reviews of three agency property
portfolios and a review of Government laboratory facilities.
In 2011-12 the review program will focus on the Authority’s
expanded portfolio resulting from the now completed
three-year vesting program. Centre studies were also
undertaken in a number of regional locations to assess
the alignment of property assets with agencies’ service
delivery needs. Studies of Griffith/Leeton, Hornsby and
Port Macquarie were completed and studies of Dubbo,
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