in 2008, the department for communities and local government commissioned cabe to check on progress and provide an independent view of quality in the thames gateway. cabe carried out a quality audit using building for life. the government's aspiration was that in 2010, no scheme in the thames gateway should achieve fewer than 10 criteria out of 20, and at least 50% of schemes should achieve more than 14 out of the 20 criteria. by 2015, 100% of schemes in the thames gateway should achieve a score of 14 out of the 20 criteria.