Non-residential construction expected to decline through at least 2021
The American Institute of Architects (AIA) has published its latest AIA Consensus Construction Forecast Panel, a metric that collects the perspectives of "leading economic forecasters" to help project potential near-term demand for construction services. AIA's latest report signals that the broad contraction experienced by non-residential market sectors as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic will continue through 2020 and into 2021. According to the report, "As a result of the partially shutdown economy, businesses and organizations will continue to be hesitant to invest in modernized or new facilities." The report adds, "The trend ends an almost decade-long expansion in construction spending." Previously on Archinect: Lukewarm Architecture Billings Index persists in June.AIA estimates that the commercial building sector will be hardest hit by the slow down, with a projected decline in construction activity of nearly 12% expected this year. The slide will continue in 2021, when constr...
The American Institute of Architects (AIA) has published its latest AIA Consensus Construction Forecast Panel, a metric that collects the perspectives of "leading economic forecasters" to help project potential near-term demand for construction services.
AIA's latest report signals that the broad contraction experienced by non-residential market sectors as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic will continue through 2020 and into 2021. According to the report, "As a result of the partially shutdown economy, businesses and organizations will continue to be hesitant to invest in modernized or new facilities." The report adds, "The trend ends an almost decade-long expansion in construction spending."
AIA estimates that the commercial building sector will be hardest hit by the slow down, with a projected decline in construction activity of nearly 12% expected this year. The slide will continue in 2021, when constr...
