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Billings at Architecture Firms Remain in Decline, AIA/Deltek Architecture Billings Index Reports

WASHINGTON – July 24, 2024 – Business conditions remain soft at architecture firms in June with the AIA/Deltek Architecture Billings Index (ABI) reporting a score of 46.4. Any score below 50 indicates that billings decline, although somewhat fewer firms reported a decline in billings in June than in May.

"Architecture firms continue to face a period of economic uncertainty, driven by high interest rates and economic volatility,” said Kermit Baker, PhD, AIA Chief Economist. “This is the seventeenth consecutive month of a billings decrease and yet, despite the softness firms remain generally optimistic that conditions will start to improve once interest rates stabilize.”

Indicators of future work remained generally soft as well:

The ABI score is a leading economic indicator of construction activity, providing an approximately nine-to-twelve-month glimpse into the future of nonresidential construction spending activity. The score is derived from a monthly survey of architecture firms that measures the change in the number of services provided to clients.

Key ABI highlights for June include:

The regional and sector categories are calculated as three-month moving averages and may not always average out to the national score.

Visit  AIA’s website for detailed information about this, and past billing index reports.

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