Why engaging with procurement is fundamental: unlocking capacity and talent to deliver better quality and sustainability

Walter Menteth

Why engaging with procurement is fundamental: unlocking capacity and talent to deliver better quality and sustainability

Walter Menteth

Centre for Blue Governance

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review

Abstract

At RIBA Stage 0 a better understanding of how public works are acquired and how architects may impact this process is particularly important not just for those advising clients and those seeking to obtain such commissions, but equally for qualitatively improving wider architectural culture and social values.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Defining Contemporary Professionalism
Subtitle of host publication	For Architects in Practice and Education
Editors	Alan Jones, Rob Hyde
Place of Publication	London
Publisher	RIBA Publishing
Chapter	45
Pages	174-177
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-85946-848-7
ISBN (Print)	9781859468470
Publication status	Published - 1 Sept 2019

Keywords

procurement
competition
professional learning
professional practice
professionalism
professional development
architectural education
architectural competitions
architectural design
Construction procurement
construction
architecture

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

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8 Article
6 Chapter (peer-reviewed)
4 Book
4 Paper
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Competition Culture in Europe 2017-2020: Final Report
Menteth, W., Kristo, S., Turkusic Juric, E., Vasileva, A., Ioannou, O., Scanlon, E., Jansen, C. (Editor), de Jager, M. (Editor), Talman, B. (Editor) & van't Klooster, I. (Editor), 23 Jan 2021, Amsterdam: Architectuur Lokaal. 68 p.
Research output: Book/Report › Book

Open Access
Transforming public procurement: Response to the December 2020 Government Green paper
Menteth, W. & Curtis, R., Mar 2021, London: Project Compass CIC. 18 p.
Research output: Book/Report › Monograph › peer-review

Open Access
VAT reform would promote CO2 emissions reductions, more sustainable building & cost nothing – so why the delay: a Project Compass response to the Climate and Biodiversity Emergency objectives defined in ARCHITECTS DECLARE
Menteth, W., 26 Jul 2019, Project Compass 4 p.
Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article

Open Access
File
Competition Culture in Europe: Voices
Menteth, W. (Editor), 26 May 2018, London: Project Compass CIC. 156 p.
Research output: Book/Report › Book

Open Access
File
Competitions and the confusion of words
Menteth, W., 26 May 2018, Competition Culture in Europe: Voices. Menteth, W. (ed.). London : Project Compass CIC, p. 142-147 6 p.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review

Open Access
File

3 Invited talk

Lecture on Public Construction Procurement
Menteth, W. (Speaker)
7 Jul 2019
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Public Procurement lecture at the University of Birmingham
Menteth, W. (Invited speaker)
13 Sept 2018
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Architects meet in Fuoribiennale 5th Edition
Menteth, W. (Keynote speaker)
25 May 2018
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk

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Menteth, W. (2019). Why engaging with procurement is fundamental: unlocking capacity and talent to deliver better quality and sustainability. In A. Jones, & R. Hyde (Eds.), Defining Contemporary Professionalism: For Architects in Practice and Education (pp. 174-177). RIBA Publishing. https://www.ribabookshops.com/item/defining-contemporary-professionalism-for-architects-in-practice-and-education/40076/

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Defining Contemporary Professionalism: For Architects in Practice and Education. ed. / Alan Jones; Rob Hyde. London: RIBA Publishing, 2019. p. 174-177.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review

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Why engaging with procurement is fundamental: unlocking capacity and talent to deliver better quality and sustainability

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