It is also the case that tackling the challenge of maintaining access to services while reducing costs is increasingly looking to joint working between councils, other public sector organisations and the private and voluntary sectors.
Many attempts at joint working, however, fail to deliver the potential available. How then do you make joint working more successful?
This issue of Public Property examines how public sector organisations can unlock the hidden value in their land, and why a new approach to construction could help boost the outcomes of the Government’s One Public Estate programme.
The December issue also considers why learnings from ancient cities could provide the key to promoting wellbeing in the modern built environment. It also contains a case study on how the London Borough of Westminster has provided high quality care for the elderly alongside a block of luxury apartments.
