How COVID-19 Is Impacting Construction Costs

Over the last few months, new building and renovation projects have been postponed or canceled as economic news worsened due to the spread of COVID-19. This is true across all sectors, including commercial/industrial, institutional (governmental agencies, universities and schools) and residential projects. As we shake off the dust and get back to work, owners are reassessing the impact of the virus on future construction.

The amount of work that architectural firms have is an indicator of what the construction market will look like in the near term. Depending on project size, there is typically a year or two of design work from the time an architect is hired until the construction contract begins. To monitor the economic health of the design industry, the American Institute of Architects (AIA) publishes the Architectural Billings Index monthly. This index looks at three parameters: change in billings since the previous month, change in new contracts and inquiries for design services. Not surprisingly, all three of these indicators were down by approximately 30 percent in April, depending on the area of the country.

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