Services
Unit is to provide a range of professional and technical support
services to the managers of schools and other Board properties,
to ensure the efficient management and maintenance of the premises
and the development of the Board's estate to meet planned future
needs.
ARCHITECTS
SERVICES
The
work of this section includes architectural and related
design issues, programme/project management, contract administration
and technical support, from the inception
of a project, through progressively more detailed design stages, tender procedures
and site works, to completion. The section also includes the Board's Energy
Conservation Officer, whose role is to ensure the efficient
and effective use of energy by
the Board and to control energy costs within the property estate.
MAINTENANCE SERVICES
The Maintenance Section has responsibility for the maintenance of properties
owned by the Board and also of maintained properties not in the Board's ownership.
The section is sub-divided into two areas: Buildings Maintenance and Services
Maintenance. All building maintenance works are carried out by private contractors,
who are selected according to the Board's Contracts Procedures. Any substantial
Minor Works schemes are carried out by the Board's Architects Section or by
outside consultants. Services maintenance includes electrical and mechanical
installation,
lift installation, alarm systems and so forth. The Maintenance Section maintains
a database of condition surveys of all school properties, which is updated
on a cyclical basis.
CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT
The work of the Capital Development Section includes the assessment of the
need for future capital provision, undertaking Economic Appraisals, publication
of
Development Proposals, and the acquisition and disposal of property in accordance
with the Procedures in the Contracts Handbook.
CONTRACT PROCEDURES
The Board's Contract Procedures are under review and will be set out in the
Contracts Handbook. A range of standing and select lists of contractors and
consultants
are held within the Property Services Unit. Invitations to apply for a place
on the Board's standing and select lists are advertised from time to time in
the Belfast Telegraph. [Contracts Handbook to be on line when published - approx.
30 pages] Tenders The Board regularly invites tenders for work from interested
contractors or consultants, in relation to specific projects, in accordance
with Contracts Procedures. The invitations to tender are advertised in the
Belfast
Telegraph.
