PUBLIC SPACE MANAGEMENT Clear policy and responsible management and maintenance

Amidst growing public interest your organization is responsible for the management of public space. Residents and politicians increasingly point out your responsibility towards the maintenance of that public space. They demand a lot from you in a time where the available resources are limited.

Under these changing circumstances it is essential you have clear policies which help determine that management and maintenance is executed in a systematic and consistent manner. Defining policy goals, and the means by which to achieve and maintain them (maintenance plans, citizen participation), helps to clarify what can be expected of you as maintenance department.

Buro CITE works with professionals on the design, construction and management of public space in the Netherlands and Surinam. Buro CITE is an engineering and consulting office with a strong emphasis on expertise, communication and project management.

CONSULTINGBuro CITE supports clients in defining policy and making management and maintenance plans. Services that Buro CITE offer include:

Policy and organization• Vision on design and

maintenance• Integrated management

systems for public space• Guidelines for public space

design• Community orientated

approach • Analysis of maintenance costs• Optimizing workflow• Sustainable procurement

Management and maintenance • Maintenance management

plans• Integrated maintenance plans• Winter maintenance plans• Maintenance benchmarking

and surveying• Costs and funding of public

space management• Maintenance contracts and

specifications• Evaluation of management

and maintenance plans

PUBLIC SPACE MANAGEMENTFACTSHEET

Policy and organizationToday’s hot topics are public participation, area-based management and benchmark maintenance. These developments offer opportunities for the implementation of effective and integrated maintenanceprograms. Buro CITE helps you achieve your ambitions whilst taking advantage of the available opportunities. We offer support in developing a vision and policy frameworks, and in implementing new working methods within your existing organization.

Management and maintenanceTo guarantee public space conditions stay on a desired level it is important to maintain a continuous maintenance process. This process is fed continuously with the latest data from benchmark surveys that define the quality of public space which generates schedules for the necessary measures. These in turn determine contracting and the necessary resources that should be reserved. Buro CITE can help you achieve this cycle by drafting management plans, providing schedules, defining maintenance costs and drawing up maintenance contract specifications.