The Prime Minister’s Award for Better Public Building is a special category within the British Construction Industry Awards (BCIA), and is part of the Better Public Building initiative launched by the Prime Minister in October 2000.
The Prime Minister’s Award itself is jointly sponsored by the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment CABE (a DCMS sponsored NDPB) and the Office for Government Commerce.
In 2006, OGC and CABE each paid £10,000 to sponsor the award. This primarily covered the costs of a rigorous assessment process, including site visits to each shortlisted project. CABE spent a further £65,000 on a campaign to launch the 2006 award.