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Building consultant forecasts recovery, but SAFCEC begs to differ

11 Jun 2012 13:251 commentsBizLike
Llewellyn Lewis, the principal consultant at the BMI building research strategy consulting unit, said the worst of the recession was behind the building and construction industry and it could look forward to slow and steady growth across all sectors later this year.
According to Business Report, Lewis based his forecast on an analysis of trends and developments in the industry. However, building and construction industry organisations do not fully agree.

Neville Gurry, the executive director of the SA Federation of Civil Engineering Contractors, (SAFCEC) confirmed that activity levels in the building industry had picked up slightly, but emphasised this had not happened in the civil construction industry. The organs of state had money available, Gurry said, but it was not getting through their systems to provide work for contractors. He warned that the big contractors were moving outside the country to find work, which was worrying because they did not use local labour, Business Report says.

Read the full article on www.iol.co.za.
View the SAFCEC: Status of the Industry Report, 1st Quarter 2012 - executive summary
 
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Llewellyn Lewis
Although the figures for Building Plans Passed and Buildings Completed show slow improvement with a MAT forecast of -2,33% and -1,14% respectively for 2012, this represents less than 40% of total investment in building which is estimated to decline by some 9% in 2012 versus 2011. Posted on 11 Jun 2012 16:35
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