Make post-occupancy evaluation mandatory for public buildings, government told

Alan Jones

Architects urgently need to learn from good and bad projects, says RIBA president

The government must insist on post-occupancy evaluations (POE) for all publicly funded buildings, RIBA president Alan Jones said today.

Architects must learn from their mistakes as well as from best practice, he added.

“We would all benefit from an approach that made it easier to learn from both successful and more troubled projects via post-occupancy evaluation,” he said. “To observers from other sectors, this sounds obvious. We need to embrace a culture of accountability and continuous improvement.”

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