7. Management of internal changes
Changes within agencies' office accommodation involving office alterations, including changes to the layout of workstations, require professional design and documentation. Relevant approvals must be obtained, including:
- certification of Building Act compliance
- technical project approval
- building owner approval.
The Department of Housing and Public Works (HPW) will initiate these approval processes when appointed as consultant. In other cases, it is the responsibility of agencies, their service providers, or consultants, to obtain these approvals.
These projects also need to be assessed against project benchmarks as part of the Approval procedure for government office accommodation projects . These project approval requirements are described in Guideline 3: Fitout.
The procedures for making changes to accommodation involving the acquisition of additional area or reduction in area are described in Guideline 2: Space.