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Yes - I recently read a comment on this by Robert Sakula and he was not the first to lament the fact that OJEU contracts are awarded not on design quality but on the size of the firm, the amount of insurance cover etc. But alas i seems that when the rules were being written at the European level, local architects' bodies in the Member States were not paying attention. Getting the rules changed now, if they even can be, looks like an ardous and unfulfilling uphill struggle. In future, dear Colleagues, I suggest less mindless Euro-scepticisim and a much closer engagement - especially by the RIBA - in the writing of European regulations and procedures.