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Incoming RIBA president Angela Brady has called on the current government shake-up of procurement to reinstate architects鈥� traditional role as project leaders.

Speaking to 好色先生TV ahead of the start of her two-year stint in charge of the institute鈥檚 42,000 members on Thursday, Brady said the combined impact of BIM and localism would help architects 鈥渞e-engage鈥� with clients and lead better integrated teams from the start of a job to its finish.

锘縒e have the leadership qualities needed. I think the industry wants us to lead it

Angela Brady, RIBA president

She admitted that some architects had been poor at managing cost in the past but said BIM would help tackle this.

鈥淲e are the innovators who have the leadership qualities needed 鈥� I think the industry wants us to lead [it],鈥� she said.

鈥淢any people have said to me 鈥榃here are you architects? You are the ones who could pick up the phone to politicians鈥�. We are the only profession that can deal with a job from inception to completion.鈥�

Brady - co-founder of Brady Mallalieu Architects and a former design champion at the London Development Agency - claimed the RIBA鈥檚 regional structure could help it become a key player in delivering localism.

鈥淲e are best placed to deliver [localism], with a network of over 40,000 architects,鈥� she said.

She pledged to be an 鈥渙utward-looking鈥� president seeking cross-industry campaigns including one on reform of public-sector procurement. 鈥淚t is wasteful,鈥� she said. 鈥淭he tick-box approach is responsible and means that design and quality are not at the top.鈥�

In June, chief construction adviser Paul Morrell raised the prospect that BIM could herald the return of architects to the role of 鈥渕aster builder鈥� although he warned practices to check their balance sheets first.

Peter Rogers, director at Stanhope, said: 鈥淭oo often institutions are about mediocrity. If Brady鈥檚 agenda is for the RIBA to be brave and to stand out, good luck to her.鈥