Thames Garden Bridge project
Press/Media: Expert Comment
References
Title | BBC London Alice Bhandhukravi update on Garden Bridge |
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Media name/outlet | BBC London |
Media type | Television |
Date | 18/08/16 |
Description | Walter Menteth Interview BBC London Alice Bhandhukravi update on Garden Bridge 28 Aug 2016 |
URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXI0bqP3048 |
Persons | Walter Menteth |
Title | Thames Garden Bridge news report |
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Media name/outlet | BBC London |
Media type | Television |
Country | United Kingdom |
Date | 17/08/16 |
Description | Interview on 6:30 BBC London News report 17 Aug. 2016 into the Thames Garden Bridge |
Persons | Walter Menteth |
Title | Reporting the RIBA councils call for Garden Bridge procurement to be investigated |
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Media name/outlet | The Architects' Journal |
Media type | Web |
Country | United Kingdom |
Date | 29/06/16 |
Description | Menteth tabled a revised motion that RIBA has passed calling for an official probe into the procurement of Heatherwick Studio’s £175m Garden Bridge |
URL | https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/riba-council-calls-for-garden-bridge-procurement-to-be-investigated/10008157.article |
Persons | Walter Menteth |
Title | Citation of publication and legal opinion |
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Media name/outlet | The Architects' Journal |
Media type | Web |
Country | United Kingdom |
Date | 1/03/16 |
Description | Garden Bridge contests 'legally defective throughout'. Barrister and procurement specialist damns TfL’s selection process as new report calls for independent investigation |
URL | www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/garden-bridge-contests-legally-defective-throughout/10003526.article?blocktitle=Most-commented&contentID=-1 |
Persons | Walter Menteth |
Title | London’s Garden Bridge faces mounting opposition by Kate Allen, Barney Thompson and Conor Sullivan |
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Media name/outlet | The Financial Times |
Media type | Web |
Country | United Kingdom |
Date | 4/10/15 |
Description | Project loses political support amid uncertainty over funding and how design contract was awarded |
URL | www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a628da52-681e-11e5-a155-02b6f8af6a62.html#axzz3nsG9qKf2 |
Persons | Walter Menteth |
Title | London garden bridge project in jeopardy amid funding row |
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Media name/outlet | The Guardian |
Media type | Web |
Country | United Kingdom |
Date | 24/09/15 |
Description | Impacts arising from the presentations made to and deliberations by the GLA Scrutiny panel of 17 Sept 2015 |
URL | www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/sep/24/london-garden-bridge-project-in-jeopardy-amid-funding-row |
Persons | Walter Menteth |
Title | Expert Witness_TfL grilled over ‘unfair’ Garden Bridge contest |
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Media name/outlet | The London Assembly |
Media type | Web |
Country | United Kingdom |
Date | 18/09/15 |
Description | Greater London Authority (GLA) members have accused Transport for London (TfL) of ‘unfair’ procurement procedures after hearing from expert witnesses. |
URL | www.architectsjournal.co.uk/tfl-grilled-over-unfair-garden-bridge-contest/8689087.article?blocktitle=Top-story&contentID=14302 |
Persons | Walter Menteth |
Title | Expert Witness_GLA committee to scrutinise Garden Bridge procurement |
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Media name/outlet | The Architects Journal |
Media type | Web |
Country | United Kingdom |
Date | 17/09/15 |
Description | The Greater London Authority (GLA) is to grill experts later today over whether Transport for London (TfL) ‘played fair’ when awarding the design contract for the Garden Bridge |
URL | www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/daily-news/watch-live-gla-committee-to-scrutinise-garden-bridge-procurement/8689079.article |
Persons | Walter Menteth |
Title | London's garden bridge: the end of the road? |
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Media name/outlet | The Guardian |
Media type | Web |
Country | United Kingdom |
Date | 17/09/15 |
Description | Report on outcomes arising from the GLA Scrutiny Committee meeting of 17 Sept 2015 into the Garden Bridge |
URL | www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/architecture-design-blog/2015/oct/01/london-garden-bridge-lambeth-council-tfl-funding-end-of-road |
Persons | Walter Menteth |
Title | TfL's Garden Bridge probe slammed as a 'whitewash' |
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Media name/outlet | Architect's Journal |
Media type | Web |
Country | United Kingdom |
Date | 17/09/15 |
Description | Report covering outputs arising from the GLA Scrutiny committee meeting of 17 Sept 2015 |
URL | www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/tfl-garden-bridge-probe-was-sanitised/8689652.article |
Persons | Walter Menteth |
Title | Chancellor urged mayor to fund Garden Bridge. |
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Media name/outlet | The Architect's Journal |
Media type | Web |
Country | United Kingdom |
Date | 3/07/15 |
Description | Newly released correspondence has revealed Boris Johnson’s doubts over £30 million grant and underwriting maintenance costs |
