Abstract
Public procurement for build environment is the issue which is important but controversial. The works are expected to
achieve well organized circumstance with saving budget. Especially, in recent Japan, it is becoming more difficult, because
they have to set up new condition to prepare the aging society under the huge pressure of cutting budget. The former part of
this paper explains that the recent situation of the procurement for public building in Japan to compare with other country,
such as France and UK. The later part of the paper points out some important issues to overcome these difficulties with
referring some practices in the reconstruction works from the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011.
