14th June

We meet with Joyde from the new ICT company to discuss the transition to the new company and progress to date. We still have documentation to sign off, proposals for fault handling now, plans for work to be done next to be sorted out with them. We also need to look at escalation routes and procedures.

I then head off for the Refurbishment Project Panel. There are only three of us but one gets quite chatty and it drags out a bit longer than I'd expected. I rush off to meet with the guys who installed the invalid lift in the committee area. Apparently  people using wheelchairs have problems with the lifts even though they are specially designed for wheelchairs. I ask the guy I deal with to give me estimates for a toggle control rather than a lift button and for reversing the door so that it opens the other way to ease wheelchair access into the lift.

A quick bite then I meet with colleagues from Essex CC. They're renting the top floor and want to do a snagging walkabout. I'm a bit worried in case they find show-stoppers which prevent their move into the building. As it happens we don't find any major issues apart from one. They asked us to retain some rooms which we were going to pul down and it now transpires that the partition walls are too thin and they are worried about the acoustics. We agree to move it off the sign-off agreement and to discuss the detail later when the estimates for doing the soundproofing can be provided.

We then segue into the main meeting with their teams and our reps. We get through a fair bit but know that they will face IT problems which could delay their move into the building!

I chat with the ICT guys about our ISP move. Its definitely not happening this weekend. I plan for 29th and canvassopinions. We reach agreement that its the best date.