About the Prime Minister's Award
The Better Public Building initiative has been celebrated each year since 2001 by the Prime Minister’s Better Public Building Award which rewards excellence in both design and procurement from across the public sector.
The judges look for high-quality design; efficient procurement; economic and social value; good team work between client, designer and contractor; sound financial management; whole-life value for money; client satisfaction; and sustainability.
The Prime Minister’s Better Public Building Award is a special category within the BCIA. When you enter your project for the BCIA, you should indicate its eligibility for the Prime Minister’s Award. All projects shortlisted for other BCIA categories that fulfil the necessary criteria are automatically entered for the Prime Minister’s Award.
The shortlist for the 2010 PM’s Award was announced on 17 June and the winner will be announced on 13 October 2010.
The judging panel for 2010
- Iain Coucher (chair) - chief executive, Network Rail
- Professor Paul Jowitt (deputy chair) - president, Institution of Civil Engineers
- Philip Dilley - group chairman, Arup
- Sir Jeremy Dixon - chair, Dixon Jones
- Paul Dollin - managing director: design and engineering, Atkins
- Katrina Dowding - corporate projects manager, Skanska, and chair, NAWIC
- Hugh Ferguson - deputy director general, Institution of Civil Engineers
- Paul Finch OBE - chair, CABE
- Hanif Kara - partner, Adams Kara Taylor
- Rory Olcayto - features editor, Architects’ Journal
- Antony Oliver - editor, New Civil Engineer
- Jane Priestman - design management consultant
- Philip Singleton - divisional director: major sites, London Borough of Newham
- Mark Stevenson - chief executive, Gifford
- Chris Webster - chief operating officer, Amey
Special advisors to the judges for the Prime Minister’s Better Public Building Award
- John Ioannou - head of commercial delivery, construction, OGC
- Peter Maxwell - head of public buildings, CABE
- Denis Walker - head of construction sector unit, BIS
The Prime Minister’s Better Public Building Award is sponsored jointly by CABE, the Office of Government Commerce (OGC) and the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS).
Sponsors
CABE is the government’s advisor on architecture, urban design and public space. As a public body, it encourages policymakers to create places that work for people. It helps local planners apply national design policy and offers expert advice to developers and architects. It shows public sector clients how to commission buildings that meet the needs of their users. And it seeks to inspire the public to demand more from their buildings and spaces. Advising, influencing and inspiring, it works to create well-designed, welcoming places.
The Office of Government Commerce is part of the Efficiency and Reform Group within the Cabinet Office.
The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills is building a dynamic and competitive UK economy by: creating the conditions for business success; promoting innovation, enterprise and science; and giving everyone the skills and opportunities to succeed. To achieve this it will foster world-class universities and promote an open global economy.