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The American Institute of Architects (AIA) has published its monthly Architecture Billings Index (ABI) report for the month of June, which registers slight growth in the demand for design services relative to the previous month after a season of steep declines due to... View full entry
The American Institute of Architects (AIA) has published the latest Architecture Billings Index (ABI) report capturing tepid demand for design services during the month of May as the economic fall out from the COVID-19 crisis continues. The report indicates that the demand for architectural... View full entry
The Architecture Billings Index (ABI) report published for the month of April by the American Institute of Architects (AIA) shows that a historic contraction within the architecture industry has intensified as the COVID-19 crisis continues in the United States. April ABI highlights... View full entry
The latest Architecture Billings Index (ABI) report published by the American Institute of Architects (AIA) shows that business for the architecture industry has taken a precipitous drop in the weeks since the COVID-19 crisis began to take hold in the United States. While February’s ABI... View full entry
The American Institute of Architects (AIA) has published its latest Architecture Billings Index (ABI) report, highlighting the healthy demand for design services on the eve of the COVID-19 pandemic. Generally speaking, February's ABI numbers paint a rosy picture for the industry. This, of... View full entry
The Architecture Billings Index (ABI) continued to show signs of growth in the month of January, continuing a modest year-end rally into the first quarter of 2020. January ABI highlights Architecture Billings Index Score for January: 52.2Project inquiries index: 57.9 Design contracts... View full entry
After a somewhat bumpy spring and summer, the Architecture Billings Index (ABI) closed out the year on a positive note with three consecutive months of modest growth. A strong winter Architecture Billings Index Score for December: 52.5Project inquiries index: 58.7Design contracts index: 53.4 A new... View full entry
The Architecture Billings Index (ABI) registered positive growth for American architecture firms during the month of November 2019. According to a newly published report from the American Institute of Architects (AIA), the ABI scored at 51.9 last month, signaling the second month of modest... View full entry
According to a recently published report from the American Institute of Architects (AIA), the Architecture Billings Index (ABI) is showing signs of a rebound after showing consistently mixed results over recent months. September's Architecture Billings Index: Better than August, but that's... View full entry
The latest compensation survey conducted by the American Institute of Architects (AIA) has found that in recent years, as demand for design services has increased and unemployment has fallen to historic lows, average pay for architecture staff has increased by over $10,000. The report credits a... View full entry
Demand for design services in July remained essentially flat in comparison to the previous month, according to a new report released today from The American Institute of Architects (AIA).
AIA’s Architecture Billings Index (ABI) score of 50.1 in July showed a small increase in design services since June, which was a score of 49.1.
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"The data is not the same as what we saw leading up to the last economic downturn, but the continued slowing across the board will undoubtedly impact architecture firms and the broader construction industry in the coming months," said AIA Chief Economist Kermit Baker, PhD, Hon. AIA. "A growing... View full entry
Demand for design services at architecture firms decreased in June in comparison to the previous month, according to a new report today from The American Institute of Architects (AIA).
AIA’s Architecture Billings Index (ABI) score for June was 49.1, which is down from 50.2 in May. Any score below 50 indicates a decrease in billings. Both the project inquiries index and the design contracts index continued to soften in June but remained positive.
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"With billings declining or flat for the last five months, it appears that we are settling in for a period of soft demand for design services," said AIA Chief Economist Kermit Baker, PhD, Hon. AIA. "With the new design contracts score reaching a 10-month low and the project inquiries score hitting... View full entry
Demand for design services in May remained essentially flat in comparison to the previous month, according to a new report [...] from The American Institute of Architects (AIA).
AIA’s Architecture Billings Index (ABI) score for May showed a small increase in design services at 50.2, which is slightly down from 50.5 in April. Any score above 50 indicates an increase in billings. Both the project inquiries index and the design contracts index softened in May but remained positive.
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"The last four consecutive months, firm billings have either decreased or been flat, the longest period of that level of sustained softness since 2012," said AIA Chief Economist Kermit Baker, PhD, Hon. AIA. "While both inquiries into new projects and the value of new design contracts remained... View full entry
Following a sizable decrease in demand for design services in March, the April Architecture Billings Index (ABI) climbed back into positive territory according to a new report today from The American Institute of Architects (AIA).
AIA’s ABI score for April showed a small increase in design services at 50.5 in April, which is up from 47.8 [...] Despite this and the positive overall billings score, most regional and sector indicators continue to display decreasing demand for design services.
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"In contrast to 2018, conditions throughout the construction sector recently have become more unsettled," said AIA Chief Economist Kermit Baker, PhD, Hon. AIA. "Though we may not be at a critical inflection point, the next several months of billing data will be indicative of the health of the... View full entry
Following consistently increasing demand for design services for over two years, the Architecture Billings Index (ABI) dipped into negative territory in March, according to a new report [...] from The American Institute of Architects (AIA).
The ABI score for March was 47.8, down from 50.3 in February. Indicators of work in the pipeline, including inquiries into new projects and the value of new design contracts remained positive.
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"Though billings haven’t contracted in a while, it is important to note that it does follow on the heels of a particularly tough late winter period for much of the country," said AIA Chief Economist Kermit Baker, PhD, Hon. AIA. "Many indicators of future work at firms still remain positive... View full entry