Last week I was pleased to speak at the Public Sector Proptech24 conference on the subject of using occupancy data insights to make human-led decisions when managing government buildings.
It was great to have the opportunity to talk to an audience who were keen to hear about our property technology. Some didn’t realise that the Government Property Agency (the GPA) is landlord for a ten million square metre government property portfolio; that we manage the hubs programme; and that we’re responsible for refurbishing, modernising and rationalising the office estate in Whitehall to maximise its efficiency.
I also explained what we mean by ‘interoperability’ – making it easier for civil servants to work from wherever they need to be (mostly within the government estate, but beyond that as well) and for civil servants from different departments to work together.