Rider Levett Bucknall (RLB), one of the UK's leading quantity surveying and cost consultancy firms, has made a number of staff redundant in what employees have described as a sudden and unexpected round of job cuts. The news was reported by Construction Enquirer on 10 September 2026, with affected workers said to have been left reeling by the speed and manner of the announcement.
No figures have been disclosed by the company, and it is not yet clear how many roles have been lost or which offices or service lines have been most affected. RLB operates across multiple UK locations, so the full geographic impact of the cuts remains unknown at this stage.
The redundancies come at a time of broader pressure across the construction and professional services sector, where rising costs, slower project pipelines and tightening client budgets have weighed on consultancy revenues. RLB has not issued a public statement setting out the reasons for the cuts or any plans for the business going forward.
