Service Birmingham partners Council in flagship building

Birmingham City Council has opened the doors of 10 Woodcock Street, its new flagship offices in Aston.

The new £38million workplace provides an enhanced working environment and ultimately will help improve customer service for the citizens of Birmingham. It will be home to 2,370 workstations and 3,000 people with approximately 384,000m of network cabling used to complete the building's IT network.

The opening celebration involved local children from Chilwell Croft Primary School and Perry Beeches Secondary School who unveiled their history time capsules.

The first time capsule was buried in the foundations of the building in 2010 by Chilwell Croft school children and is marked by a plaque in the main reception area. The second is an interactive time capsule designed by children from Perry Beeches Secondary School with support from Service Birmingham and is located within a "post box" in the main reception area.

Cllr Randal Brew, Cabinet Member for Finance at Birmingham City Council, said, "10 Woodcock Street is a fantastic example of how a local authority can provide a modern 21st century enhanced working environment, whilst making substantial savings and providing a workplace that supports employees to deliver improved services.

Birmingham City Council employees will start to move into the new workplace on a phased basis from November 2011 with the building being fully occupied in late 2012.

For more details visit http://birminghamnewsroom.com/2011/10/efficient-woodcock-street-workplace-opens/