Over the past decade a process has evolved to facilitate the delivery of benefits to project clients - benefits management. Benefits management originated in information system (IS) projects ([24] OGC, 2006a). The catalyst for its emergence has been the poor performance of IS projects to deliver intended benefits and a recognition that there was significant scope for improvement in the management of IT project benefits ([34] Ward et al. , 1996). The advantages of benefits management has meant that its application has spread to different industries including human resources and change programmes ([24] OGC, 2006a). Interestingly, a review of the literature on benefits management provides no evidence of its application to construction projects.