The team delivers four inter-related services dealing with Corporate Asset Management, Facilities Management and Project Management.

The over-riding objective of the Division is to work with others to ensure that the Council’s assets, including property, are procured and proactively managed for the corporate good, in accordance with best practice, the Law and the Council's Constitution.

This service has strategic responsibility for all assets owned and used by the Council, especially property.  It seeks to work actively with other services to ensure that all assets are identified, fit-for-purpose, in good condition, used efficiently, held at lowest cost and, where applicable, that they provide a good return on investment.  

Originally part of the Education Capital Projects team, this emerging section now provides a project management service across the Council. The team has considerable experience of developing school building projects and has been responsible for delivering projects in this sector valued at more than £20 million. It has managed a year-on-year improvement in cost and programme predictability indicators and now has an overarching corporate responsibility to ensure that all Council Capital projects are procured and managed appropriately. A variety of levels of service can be provided ranging from simple guidance (free of charge) to full project management (on a cost recovery basis).