Maintenance Management

A client's property portfolio can vary from single buildings to large campus style sites. Castons management aim to advises clients on the most efficient and cost effective methods to allow the potential value of these assets to be fully unlocked. This is achieved by developing a suitable management strategy which can take the form of out-sourcing elements of non-core activities, partnering arrangements or more traditional maintenance contracts.

Castons can develop the strategies required from scratch or undertake reviews of existing systems and procedures in order to enhance their efficiency. We help to introduce more effective management and cost control systems using benchmarking techniques and performance measurement. This service has been successfully implemented in a number of initiatives for clients including:

• Suffolk County Council
• Flagship Housing Group
• Tendring District Council
• North Norfolk Housing Trust
• Mid-Suffolk District Council
• Suffolk Constabulary

Castons can prepare appropriate partnering contract documentation, act as partnering advisor and provide co-ordination, implementation and auditing services for local authorities.

Building Surveying
In addition to our maintenance services Castons also undertake building surveying including stock condition surveys, specification and CAD drawings for minor works. We have worked across the UK on properties for:

• Hewlett Packard
• Hanover Housing Association
• Havering Borough Council

and in managing maintenance and minor works framework agreements.

For further information contact Stuart Oxborrow (Associate) on 01473 257 586.