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Dear Reader

Without doubt, the collapse of America’s sub prime market has created a level of global financial activity few of us have seen in our lifetimes.   

As a result many of us are more sharply turning our attention to the bottom line and putting environmental sustainability and some discretionary capital works initiatives on hold.  In Responsible Sustainability, Roger Walker, National Head of Sustainability at Napier and Blakeley, discusses the potential risks in compromising the value of your property investment by short term cost cutting.

NBNews met Roger on his retrun from presenting a paper on sustainability during the plenary session of PIR forum in Coolum.

Response to our first issue of NBNews was extremely positive and, once again, we welcome your feedback and suggestions in this issue.  Last month many of our readers requested further information on core lines of our service delivery.  This month we have included a suite of Project Summary Packs which provides some useful information of the depth and breadth of our service offering. 

Again, we hope you find the content of NBNews this month not only interesting but of assistance in your day to day operational responsibilities.

NBNews

"If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs. . . Yours is the earth and everything that's in it…"
Rudyard Kipling

While markets across all industries are in a state of stress and chaos at the moment, it is now that the true industry leaders will prove themselves as they keep sight of the business fundamentals that underpin long term profitability.   Cost management is the key focus and due diligence in all business aspects is required, not just to survive but to consolidate for the future when conditions improve.  The skill is to trim the sails and stay in the race.

There are restrictions on capital funds and a degree of talk about delaying projects and cutting back on capital works programs. Environmental sustainability for some businesses has taken a back seat as recovery is worked out and debt and financing options are reviewed.

To maximise return we must continue to focus on sustainability and the opportunities to advance in this area to meet future tenant and regulatory demands.  The danger of short term cost cutting is that the long term positioning of the building can be compromised as the demand for sustainable, energy efficient and star rated buildings increases.

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NBNews:  What is NB Sustainability?

RW:  Sustainability is not only about Corporate Social Responsibility; it’s responsible financial management. 

Environmental and social sustainability initiatives directly impact the productivity and financial bottom line of running and occupying a property profitably; building, buying, tenanting, selling and demolishing.

Responsible sustainability is applying the right initiative at the right time to maximise corporate and financial returns during the life cycle of a property development.

Napier & Blakeley not only have the reputation and breadth of services to deliver this technically, their knowledge of the needs of both tenants’ and landlords’ also allows them to provide valuable strategic, positioning and portfolio priority advice.

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In this issue of NBNews we have included seven business unit specific Project Summaries Suites which profile a selection of some of our recent wrok.   We hope these summaries give you an idea of the breadth and depth of the industry knowledge, client service and professional commitment NB provide our clients.

    Tech. Due Diligence                  Sustainability                       Project Monitoring              

    Insurance                                Make Good                          QS                Tax

Following the great response last month, we are pleased to continue the opportunity to download or order NB Data Card information in this issue   

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Each data card will download to print on one side of an A4 page or kept in soft copy for convenient reference.

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of a wallet of our cards. Printed on solid stock card in DL format these are a great tool to keep in your top draw for easy reference.

::  NB Appointed by  Melb receiver as Quantity Surveyor on $30M "Distressed Project" 
::  NB Wins contract with Victorian State Government to undertake audit of all public schools
::  NB Completed Due Diligency to assist Sheraton Port Douglas sale
::  NB Commissioned for QS services (including Cost Planning, Bill of Quantities and Contract Administration) for Qld. Emergency Operation Centre

At Napier & Blakeley we are continually learning more about ways we can improve our property investment advice.  To help us serve you better, let us know what you need to know more about.

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