Plus or Minus were contracted to join an internal project team and temporarily fulfil the role of Design Manager. Project Martini’s purpose was to pilot flexible working across 1,200 staff. The pilot was successful and has now turned into a flexible working programme called work:wise. This is one of the cornerstones of Centrica’s West London Property Strategy, which will reduce property costs by up to £10m per annum.

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We were an intrinsic part of the team and were exposed to an excellent opportunity to work on and deliver a fully integrated flexible working programme covering Programme Planning, Property, Human Resources, Change Management and IS delivery.

Over an eight month period, our work included:

	Process Development – development of the office design process and input to the overall implementation process
	Programming & Planning – assistance with programme, implementation and project planning
	Development of Briefing, Analysis & Survey Tools – creation of tools to survey requirements, analyse layouts and forecast office occupancy including online survey of whole IS dept [1,800 staff] through 50 managers
	Accommodation Review – review of existing accommodation, good and bad practice
	Development of Accommodation Model & Guidelines - development of accommodation model to support work:wise programme and creation of a guide covering all aspects of designing and fitting out office accommodation
	Project Implementation Management – management and co-ordination of project for initial pilot phase
	Move Sequence Planning & Management – creation of documentation, communication and management of initial pilot phase

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