Cartigny, T and Lord, W (2017) Defining social value in the UK construction industry. Proceedings of Institution of Civil Engineers: Management, Procurement and Law, 170(3), pp. 107-114. ISSN 17514304
Abstract
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.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | contracts & law; procurement; social impact |
| Index terms: | construction industry, social impact, social value, public services, added value, contract condition, local contractor, publication, literature review, legislation, social benefit |
| Subjects: | contract structure, industry analysis, administrative law, sociology, data analysis and analytics, theoretical framing, practitioner, research dissemination and communication, legal systems, economic analysis |
| Topics: | Legal Issues, Contract Administration, Urban Studies, Roles and Professions, Information Management, Research Practice |
| Descriptive scope: | 4 PCTA |
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