Assessment

Guide to developing the project business case, Better business cases: for better outcomes, published by HM Treasury in 2018, suggests that ‘assessment’: ‘May refer to either an appraisal or an evaluation.’

Where an appraisal is: ‘…the process of defining objectives, examining options and weighing up the relevant costs, benefits, risks and uncertainties before a decision is made.’

And an evaluation is: ‘…the systematic assessment of an intervention, its design, implementation and resulting outcomes both during implementation and most importantly afterwards.’

In the construction industry, types of assessment might include:

• Climate change risk assessment.
• Community needs assessment.
• Delivery model assessment.
• Ecological impact assessment.
• Energy assessment.
• Environmental impact assessment.
• Facility condition assessment.
• Fire risk assessment.
• Flood risk assessment.
• Habitats regulations assessment.
• Landscape character assessment.
• Life-cycle assessment.
• Market health and capability assessment.
• Needs assessment.
• Noise at work assessment.
• Regulatory impact assessment.
• Residential visual amenity assessment.
• Risk assessment.
• Section 63 assessment.
• Strategic environmental assessment.
• Supplier assessment.
• Tender price assessment.
• Townscape character assessment.
• Transport assessment.

[edit] Related articles on Designing Buildings Wiki

• Business case.
• Business plan.
• Development appraisal.
• Green book.
• Preliminary business case.
• Procurement.
• Public procurement.