Demystifying Architectural Research

Chapter 23Procurement

WALTER MENTETH, WALTER MENTETH ARCHITECTS

CONTRIBUTOR PROFILE: WALTER MENTETH

Walter Menteth is Director of Walter Menteth Architects and a Senior Lecturer at the Portsmouth School of Architecture. He is also a Director of Project Compass CIC (community interest company), an RIBA National Councillor, Chair of the Trustees of the North Southwark Environment Trust, a member of the Cabinet Office SME (small- and medium-sized enterprises) Panel 2011–15, and was Chair of the RIBA Procurement Reform Group 2011–13.

How clients acquire professional services and construction works – and how an architect works within the procurement process – affects outcomes, quality, efficiencies, scoping, terms of employment and contract ...