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The process of building evaluation in large institutional settings is presented in the context of a fundamental intervention assumption and its attendant implications. "Feedback from evaluation research is most useful if it is asked for by those who are intended to use it," is the assumption used as a backdrop to help describe evaluation programs in the New Zealand Ministry of Works and Development and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The assumption and implications are presented first as generic concerns, then as illustrated through the specific case studies, and finally in terms of future directions in building evaluation research. The entire article is an elaboration on the idea that building evaluation has a central role to play in institutional development and maintenance.

""Time Saver Standards for Urban Design", in the tradition of the "Time-Saver Standards" series, is the world's foremost professional reference on the physical design of cities and urban places including communities and civic and public places. Scope of the work is international and topics include preservation, renewal, patterns of settlement and sustainability. Key Features include: international coverage including recent European and Asian sustainability initiatives; topics from allied disciplines such as transportation engineering, bioregionalism and environmental engineering; heavily illustrated. The prestigious contributors include Alan Plattus, Dean of the College of Architecture, Yale University.".