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The RIBA has decided against calling for the Garden Bridge to be halted pending an investigation into the way it was procured.

Members of RIBA Council instead agreed a scaled-back motion demanding 鈥渇ull and detailed independent scrutiny鈥� to establish whether the procurement process was 鈥渇air, transparent and in accordance with the law鈥�.

The revised motion was proposed by Roger Shrimplin after Mark Kemp and other members said they did not want to put the 拢175m bridge on hold.

The original motion, with its call to suspend the project, was proposed by procurement campaigner Walter Menteth and backed by the RIBA鈥檚 London region last month.

But RIBA president Jane Duncan, who previously demanded the project be halted but has since changed her stance, said: 鈥淚 don鈥檛 want the RIBA to be seen as antagonistic but as open to working with the new mayor.鈥�

She is confident of securing a meeting with Sadiq Khan after TfL asked her for the RIBA鈥檚 help in improving its procurement processes, which she described as 鈥渜uite an offer鈥�.

Past president Stephen Hodder said it was an 鈥渙pportunity we should take鈥�. He added: 鈥淲e should use that to open the door to TfL and use it in a positive way to engage in discussion with them about future procurement.鈥�

TfL has been severely criticised for the advantages apparently given to Heatherwick Studio during the procurement process. Marks Barfield and Wilkinson Eyre also entered a design competition for the job.

Khan has expressed concerns about the process but has ultimately backed the bridge, saying too much money has been spent for it to be shelved now.