Core tasks
The tasks of the Government Buildings Agency arise from our position as the largest property manager of the State. These tasks relate to our social role, but just as strongly to the role that we fulfil vis-à-vis our clients. This gives us an exemplary role, which we enjoy fulfilling in a professional manner.
The tasks of the Government Buildings Agency
The (core) tasks of the Government Buildings Agency are:
- Ensuring suitable, sustainable and safe housing for all ministries and a large number of organisations and services affiliated to these departments.
- Acting as advisor for our clients in rent, construction and design-related issues, but also as a project manager and manager, which includes the handling of maintenance.
- The development and management of the largest property portfolio of the State. This involves a total of 7 million m² of floor space, 70% of which is owned by the Agency. Of the 2,000 properties in our stock, some 350 (1 million m²) have monument status. 3.9 million m² involve office space, i.e. 10% of our country’s total office market, and 1.2 million m² are used as penitentiaries.
- Working as a Chief Government Architect, advising the government on matters relating to architecture and architecture policy in the Netherlands.
- Striving for buildings with strong architectural quality that constitute an urbanistic enrichment.
- Stimulating innovative collaborations, for example in the form of a public-private partnership.
- Maintaining an important share of our national cultural heritage and making it available for suitable use or for a broad audience.
- Ensuring the effective utilisation of public money for housing.
- Acting as the largest commissioning body for visual arts in the Netherlands.