Interested party
BREEAM UK New Construction, Non-domestic Buildings (United Kingdom), Technical Manual, SD5078: BREEAM UK New Construction 2018 3.0, published by BRE Global Limited, suggests an interested party includes but is not limited to:
- Actual or intended building users (if known) including facilities management staff or those responsible for the day-to-day operation of the building and grounds.
- Representative consultation group from the existing community (if the building is a new development in an existing community) or for a community still under construction.
- Existing partnerships and networks that have knowledge of, and experience of working on, existing buildings of the same type.
- Potential users of any shared facilities, e.g. operators of clubs and community groups.
AND the following where relevant:
- In educational building types, representatives of local education authorities, board of governors etc.
- Local or national historic or heritage groups (over and above any requirements relating to statutory consultees).
- Specialist service and maintenance contractors or representatives where the building function has particular technical requirements in complex environments, e.g. buildings containing laboratories.
- For stations, passenger focus groups, train and station operations groups.
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