Efficiency Standards for Office Space

In 2007 the OGC commissioned a report on the efficient use of office space.

The purpose of the report is to recommend an Office Floorspace Standard for the use of Government offices and to comment on how such a Standard might be introduced. The arguments in the report are founded on the principle that the Government estate should be run with the minimum amount of floorspace, consistent with the business need for civil servants to operate effectively and sustainably within the buildings. This aligns with the OGC’s High Performing Property Programme, the agenda for Transforming Government Procurement and other efficiency-related documents described Section 7, including those by Sir Peter Gershon and Sir Michael Lyons.

Buying Solutions actively commend the findings to all its customers and Kinnarps are able and willing to support customers in pursuit of aligning with the report's challenges. Our internal design team have many years of experience in helping clients maximise the use of floorspace and of embracing new ways of working to drive efficiencies in property portfolios.

Download the Efficiency Standard report here. 

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