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Architects feel the squeeze as pressure mounts on practices to start discounting

By 2020-06-17T06:00:00

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Evidence suggests fee discounting is on the rise

Architects are feeling the pressure to slash their fees as the financial strain of the covid-19 lockdown mounts.

Firms near the top of the supply chain have been putting pressure on those further down to cut their costs, according to a covid-19 update issued by construction data analysts Barbour ABI.

“We have identified a number of reports of either requested or voluntarily discounting across sub-contractors and architects,” it said.

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