The key thrust of the Achieving Excellence in Construction initiative is the delivery of best value for money. This is not the lowest cost but the best balance of quality and whole life cost to meet the user requirement. As part of this initiative, the Achieving Excellence Initiative for Northern Ireland has been prepared by the Government Construction Client Group (GCCG) and endorsed by the Executive Committee of the Northern Ireland Assembly.

PDF copies of the OGC Achieving Excellence Guides are available to download from the Office of Government Commerce's website.

The National Audit Office's Modernising Construction Report (pdf, 1.6mb) on modernising construction is about how the procurement and delivery of construction projects in the United Kingdom can be modernised with benefits for all of the Construction Industry as well as for the clients.

[page last updated 17 February 2010]