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Estates Division: Interim Arrangements

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The Registrar and Secretary writes:
In my note of 9 December I announced that Roger Bailey would be standing down as Estates Manager and Chief Engineer on 31 December 1996. I said that interim arrangements for the management of the Estates Division would be announced in due course.

A senior interim manager, Ms Tamsin Visick, will be seconded from Coopers and Lybrand for up to six months from late January 1997. She will begin to lay the foundations for a reformed Division by (i) developing an IT specification for the Division, (ii) undertaking a skills audit of existing staff, (iii) preparing a business plan, (iv) assisting with the process of developing a job specification for a new head and, possibly, deputy head of Division, (v) commissioning a survey of long-term maintenance needs both in respect of building fabric and mechanical and electrical services, (vi) putting in place an appropriate building project and costing system, and (vii) implementing procedures to improve the cost, timeliness and quality of work undertaken by the Direct Labour Unit. Work has already begun on reducing the costs of gas, electricity and water.

With effect from 1 January 1997 there is a new Head of Direct Labour Unit, Tony Westgate, who was formerly the Maintenance Manager. Rod Nash previously Labour Manager has moved to the post of Maintenance Manager. It is anticipated that an advertisement will be placed for a new head of Division in the Spring. The cost of restructuring the Division will be met entirely from existing resources within the Estates Division.

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Friday January 17th 1997