posted on 2017-05-25, 13:14authored byTom Cartigny, Wayne Lord
This paper evaluates the rationale behind the UK Public Services (Social Value) Act to postulate a definition of ‘social value’ and its application to construction and enable authorities to implement it. A comprehensive literature review has been undertaken and publications on existing methods of measurement have been reviewed and discussed to provide a comprehensive summary. The literature review revealed that communities could benefit from a series of direct and indirect impacts on individual people as well as the social efficacy of the whole community as a result of implementing the Act. The intention of the Act is to provide additional social benefits that provide added value, not in the monetary sense of the word but as a broader impact to the local area. However, these types of contract conditions benefit local contractors, which conflicts with the EU’s single market legislation.
History
School
Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering
Published in
Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Management, Procurement and Law
Pages
1 - 8
Citation
CARTIGNY, T. and LORD, W.E., 2017. Defining social value in the UK construction industry. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Management, Procurement and Law, 170 (3), pp. 107-114.
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Acceptance date
2016-10-20
Publication date
2017
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