Agenda item

Oral report of the City Surveyor.

The Sub Committee received a verbal report on behalf of the City Surveyor regarding the Oracle Property Management System. The City Surveyor noted that the tender for the management system had been carried out and an announcement on its award was due shortly.

In response to a comment from a member regarding potential teething problems in implementing the system – for example, the potential need to anglicise software developed using American English – the City Surveyor noted that lessons had been learnt from witnessing similar transitions at bodies such as the British Aviation Authority (BAA) and that City of London officers had not underestimated the scale of the adjustment required in adopting a new property management system.