Asset management is an important part of influencing the local economy. Knowing what assets you have and how they can be deployed strategically is a major component of resourcing the ambition. Assets can be both physical property assets as well as qualitative, such as the character of place and its people.
Funding and Investment Plans :Many initiatives require multiple funding sources. Funds need to be identified and ‘packaged’ by weaving together the different terms and conditions for the award.
At the Edinburgh Old Town Renewal Trust I directed a regeneration programme assembling funds from multiple sources to implement the projects; at the regional development agency, both developing business cases to apply for partnership funding and awarding grants to support the delivery of the Regional Centre of Excellenc.
Sustainable Resource Management: Energy efficiency, waste minimisation, resource efficiency, sustainable construction. Are strategies to achieve sustainable communities. This stimulates new products and processes but how should this be articulated in the commissioning brief for a building or a master plan or action to change social behaviours?
Examples of work undertaken.