| AdminHistory | The Structure of the Corporation initially included an Architecture and Planning section with one Chief Officer and a depute. Here architecture and planning were closely integrated. Following the retiral in 1983 of G Hammond, the Depute Architecture and Planning Officer, Planning and Architecture each received their own Depute, and therefore separated more officially, in terms of working practices and responsibility. In 1991, when the Technical Directorate was formed, this separation of functions was again formalised with planning and architecture each having their own section head.
In simple terms, the Architecture team was responsible for the procurement, design and construction of building stock, and for organising the capitalised maintenance programmes.
In 1993 the Architecture department was organised in three teams:
TEAM 1: New housing design.
TEAM 2: Advanced factory programmes.
TEAM 3: Specific major industrial projects.
Although the organisation of the department changed over the 34 years of the Corporation's existence, these teams at least give an indication of the nature and focus of the department's work. |