Winter chill grips UK architecture job outlook as 2017 ends

2017-12-20T14:08:00-05:00

Confidence in the future prospects of UK architects falls as 2017 comes to a close. RIBA (Royal Institute of British Architects) released their Future Trends Workload and Staffing Indexes for the end of 2017 and the numbers are not looking good. The Workload numbers dropped dramatically just over one month from +17 in October to -1 in November, while the Staffing number entered the negatives for the first time this year.

Meanwhile in the US, the architecture and construction industry has further gained strength in November according to the latest ABI report announced this morning.

The RIBA press release stated, “However, we shouldn’t read too much into a single month’s data and these returns pre-date the decision that the Brexit talks can move to phase 2. My biggest concern is the drop in the private housing forecast. RIBA will need to keep a close eye on that in the New Year.”

A full analysis breakdown can be found here.

UK Architects’ Workloads Expected to Decrease for the First Time Since 2012

2016-09-10T12:21:00-04:00

The RIBA Future Trends Survey predicts that UK architects’ workloads are expected to decrease for the first time since 2012.

The fall in positivity occurred in the month after the UK referendum on EU membership, with the confidence of practices falling, anticipating negatives consequences if the UK were to actually leave the EU. The results of this and previous trend surveys are published here: RIBA

Though the figures provided in the study are generalised, they are useful as a comparison and show that the fall appears to be quite significant; with a balance figure of -7 in July, compared to the +22 shown in June. (Values given are the balance figure; the difference between the practices expecting more work and those expecting less.)

As these are overall values, across the country results have differed. For example, London has predicted a workload decrease, whilst Wales and the West returned a positive balance figure of +14.

Practices participating in the RIBA survey confirmed that the p...

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Winter chill grips UK architecture job outlook as 2017 ends

UK Architects’ Workloads Expected to Decrease for the First Time Since 2012