Constructing Excellence unveils Value Toolkit for better decision making

The leading government and industry-backed initiative driving a ‘value first’ approach in construction. The Value Toolkit was previously distributed by the Construction Innovation Hub, following collaboration between industry and government on its development. 

The Building Research Establishment (BRE) – which runs Constructing Excellence nationally – has been responsible for facilitating the transition of the Value Toolkit to Constructing Excellence to ensure its continued uptake across industry, and continues to play a crucial role in the roll-out of the Toolkit, alongside several other leading organisations in the built environment. The transition ensures that the Toolkit remains an essential resource for embedding value-based decision-making across the sector.

Designed to support clients, policymakers, and project teams, the Value Toolkit enables organisations to define, deliver, and manage outcomes. Its adoption supports a focus on long-term value rather than short-term costs.

Developed with input from over 200 partners across industry and government, the Toolkit has already empowered clients in both the public and private sectors, including Bristol City Council and East Sussex County Council, to make better-informed decisions, achieving outcomes that contribute positively to the built environment.

The move from the Construction Innovation Hub to Constructing Excellence ensures the resources remain freely accessible and positioned for widespread adoption. With its extensive network and shared commitment to driving value in the built environment, Constructing Excellence has also convened a cohort of leading institutions, organisations and individuals involved in the development of the Toolkit to facilitate uptake across industry and embed its ethos in industry culture and practices.

This development underscores the construction industry’s collective commitment to a culture of value creation—one that prioritises the whole-life value of assets and delivers meaningful environmental, social, and economic outcomes for people, places, and the planet.

Today’s announcement coincides with the Constructing Excellence Annual Conference taking place today, bringing together key decision makers from across the Constructing Excellence Movement and wider construction industry.

Jane Goddard, Building Managing Director of Building Performance Services and Deputy CEO at BRE E, said:
“Today’s news reaffirms BRE’s, along with Constructing Excellence’s, commitment to driving value-based decision-making which focuses on the broader outcomes of built assets beyond cost. The Value Toolkit is a crucial mechanism to ensuring the construction sector is a community which prioritises the value of environmental, economical, and societal outcomes of buildings and projects. We are pleased to have been involved in the Toolkit’s development from the outset alongside industry and government; its impact so far has been significant, enabling those in the private and public sectors to make more informed decisions about their projects.