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
UK design professionals skills and capacity to support a project from inception are often ignored, as any scheme adopted for public implementation will then be put out to competitive tender. This arises wherever a project is undertaken by ‘a body covered by public law’ which for example also includes all in receipt of more than 50% public funding. As almost inevitably the original designers will be preclude, as the established competitive processes are highly restrictive, there is now therefore little motivation for design professionals to initiate and nurture projects from inception.
The letter proposes the regulations be clarified to permit better public engagement and better security for designers IP (intellectual property) and does so by advocating that more flexible procurement practices be adopted allowing peer reviewing as a validation methodology, to provide the required legal clarification.
Original language | English |
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Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Project Compass |
Publisher | Project Compass CIC |
Publication status | Published - 8 Nov 2017 |
Documents
- 17_11_08_GLA_LD_Letter
Final published version, 327 KB, PDF document
Licence: Unspecified
Related information
Outputs
Public Interest Challenge and Garden Bridge
Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Letter
Call for the revocation of the RIBA Honorary Fellowship awarded to Boris Johnson
Research output: Other contribution
Good riddance to the Garden Bridge: an eye-watering waste of public funds
Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article
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
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
Project Compass
Research output: Non-textual form › Web publication/site
Introduction
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Other chapter contribution
EU green paper on the modernisation of EU public procurement policy: towards a more efficient European procurement market: response paper
Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
Activities
The Thames Garden Bridge: A summary Chronology
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
Early research enquiry commencing investigation into London's Thames Garden Bridge
Activity: Consultancy types › Consultancy
Media
Thames Garden Bridge project
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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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