Great progress is underway as we move closer to launching the Offices v2.0 scheme — a major update we can’t wait to share with you. To help guide the rollout and shape the future of this update, the Public Consultation launched last week (12th May), running for 4 weeks (noon June 9th), giving you the chance to ask questions and share your thoughts.
To support understanding of the update and changes, we’re also in the process of publishing a series of technical blogs exploring the impact categories and key subjects at the core of Offices v2.0.
Dive into our latest posts and get up to speed on what’s changing and why:
Thank you to all of you that have come forward so far to register your interest for the Offices v2 scheme update. We are now able to share more details of how we will go about the scheme update.
We will be hosting themed workshops on each of the SKArating categories through March and April. The workshops will be to review the key themes to be covered by the category in the update, the relevance and appropriateness of the Good Practice Measures and the principles for updates.
The dates and locations are:
Workshop
Date
Where
Energy & CO2
20th March ’24 2pm
Morgan Lovell, 16 Noel Street, London, W1F 8DA
Project Delivery
26th March ’24 2pm
Overbury, 77 Newman Street, London, W1T 3EW
Strategic Outcomes & Whole Life Impact
3rd April ’24 2pm
Overbury, 17 Gresse Street, London, W1T 1QL
Pollution
4th April ’24 2pm
Morgan Lovell, 16 Noel Street, London, W1F 8DA
Waste & Materiality
10th April ’24 2pm
Overbury, The Zenith Building, Manchester, M2 1AB
Wellbeing
17th April ’24 2pm
Gleeds, Interchange Place, 151-165 Edmund Street, Birmingham, B3 2TA
Each category will be updated by a group of specialists covering all phases of the project lifecycle to ensure the SKArating Offices v2 represents good practice from across the sector, and will be overseen by the SKArating Technical Committee.
We’d like the groups to have representation from all parts of the fit-out supply chain, but as a minimum:
Our timelines for the update and release of Offices v2 are:
Stakeholder workshops – Mar – April 24
Research and updates to GPMs – Apr – Aug 24
Public consultation – Sept 24
Go live – Nov 24
SKArating is your tool to drive sustainable fit-out, and we’d like as much of your expertise and experience as possible to put SKArating Offices back at the leading edge of the industry. If you haven’t already done so, please register your interest in being part of the workshops and update team at the link below. Please also pass on recommendations you may have for experts in the field that you think may contribute to the update to support@skarating.org.
