IFMA’s Facility Management Pulse Report for October–December 2025 is out, and the headline is blunt: project delays are no longer the exception.
Only 10% of organizations report all projects on schedule. Most are seeing 1–40% delayed, and about 17% are dealing with delays on more than 40% or all of their projects.
“Only 10% of organizations report that all projects are on schedule. Most report that 1%–40% of projects are delayed, and about 17% report that more than 40% or all projects are delayed.”
IFMA FM Market Pulse Report, Oct–Dec 2025
The top drivers are scope changes (51%) and supply chain issues (49%), followed by permitting/regulatory approvals (34%) and funding delays (32%). Quality and safety problems barely register. This is planning and market friction, not execution failure.
The part that matters most for insurance professionals is the contract response. Facilities managers are tightening terms to manage volatility and compliance risk:
- Cybersecurity / data security requirements: 55%
- Price-escalation clauses: 47%
- ESG or sustainability provisions: 45%
- Shorter price-hold windows: 30%
Almost two-thirds are also rescoping, deferring, changing vendors, or shifting to domestic/regional suppliers because of tariffs. Projects are still moving — just with tighter controls on pricing, compliance, and information.
For carriers and brokers, this is a direct signal. ESG provisions in FM contracts mean more climate-risk data flowing into underwriting, more cyber requirements hitting policyholders, and more pressure on loss-run and Scope 3 reporting. The same volatility that delays projects is repricing every line of coverage.
Want to go deeper? Start with the full IFMA report, the Facilities Dive summary, the NAIC Climate Risk Disclosure Survey guidance, and the TCFD framework. On our own network, see our pieces on climate risk and insurance pricing, insurance regulatory convergence, and the Restoration Carbon Protocol for carriers.
Projects are still moving. The contracts are just getting stricter — and the insurance implications are already here.