‘The near-term outlook remains strong for architects’ – but confidence is waning
"Shortages of materials, tradespeople, contractors and architects – for those seeking to recruit – are putting significant pressures and delays to the delivery of projects," says the RIBA. "This is fuelling project cost inflation, making estimating and managing project costs exceptionally challenging.
Architects’ workloads rise again, but ‘confidence is softening across the board’
Shortages of construction materials continue to disrupt project delivery, as does a growing lack of on-site fitters and skilled tradespeople
Resi sector leads ‘a significant turnaround in architects’ confidence’
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