In 2006 Dundee City Council commissioned Ogilvie Ross to investigate the potential of creating a large-scale office furniture reuse program which could be used to manage and dispose of excess furniture likely to be created due to the relocation of staff to a proposed new headquarters building in 2010. Additionally, the delivery of such a programme was to be carried out to bring social benefits to the Dundee area. By 2007 an outline plan had been agreed and a new social business, Transform Furniture, was launched with the aim of processing excess furniture and supplying it back in commercial and charitable markets. Ogilvie Ross has been actively involved in all aspects of this project and acted as advisors to both Transform Furniture and Dundee City Council. Dundee City Council have found that expenditure on office furniture has been reduced by over 40% in the first year of operation and furniture waste has reduced by 25%.

An initial 18-month program to design and project manage the refurbishment of offices for 110 staff within the Environment Services department. The project had very strict sustainable criteria from the outset including complete reuse of all furniture to ensure minimal waste was sent to landfill. The finished office increased staff occupancy by 15% and was completed for less than 30% of the budgeted cost when compared to similar previous projects where new furniture was purchased. Additional benefits were improved access to local archive storage, improved inter-departmental communication, increased natural daylight and improved airflow.

The success of the initial project saw several large-scale projects being undertaken during 2007 and 2008. Ogilvie Ross has been appointed as the preferred provider of furniture management service to Perth & Kinross Council ahead of a major strategic reconfiguration of office space planned for late 2008.