URL | www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/chancellor-urged-mayor-to-fund-garden-bridge/8685714.article |
Persons | Walter Menteth |
Title | Heatherwick’s Garden Bridge sucked into election fray |
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Media name/outlet | The Architect's Journal |
Media type | Web |
Country | United Kingdom |
Date | 1/05/15 |
Description | Thomas Heatherwick’s controversial Garden Bridge project has been dragged into to the General Election debate after shadow chancellor Ed Balls called for a review of the procurement |
URL | www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/daily-news/heatherwicks-garden-bridge-sucked-into-election-fray/8682410.article |
Persons | Walter Menteth |
Title | Boris refuses independent audit of Garden Bridge procurement |
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Media name/outlet | The Architect's Journal |
Media type | Web |
Country | United Kingdom |
Date | 25/03/15 |
Description | London mayor likens Heatherwick to Michelangelo as he is forced to respond to AJ’s FOI revelations |
URL | www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/daily-news/boris-refuses-independent-audit-of-garden-bridge-procurement/8680486.article |
Persons | Walter Menteth |
Title | Is the tide turning on London’s planned garden bridge? |
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Media name/outlet | World Architecture News |
Media type | Web |
Country | United Kingdom |
Date | 10/03/15 |
Description | More questions asked about the scheme’s viability |
URL | www.worldarchitecturenews.com/project/2015/25357/wan-editorial/garden-bridge-in-london.html |
Persons | Walter Menteth |
Title | Heatherwick’s London Garden Bridge bid ‘given unfair advantage’ |
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Media name/outlet | The Independent |
Media type | Web |
Country | United Kingdom |
Date | 8/03/15 |
Description | The divisive Garden Bridge project across the Thames designed by Thomas Heatherwick is mired in further controversy after it emerged the competition, run by Transport for London, may have given Heatherwick questionably high marks for his “relevant design experience”. |
URL | www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/heatherwicks-london-garden-bridge-bid-given-unfair-advantage-10094478.html?origin=internalSearch |
Persons | Walter Menteth |
Title | London garden Bridge project under fire |
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Media name/outlet | Financial Times |
Media type | Web |
Country | United Kingdom |
Date | 6/03/15 |
Description | Fresh controversy is muddying the waters around Boris Johnson’s planned £175m garden bridge over the Thames amid questions about the fairness of the procurement process. |
URL | www.ft.com/cms/s/0/fbdd5c72-c407-11e4-a02e-00144feab7de.html |
Persons | Walter Menteth |
Title | Critics accuse TfL of ‘pre-judging’ 2013 Garden Bridge contest |
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Media name/outlet | The Architect's Journal |
Media type | Web |
Country | United Kingdom |
Date | 6/03/15 |
Description | Heatherwick outscored Wilkinson Eyre on bridge design experience, FOI response reveals |
URL | www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/daily-news/critics-accuse-tfl-of-pre-judging-2013-garden-bridge-contest/8679602.article |
Persons | Walter Menteth |
Related information
Outputs
Public Interest Challenge and Garden Bridge
Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Letter
Good riddance to the Garden Bridge: an eye-watering waste of public funds
Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article
Muddy Waters "Jobs for the boys": London's proposed Thames Garden Bridge
Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article
Thames Garden Bridge: procurement issues
Research output: Book/Report › Monograph › peer-review
Open letter to the Greater London Assembly from eighteen London architects: Reporting oversight on the Thames Garden Bridge, London
Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Letter
Project Compass
Research output: Non-textual form › Web publication/site
Borrowing from IT: The search for improved procurement methods seems perennial. But there are better ways
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Public construction procurement trends 2009-2014
Research output: Book/Report › Monograph › peer-review
Procurement: case studies
Research output: Book/Report › Book
Design contest guidance: for selecting architects and design teams
Research output: Book/Report › Book
Flying by the seat of their pants: there have been significant recent revelations about the Thames Garden Bridge in London and the Garden Bridge Trusts structure and funding
Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article
Call for the revocation of the RIBA Honorary Fellowship awarded to Boris Johnson
Research output: Other contribution
Activities
The Thames Garden Bridge: A summary Chronology
Activity: Consultancy types › Consultancy
Early research enquiry commencing investigation into London's Thames Garden Bridge
Activity: Consultancy types › Consultancy
Submission of Evidence to the National Audit Office investigation: The Department for Transport’s funding of Garden Bridge
Activity: Consultancy types › Consultancy
Impacts
London’s Thames Garden Bridge Public procurement
Impact: Cultural & Creative Impacts, Economic & Commercial Impacts, Public Policy Impacts, Public Discourse Impacts, Societal Impacts
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