Social Value in Construction Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of contents; List of illustrations; About the authors; Preface; Acknowledgements; Part 1 Principles and conceptual foundations; 1 Introduction; Social value in context; The language of social value; The economics of social value; Social procurement and social value; The political context of social value; The opportunity for industry leadership in social value; Defining the social value proposition of a construction project; Creating social value through the construction project life cycle; Creating social value in the design stage