AIA's Billings Index Continues to Inch Upward

Very cautious optimism is the name of the game within the architecture community these days. Despite three months of showing upward movement, however slight, in the American Institute of Architect‘s monthly Architecture Billings Index, it’s only been a handful of months since the last bit of momentum was met with a sudden dip that had even the organization’s usually quite stoic and sober economist, Kermit Baker, feeling a bit glum. The current read is that the business of building industry has