Strategic Planning
Building Improvements Partnership
Office of Personnel Management, 1997
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) developed a partnership with GSA to implement short and long-range strategic plans designed for making building improvements. Improvements are being phased in as a direct result of collaborative inputs from OPM’s employees. The labor-management partnership hired a professional construction management facilitator to lead discussions on “human resources” and address issues on the development and management of building improvements at the Theodore Roosevelt Building at 1900 E Street, NW in Washington, DC, as well as to survey all 1,800 building occupants to identify and try to understand the employees’ priorities. These efforts were followed up by a town meeting to address building modernization, project funding, and survey results.
The results: major building/system modernization is required and further incremental improvements will also be refined and implemented. Lesson learned: “Any partnership that does not involve active follow-up and a full sharing of information will quickly dissolve.” The benefits will include further solidarity of the OPM/GSA partnership, and improved employee morale and productivity for building occupants.
For more information, contact Steve Van Reese at (202) 606-2220 or via e-mail at stvanree@opm.gov
