Quality indicators
- Efficient and effective management of construction projects for new capital works
- Ensuring measurement of contractual outcomes required of United Group Services
- Tenant satisfaction with United Group Services contract delivery
Quantity indicators
- Number of project contracts managed
- Number of calls answered by United Group Services call centre and agreed response times for successful service delivery achieved
Management of construction projects
Projects in the overseas owned estate continued to be managed within time and cost targets.
Projects completed in 2007–08 were new chanceries in New Delhi and Vientiane, and refurbishment and other works in London, Honiara, Islamabad, Riyadh and Singapore. Project planning was initiated on our new chancery in Bangkok, building works continued on the new chancery in Amman and work commenced on the new chancery in Phnom Penh. Refurbishment works continued on chanceries in Dhaka and Kuala Lumpur. Work on leased chancery relocations continued in Belgrade, Madrid and Tel Aviv, and on the leased chancery compound in Baghdad (see quantity information for output 4.2).
Land was acquired for the relocation of our chanceries in Jakarta and Nairobi.
Contractual outcomes required
The performance of UGS is measured against contractual indicators relating to financial and business processes, tenant satisfaction, portfolio condition, divestments and capital works. Overall, the contract delivered good outcomes.
Tenant satisfaction
See output 4.1 quality and quantity information.
Quantity information for output 4.2
Number of project contracts managed
During 2007–08 OPO completed seven projects in the overseas owned estate, and had oversight of nine projects under construction in the owned and leased estate. OPO managed preliminary and design works for 14 properties approved for relocation or refurbishment. In accordance with its obligation to maintain the long-term value and condition of the overseas estate, and to meet security and other requirements, OPO undertook feasibility studies for possible or prospective future works in a number of other locations overseas.
Number of calls answered and response times
A total of 6998 calls were made to the UGS call centre, with 99.4 per cent of calls responded to within key performance indicator response times.