Architects are predicting a strong start to the year despite projects continuing to be dogged by delays and shortages which are pushing up prices.

Material cost inflation, twinned with lack of materials and labour, is causing project delays and making tendering increasingly difficult, the RIBA said in its latest Future Trends report.

Yet practices say they have full pipelines of work and healthy levels of new enquires, with some even reporting that 2021 was one of their their busiest years, with enquiries having to be turned away.

…