IMPACT 2030: Disruptions in the Design Industry Upending A/E Firm Strategic Plans

In the architecture and engineering industry of the future… Client relationships with their buildings will begin with the RFP Integrated project delivery will improve project and data management New disciplines like coast engineering, geoengineering, and other climate-integrated specialties will emerge as essential service providers Predicting how client demands, design techniques, environmental conditions and financial forces will change over the next decade? In a fluid and dynamic industry like A/E/C, that’s a challenging exercise. Yet studying and applying educated predictions about the years ahead for the design and construction industry may be the only way to prepare for and positively control your firm’s future. As clients demand that work be delivered faster, and as the workforce gets younger, and we increasingly rely on emerging technology to balance cost pressures, nowhere are specific changes discussed in terms of how they affect long term strategic decisions for architectu