Tag : Upper Orwell Crossings
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RIBA under fire over secret Ipswich bridges reviewSubscription
Competition organisers and campaigners have criticised the RIBA for refusing to publish the findings of an internal review of its own competitions office following the collapse of the Ipswich Upper Orwell Crossings project
Full cost of Ipswich’s Upper Orwell Crossings fiasco revealedSubscription
Suffolk County Council has detailed the total cost of the Upper Orwell Crossings. The Foster + Partners project was scrapped amid rising costs following a much-criticised RIBA competition
Axed Fosters bridge prompts calls for RIBA competitions reviewSubscription
The leader of Suffolk County Council’s Labour group has demanded a ‘root and branch review’ of RIBA competitions after the Upper Orwell Crossings project was scrapped amid rising costs
Foster + Partners’ Ipswich bridge set to be scrappedSubscription
Councillors will next week vote on whether to scrap the main element of Foster + Partners’ controversial £139 million multi-bridge scheme in Ipswich
Cost of Fosters’ Ipswich bridge project rockets by £43mSubscription
The cost of the Upper Orwell Crossings, won by Foster + Partners following a highly controversial RIBA competition, has jumped by more than 40 per cent to £139 million, the local council has admitted
Foster + Partners’ contentious Ipswich bridge project put on holdSubscription
Foster + Partners’ contentious £100 million bridge project for the River Orwell in Ipswich has been put on hold by Suffolk County Council due to fears over rising costs
RIBA competitions blasted following Ipswich revelations Subscription
The former chair of the RIBA Procurement Reform Group, Walter Menteth, has launched a scathing attack on the institute’s competition service after the AJ uncovered serious irregularities in its Upper Orwell Crossings contest
Questions raised about how Fosters won Ipswich bridge competitionSubscription
The UK’s biggest practice won a £100 million bridge project after it was allowed to reduce its fee bid. Merlin Fulcher investigates
