Contractor Releases Survey of Architectural Firms

M.A. Mortenson Construction Company has released their Architect Survey: The State of Design and Construction with poll results and quotes from 50 professionals at the 2012 national conference of the American Institute of Architects. 

Positive Outlook:  The overall mood of architects was optimistic: 

• Looking forward:  Two thirds of the architects responding predicted an increase in business for their firm during the next year (half said it grew over the past year), and the majority (83%) reported being at least somewhat optimistic about the "challenges and opportunities facing architecture today."  

• Increasing hiring:  While only a third of survey participants said their architectural firms were hiring a year ago, almost half (46%) reported they are currently hiring, and three quarters predicted they would be hiring a year from now. 

Additional survey topics:  The survey also probes a range of other issues through a mix of response statistics and representative quotes from respondents, including:

• Enthusiasm for BIM/VDC
• Faith in Integrated Project Delivery
• Opinions about traditional project delivery methods
• Design excellence
• Sustainability
• Importance of teamwork
• Builder involvement during the design phase
• Working with builders

Full survey:  The full survey is available on Mortenson's website as a PDF.

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