- Focuses the client and project team on the delivery of better value for money for the client, saving cost and reducing time.
- Creates a mutually acceptable and rewarding business relationship for clients and for the project team who increasingly offer better terms to Charter Clients.
- Substantially and progressively reduces the risk of cost and time overruns, defective buildings and unsatisfactory experience when in use.
Since the Charter was launched in October 2001, over 400 clients have registered. The Charter has been tailored to meet the specific needs of groups of clients including housing associations, local authorities and central government departments, as well as clients with smaller or less frequent construction and maintenance programmes through the development of the Mini-Charter. A number of private sector clients have also registered.
The Construction Clients’ Charter originated in July 2000 when the Deputy Prime Minister challenged the client community to draw up a charter that would set out the minimum standards they expected in construction procurement today, their aspirations for the future and a programme of steadily more demanding targets to drive up standards. The Construction Clients’ Charter has been designed to meet this challenge.
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