The Christchurch Integrated Government Accommodation (CIGA) programme applied a co-location model across multiple buildings in Christchurch that accommodate government agencies.
After the Christchurch earthquakes, the government committed to relocating government office accommodation back into the Christchurch city centre.
The CIGA programme provided new accommodation for 1500 staff across 15 government agencies over four separate purpose-built buildings.
Physically co-locating government agencies together enabled them to:
The CIGA co-location model is based on a lead agency 100% ownership model which covers both the build (development agreement) and ongoing (lease) commitments.
Under this model, the participating agencies have committed to the full term of the lease agreement, and the lead agencies have taken full ownership and responsibilities for capital and operating expenditure.
Based on the lead agency’s circumstances, some CIGA co-locations had all participating agencies contribute their share of the capital cost by transferring assets – in cash, in kind, or both – up front. The lead agency will return accumulated depreciation on any transferred capital to the participating agencies at the end of the lease period.
Other co-locations in CIGA have had the lead agency contribute 100% of the capital investment upfront. Depreciation on the capital is recovered from participating agencies as operating costs over the life of the asset.
In all co-locations the operating costs are recovered on the basis of area allocation. These are managed through a co-location agreement and the establishment of a shared services appropriation for lead agencies.
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