Unless, you are on a contractor’s customer “A” list, the waiting time for any major job in our area is 4-6 months.
Good luck getting an architect in less time.
It took most of last year to get a new skylight to replace a damaged one and for the roofer to install it.
We need 2 more new skylights, and our roofer said not to count on getting the new ones from a local supplier until earlier summer.
Last summer/early fall we had some large decking and tricky front decking replaced. The contractor is our go to guy, and he has basically said to people we have referred to him, Not this Year!
The biggest thing keeping a lid on housing starts is the lack of skilled labor.
This is why more and more new houses are being built in factories. Modular homes are the future. Not stick built on site. This is also true for many commercial buildings. For example, there is a company that builds most of the Marriot Courtyard building in the western US. They build the modules in a factory in Boise. Then the components are shipped to the jobsite and assembled there. The crew stays in a local hotel during the assembly stage.