Demystifying Architectural Research

Chapter 21Working as an Expert Witness

GORDON GIBB, GIBB ARCHITECTS LTD

CONTRIBUTOR PROFILE: GORDON GIBB

Gordon Gibb set up Gibb Architects immediately after his Part 3, before studying Law and accepting a part-time appointment to teach Professional Studies. As part of the ARB/RIBA Working Group he rewrote the Part 3 criteria, before being elected to the ARB as Vice Chair. He acts as an adjudicator and mediator, and is a consultant for the RIAS.

Traditionally when things go wrong in construction – even if the architect is only partly to blame – their professional indemnity insurance can be involved, simply because suing an insured party is more likely to achieve some level of success. In the past the architect often stood alone. Increasingly, ...