Education - Further and Higher

Sectors

Mace Group - Public Sector - higher and further education

Colleges and Further Education
Mace Group is a preferred cost and project management consultant on the Learning and Skills Council regional framework, Mace Group is also a key player in the further education sector where we have a proven track record in securing funding and delivering the end product.

Universities and Higher Education

Multi-million pound budgets... ever more demanding students... league tables and competition for resources... complex technical environments... Higher education institutions face a myriad of property challenges, many of which turn on optimal use of complex estates, from redevelopment of learning facilities to getting the best new- build accommodation. Fortunately Mace Group has a highly experienced team who help clients to meet these needs with strategies that deliver long-term value.

We have forged many long term relationships within the higher education sector where we are developing campus masterplans and delivering the vision for a wide range of facilities including research laboratories, halls of residence, learning resource centres, teaching space, auditoriums and sports halls and fields. Our success is based on our ability to integrate all stakeholders and our understanding of university life to deliver construction works on either new build or occupied refurbishment projects.

Key services:

Due Diligence: Each college has its own unique set of circumstances to be considered when strategic development plans are laid down. Mace will look at these plans from a fresh, independent viewpoint to establish how your college can achieve its educational aims.
Education Curriculum Review: Mace will engage in consultations with principals, senior management teams and departments to prepare and analyse their current visions and align them to the educational priorities for 2008/09 to 2010/11 of developing young people and improving adult skills.
Communications Consultation: We employ a communications plan to ensure all relevant stakeholders are involved in the projects development process. This will be individually tailored and can include weekly bulletins, individual and group consultations, conferences and working groups. We act as the key facilitator, bridging the gap between opinions to find a common way forward.
Property Strategies: We evaluate your assets, the campus, buildings and land. We will develop your property strategy in line with relevant guidelines.
Property Advice: We undertake option appraisals providing recommendations towards a preferred option. We manage the procurement of valuations of your existing and proposed property assets, the acquisition and disposals of these and carry out due diligence.
Funding Applications: We develop financial proposals and estimated costs of work for incorporation into your development proposal options and funding applications.
Adding Value: We look at income generation from the exploitation of the existing estate.
Procurement Advice /Cost Consultancy: For any planned development we evaluate the proposed total costs based on target and whole life costs.