Owner

In very broad terms, an 'owner' is a person or organisation who has the rightful title to something such as property, i.e. the property belongs to them.

In the construction industry, the term 'owner' typically refers to the person or organisation that owns a built asset (such as a building, bridge, tunnel, etc.) or land. But it may also refer to ownership of the components of a project. This can be important, for example, in determining whether a ownership of a component lies with a supplier or whether it has transferred to the client.

Project 13, an Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) - led initiative to boost certainty and productivity in the delivery of infrastructure, defines an infrastructure owner as:

The term may also refer to a person or organisation that 'owns' (or is responsible for) a project or part of a project.

For example, on publicly-funded projects, the senior responsible owner (SRO) (sometimes referred to as the 'project owner') is the individual responsible for the success of the project:

(Ref. Achieving Excellence Guide 2 - Project Organisation.)

When the owner of a building also resides in it, they are referred to as the ‘owner occupier’.

A homeowner is a person who owns a home, whether an apartment or house.

NB the English Heritage, Heritage at Risk Register list the following ownership categories:

• Charity
• Commercial company
• Commercial company, multiple owners
• Crown
• Local authority
• Local authority, multiple owners
• Mixed, multiple owners
• Other not for profit group
• Private
• Educational (independent)
• Educational (state sector)
• English Heritage
• Government or agency
• Health authority
• Historic England
• Private, multiple owners
• Religious organisation
• Trust
• Unknown
• Utility

Ref https://historicengland.org.uk/advice/heritage-at-risk/search-register/key-to-terms-and-abbreviations/

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• Customer.
• Forest ownership
• Home owner.
• Home ownership
• Infrastructure investor.
• Integrator.
• Land registry.
• Off site materials.
• Owner occupier.
• Potential owner.
• Privity of title.
• Project 13.
• Project sponsor.
• Property ownership
• Property.
• Retention of title in construction.
• Senior responsible owner.
• Shared ownership
• Stamp duty land tax.
• The rise of multiple property ownership in Britain.
• Title.
• Vesting certificate.