It is not news that architecture and construction are becoming ever more fractured and ever more disparate industries. For another writing project I am working on, I have recently been considering the make-up of the project team. It starts simply enough: client, architect, quantity surveyor, contractor, sub-contractors, structural and MEP engineers; then come the almost essential nice-to-haves for projects of any scale - project manager, fire engineer, planning consultant; then I remember the statutory necessary roles - CDMPD and BRPD.

On top of this, the list of other specialists I have worked with begins to grow and grow - waterproofing consultants, façade and acoustic engineers, accessibility advisers, retail enlivenment consultants(!) and façade access consultants. I won’t continue, but I could fill my column word count with consultant lists alone.

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