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New technology combined with changes in the organisation of the construction industry is threatening the position of architects. Three types of practice will emerge; large multi-disciplinary firms, practices with only one or two architects and a cottage industry based on drawing up plans for house extensions. Computers will be used to make the first two types more productive using fewer architects. The profession must recognise these changes and devise a radical strategy that should include reducing the number of trainee architects, changing the status of the Royal Institute of British Architects and defining the roles of architects more closely.
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Architects are expecting 1993 to be a poor year as the recession and oversupply of housing and offices continues. Private housing and office development work may improve towards the end of the year but the retail and leisure sectors show no sign of recovery and work in there areas is expected to decline by three or four percent. Industrial work will remain at 1992 levels. The only growth sector is likely to be the public sector where housing, schools, social services and regeneration will receive more funding.
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The UK construction industry is expected to have seen a modest rise in overall output in 1996, and faster growth is forecast for 1997 and 1998. The industry will be boosted primarily by increased investment in the corporate and personal sectors of the economy. There will be a revival in the private housing market, with 160,000 starts predicted for 1998, while 1997 will see a 5% increase in private housing repair, maintenance and improvement work.
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