OUR ESTATE
The Academic Estate in the University’s ownership comprises around 65 hectares of land including some 274,000 square metres of space across approximately 90 buildings. These buildings are a mixture of freehold and leasehold or in some cases are owned by partner organisations with occupation agreements. The Residential Estate provides over 6,000 bed spaces for the University and is managed through a discrete operational unit within Estates and Facilities although Operations provide some services to the Residential Estate such as security, energy management and landscape management. The total insurance replacement value for both parts of the estate is £923M of which £721M relates to the Academic portfolio. . As is the case with many universities the major expansion of the University of Southampton’s estate took place in the 1960s and 1970s and therefore this is reflected in both the backlog maintenance liability and estate condition. The quality and condition of our estate has, however, been improved significantly over the past few years with around 74% in Condition B. The university is near the end of a significant capital programme of some £250M and is currently planning the next phase of improvement and development. Estates and Facilities employees 680 staff, of which around 590 are employed providing hard and soft facilities management services. The operating revenue for both hard and soft FM is circa £13.5M. The total capital expenditure is between £50M and £100M per year including a proportion delivered through a significant long term maintenance programme. There are a range of activities which take place which will be managed through the new Operations Group. These are focussed on building services, building maintenance and soft FM services. Specialist services are usually outsourced with a multiplicity of contracts in place for example, lifts, fire safety, building management systems with the bulk of the University’s soft FM services delivered in house. Contract management is therefore an important element of operational roles. The delivery of services is further complicated in that the university is a significant occupier in buildings which are not directly owned but which receive services. The complexity of the interfaces in these buildings is an important factor in the management of operations. The University of Southampton is committed to sustainability both in environmental and financial terms. Estates and Facilities employ the University’s Environment and Sustainability Manager and the Head of Estates Operations will need to ensure that sustainability issues are continuously addressed and performance is improved.
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