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To achieve improved whole life value through the promotion of best practice construction procurement and supply side integration, by encouraging the adoption of the Construction Commitments in both the public and private sectors and throughout the supply chain.

The overall objective of good design is to ensure that buildings, infrastructure, public spaces and places are buildable, fit for purpose, resource efficient, sustainable, resilient, adaptable and attractive. Good design is synonymous with sustainable construction.

The aim is to achieve greater use of design quality assessment tools relevant to buildings, infrastructure, public spaces and places

To enhance the industry’s capacity to innovate and increase the sustainability of both the construction process and its resultant assets.

The aim to increase organisations commitment to a planned approach to training (e.g. Skills Pledges; training plans; Investors in People or other business support tools; Continuous Professional Development (CPD); life long learning).
Reduce the incidence rate of fatal and major injury accidents by 10% year on year from 2000 levels.
Better Regulation

A 25% reduction in the administrative burdens affecting the private and third sectors, a 30% reduction in those affecting the public sector by 2010.

Reducing total UK carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by at least 60% on 1990 levels by 2050 and by at least 26% by 2020. Within this, the Government has already set out its policy that new homes will be zero carbon from 2016, and an ambition that new schools, public sector non-domestic buildings and other non-domestic buildings will be zero carbon from 2016, 2018 and 2019 respectively.

To develop a robust approach to adaptation to climate change, shared across Government.

To assist with the Future Water vision to reduce per capita consumption of water in the home through cost effective measures, to an average of 130 litres per person per day by 2030, or possibly even 120 litres per person per day depending on new technological developments and innovation.

That the conservation and enhancement of biodiversity within and around construction sites is considered throughout all stages of a development.

By 2012, a 50% reduction of construction, demolition and excavation waste to landfill compared to 2008.

That the materials used in construction have the least environmental and social impact as is feasible both socially and economically.