In 2022 we will be greener, more flexible and resilient than ever before

By Richard Steer2021-12-31T06:28:00

Our industry will build on trends over the past 12 months and we will get better at coping with turbulent times

In this time of constant change it is a brave person who is prepared to cast forward and predict what 2022 has to offer for those operating in the built environment. Especially when your assumption that covid-19 could be consigned to the past has been so badly shaken by new variants coming along with irritatingly regularity. Perhaps this is the time to leave construction consultancy and get into the vaccines business instead?

On the assumption, however, that we are beginning to learn to live with covid, I think 2022 will build on the latter stages of this year, when we started to see our sector get back to the new normal – by which I mean labour shortages, materials price increases, planning regulation confusion and increased government interference.

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