{"id":79470,"date":"2020-07-17T08:48:44","date_gmt":"2020-07-17T07:48:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=79470"},"modified":"2020-07-17T08:48:44","modified_gmt":"2020-07-17T07:48:44","slug":"architects-future-trends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/architects-future-trends\/79470\/","title":{"rendered":"Architects express mixed views about future workload"},"content":{"rendered":"

40% of architects expect work to decrease over the next three months as concern about future workloads continue to take hold of the sector, according to the latest RIBA<\/a> Future Trends Workload Index<\/h2>\n

The RIBA Future Trends Workload Index moved towards positive territory for architects, climbing to -17 in June, from -49 in May, and the unprecedented low of -82 in April<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The latest survey results reveal 40% of architects expect work to decrease over the next three months and nearly a quarter (23%) expect an increase.<\/p>\n

The Staffing Index improved by 9 points in June with 77% of practices expecting the level of permanent staff to remain the same over the next three months. While 18% predict a decrease and 4% anticipate more permanent staff.<\/p>\n

The RIBA Future Trends index highlighted an increase in prospects across all sectors \u2013 the private housing sector<\/a> returned a figure of -3 (from -40 in May), the commercial sector was at -32 (from -41), the community sector was at -19 (from -33) and the public sector returned a figure of -12 (from -27).<\/p>\n

Despite pockets of shared optimism, current workloads for architects remain at a significantly reduced level \u2013 down 28% compared to June 2019.<\/p>\n

70% of respondents expect profits to fall over the next 12 months and within that, 7% consider that their practice is unlikely to remain viable.<\/p>\n

The findings from the RIBA Future Trends Workload survey also revealed:<\/h3>\n