Rapid post-covid recovery set to put new projects at risk, Arcadis warns

By Jordan Marshall2021-09-10T05:00:00

Consultant says materials costs have gone up 15% this year alone

More warnings that materials and labour shortages threaten to choke off the sector’s post-pandemic recovery have been issued with Arcadis saying the problems now threaten to delay ongoing jobs and push start dates back for those yet to get going.

Earlier this week, the latest PMI index showed that output had stalled in August with materials shortages and a lack of lorry drivers being blamed for the second successive month of slowing numbers.

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