Governments Poor Performance

Only 9% of works on Government Buildings met their own standards for 2005-06 according to reports in Building Magazine.

The embarrassing findings have been released following a review by a Commons committee. Despite the standards set by BREEAM in 2002, and the requirements that the guidelines be followed, only a relatively small number of projects seem to have undergone the assessment.

Only 35% of new build and 18% of major refurbishments have actually undergone a BREEAM assessment.

These figures are extremely disappointing for the Government who should be trailblazing, instead of what appears to be a bit of dithering about.