Architect condemns clients who ‘abandoned ship at first sign of iceberg’

By Elizabeth Hopkirk2020-05-06T05:00:00

PRP chief blames furlough ‘lifeboat’ for inflicting unintended pain on supply chain

The boss of a leading housing architect has hit out at clients who put swathes of staff on furlough forcing projects to stop and loading huge financial strains on consultants.

Brendan Kilpatrick, senior partner at PRP, conceded it was right to halt some work in the face of coronavirus and to furlough employees, but added: “Many of the projects being worked on by these members of staff did not necessarily need to stop overnight.”

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