The Fees Bureau, part of Mirza & Nacey Research

2017

Architects' Quarterly Workload Survey

Full analysis is published as a report Construction Futures available here

A full analysis of the data is published quarterly in our statistical report Construction Futures - including a full break-down of the statistics for each main workload sector:

private housing
public housing
offices
retail
industrial
leisure
education
health

plus:

new build / refurbishment split
regional analysis
architects' future workload predictions

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only a small minority of architects currently expect workloads to fall in the next six months; most expect a rise or no change

on balance, more architects expect workloads to rise than to fall in most of England, Scotland and Northern Ireland. A balance of architects expect 'no change' in Wales and the North of England.

the majority of new commissions workloads are for new build work; the typical split each quarter is about one third refurbishment, two thirds new build (by value)

Source: Construction Futures, July 2017, Mirza & Nacey Research / The Fees Bureau

Source: Construction Futures, The Fees Bureau

more than half of work is undertaken using the Traditional form of contract; about a quarter of jobs are carried out using the Design & Build form of contract

Source: Construction Futures, The Fees Bureau

CHART 1: Value of architects' workloads; New Commissions 2004 to 2017

CHART 6: Predictions by region

CHART 5: Architects' workload precictions

CHART 4: Workload: by type of contract

CHART 3: Workloads by type of work

CHART 2: Architects' workload predictions 2004 to 2017