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

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The government must insist on post-occupancy evaluations (POE) for all publicly funded buildings, RIBA president Alan Jones said today. Ministers should investigate how the Building Regulations could be amended to include POE, he added. Architects must learn from their mistakes as well as from best practice, said Jones. “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.”