The Southampton strategic partnership, established in 2007, has
enabled Southampton City Council and Capita Symonds to offer a
continually improving property service throughout the authority’s
public property portfolio.
Our services are also available to a number of
public sector bodies within the immediate geography of Southampton
as well as a growing number of
private clients.
Key facts
- Start date: October 2007
- Duration: 10 years
- Value: Approximately £290 million
Overview
In excess of 130 council employees
initially transferred to Capita Symonds and as the partnership has
gone from strength to strength our numbers have increased,
providing the opportunity to broaden the range of services on
offer. Now our team of 150
property staff provide a wide range of multidisciplinary
consultancy services.
The partnership presented a significant
opportunity for the Council and has received praise from local
Councillor Jeremy Moulton, Cabinet Member for Resources: “This
partnership with Capita will make it possible for the Council to
save the taxpayer millions of pounds over the term of the contract;
money which can be put back into front line services. This is a
positive way forward for the Council and the City.”
Construction of the new offices
at One Guildhall Square has
provided a landmark in the new cultural quarter
that houses all
of Capita Symonds’ Southampton based staff, in addition to other
Capita personnel who are committed to the delivery of a variety of
services to support the partnership.
Services
Capita Symonds provides the
following services:
- Architecture
- Civil and Structural
Engineering
- Electrical
Engineering
- Mechanical
Engineering
- Quantity Surveying
- Accommodation Management and
Space Planning
- Building Surveying
- Project Management
- Systems and Support Management
- Repairs and Maintenance
reactive and Planned Services
- Valuation and Estates
- CDM
- Heritage expertise
- Procurement advice
Successes
Capita Symonds' Strategic
partnership with Southampton City Council has been in
operation for over 2 years and in this time has been involved in
the delivery of a wide variety of projects. These
include:
- Winners in the internal Capita
Symonds Success Awards for the combined office delivery of One
Guildhall Square and the ASAP moves and rationalisation
Project
- Runners up in the National
Home Improvements Council Awards for the successful Decent Homes
project
- Commended work completed at Thornhill with the ‘Better
Neighbourhood’ initiative where significant improvements to
external landscaping have been carried out
- Successful completion of Phases 1 and 2 of the Children’s
Centre (Sure Start) Programme,
continuation od Phase 3
- Successful early completion of Redbridge Community School as
part of Learning Futures
- Heritage and
Conservation services to both
Southampton City Council and English Heritage
- Maintaining budgets and programmes across a range of
maintenance and refurbishment for all Civic Buildings
- Completion of the Redbridge and Millbrook Flyover bearing
replacements, continuing work
on the Itchen Bridge