Methodology

 Approximately 10 contracts were selected representing:

•   completed and ongoing construction projects

•   new builds and refurbishment projects

•   different departments and their facilities managers using OGC's list of major construction and  refurbishment projects to ID projects.

Visits by CPET to the selected Government estate construction projects were structured to include a preliminary discussion and follow up visits with key personnel involved in timber procurement and also included contract development and management, support and advice. In addition, follow up visits involved facility managers, if they are involved in the procurement of timber products.

The aim of the discussion was to establish:

•   Whether the policy was reflected in the contract

•   What measures were in place to implement the timber procurement policy requirements throughout the subcontracting chain

•   What information on timber quantities and sustainability could be made available for a report, if required, and the time and resources required to compile it.

•   What other mechanisms already exist (if any) which could provide the same or similar information.