Guidance

Design standards: employer's requirements supporting documents

Documents in support of the Department for Education's employer's requirements.

• From: Department for Education
• Published: 11 February 2026

Applies to England

Documents

Soft landings checklist

MS Excel Spreadsheet, 201 KB

Soft landings guide

PDF, 288 KB, 16 pages

Training register

MS Excel Spreadsheet, 137 KB

Soft landings letter templates

MS Word Document, 170 KB

Lessons learned register

MS Excel Spreadsheet, 139 KB

Non conformance and observation register

MS Excel Spreadsheet, 154 KB

Defects register

MS Excel Spreadsheet, 149 KB

Integrated environmental design report

MS Word Document, 548 KB

Derogations and clarifications

MS Excel Spreadsheet, 168 KB

Building performance evaluation report

MS Excel Spreadsheet, 191 KB

Carbon report

MS Excel Spreadsheet, 223 KB

Capability and capacity assessment

MS Excel Spreadsheet, 258 KB

Information delivery plan

MS Excel Spreadsheet, 1.26 MB

Information delivery assurance

MS Excel Spreadsheet, 363 KB

Common data environment assurance

MS Excel Spreadsheet, 153 KB

Asset register assurance

MS Excel Spreadsheet, 1.05 MB

Details

These documents support the employer’s requirements for the School buildings: construction framework 2025.

Published 11 February 2026