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The value handbook: getting the most from your buildings and spaces

Introduction

A guide for senior staff in local authorities on how improving the built environment can contribute to enhancing performance and meeting performance targets.

Description

The handbook explains how improving the built environment can contribute to enhancing performance and meeting targets. It looks at how the procurement process can help future building projects deliver the best possible value.

The positive effects that a well-designed built environment can have on both people and the economy are highlighted, and the different types of value delivered by the built environment, and their importance to stakeholders, are outlined. These are:

exchange value
use value
image value
social value
environmental value
cultural value

The guidance shows how the quality of the built environment relates to the policy framework established by:

comprehensive performance assessment
public service agreements
local strategic partnerships
the Beacon scheme

Case studies are included for each of the values identified.

Contact info

Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE)
Phone: +44 20 7070 6700
enquiries@cabe.org.uk

Publication date

27/10/2006

Article info
Organisation: Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE)

Links

Visit the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE) website

Download "Tjhe Value handbook" (PDF, Eng, 2 MB)

Document type

policy

Themes

Urban Policy > Urban environment

Keywords

Urban renewal