Better Public Building

How to enter

The Prime Minister's Better Public Building Award is now in its sixth year. The award - jointly sponsored by the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment and the Office for Government Commerce - recognises both design and procurement excellence in building projects from across the public sector.

Pre-register for the 2007 PM's Award

If you have a project which is eligible but won't be completed until next year, please send your email details to pmsaward@cabe.org.uk to pre-register for the 2007 Prime Minister's Award.

Main criteria for the award

Read the criteria and decide which of your projects might be eligible. It might not be the grandest or the most expensive, but the one you can proudly declare had the biggest impact on people's lives.

The project has to have been completed since 1 January 2005 and come into use by 31 January 2006.
The award is open to any project commissioned by or on behalf of central or local government or by a grant-aided organisation, regardless of size and budget.
Our judges look for high standards in design, construction, delivery and operational performance.

The PM's award is a special category within the British Construction Industry Awards. Enter your project in the BCIA and note its eligibility for the PM's award on the form. All the projects shortlisted for the BCIA that fulfil the relevant criteria are automatically put forward for the PM's award.

The judging panel

Mike Hussey (chairman)
Managing Director - London, Land Securities
Gordon Masterton (deputy chairman)
President, Institution of Civil Engineers
Rob Adams
Managing Director, Birse Civils
Rab Bennetts
Director, Bennetts Associates
Keith Clarke
Chief Executive, Atkins
Paul Finch OBE
Editor, Architectural Review
Antony Oliver
Editor, New Civil Engineer
Jane Priestman OBE
Design Management Consultant
Philip Singleton
City Design Advisor, Birmingham City Council
John Spanswick
Chairman and Chief Executive, Bovis Lend Lease
Mike Winney
Editor Emeritus, New Civil Engineer

The UK judges will be assissted by John Ioannou, Assistant Director, Guidance Skills and Contracts, OGC for the assessment of the Prime Minister's Better Public Building Award and Stephen Williams, Chief Inspector of Construction, HSE.