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Consultancy Today briefing: Wednesday 11 November 2026
Five stories from the last 24 hours, one event or deadline today and two dates for the week ahead.
Stories from the last 24 hours
Glenigan cuts 2026 outlook to a 13% fall in starts, with an 11% rebound forecast for 2027
The data firm's Winter 2026 forecast is far weaker than the near-flat year it predicted in June, with private housing starts down 24% and civils down 9%, before public programmes and utilities drive a recovery.
RAF Leeming handover is first completion under MOD's seven-contractor Strategic Alliance
The Defence Infrastructure Organisation has handed new offices and a 32-bed accommodation block at RAF Leeming to the Air C2 Force, completing the first scheme procured under the 2023 Defence Estate Optimisation alliance contract.
Fulkers Bailey Russell and Ward Williams launch FulWard joint venture for CPS2 framework
The two consultancies have formed FulWard to offer project, programme and cost management, building surveying and advisory services to public sector clients through Lot 1 of Construction Professional Services 2.
RSK holds 10th place in Environment Analyst's global environmental consultancy ranking
RSK said it recorded the highest growth rate among the established global top 10 in an Environment Analyst assessment that puts the 2025 market at $65.5bn, up 6.2%.
Two in five AI-using builders now prepare quotes and tenders with it, FMB and CIOB survey finds
The H1 2026 State of Trade Survey records rising AI use in estimating and tendering while net balances for workloads, enquiries and employment all turned negative.
Today
Tomorrow's Engineers Week
Continues.
This week
APM Project Management Awards
Takes place on Monday 16 November.
UK Passivhaus Conference
Takes place on Wednesday 18 November.
About this briefing
Published on weekday mornings. Every item comes from a story Consultancy Today has already published and checked against its sources, from dates organisers have published, or from our data trackers. See the events and awards calendar, or get the week's stories by email with the weekly newsletter.