{"id":1205,"date":"2021-09-12T03:47:45","date_gmt":"2021-09-12T03:47:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/?p=1205"},"modified":"2021-09-12T03:48:36","modified_gmt":"2021-09-12T03:48:36","slug":"global-supply-chain-problems-and-workforce-restrictions-facing-sharp-impact-on-the-construction-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/?p=1205","title":{"rendered":"Construction industry feeling the pinch of shortages, staffing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Global supply chain problems and workforce restrictions are having a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rnz.co.nz\/news\/business\/450039\/construction-staff-and-supply-shortages-very-challenging-times-bdo\">sharp impact on the construction industry<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"photo-captioned photo-captioned-full photo-cntr eight_col \">\n<div style=\"width: 730px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rnz.co.nz\/assets\/news\/266138\/eight_col_DT1_2538.jpg?1623566074\" alt=\"No caption\" width=\"720\" height=\"450\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">RNZ<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"photo-captioned__information\">\n<\/div>\n<p>A construction academic said supply-chain delays caused by Covid-19 are less of a threat than workforce shortages, in the longer term.<\/p>\n<p>Building projects are waiting\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rnz.co.nz\/news\/business\/450761\/more-building-products-run-short-in-level-3-regions\">on materials for months<\/a>, and the Delta lockdown has brought most manufacturers and distributors in Auckland to a halt.<\/p>\n<p>But AUT&#8217;s John Tookey said that at the same time, the country needs more qualified builders coming through the border.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The shortage of building materials will dissipate over time because you&#8217;ll start to see additional capacity gradually laid on and additional importation channels gradually introduced.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The issue of skills is one which, quite frankly, is going to carry on biting for the foreseeable future.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Tookey said firms can struggle to train apprentices when they have so much work to do.<\/p>\n<p>With supply problems, an Auckland builder said that New Zealand-made products are sometimes as hard to get as those from overseas.<\/p>\n<p>Titirangi builder Guy Cobcroft said the quest for local products has not brought much relief.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;ve tried to go for local brands hoping that they&#8217;re going to be a bit better off with the stock supplies, but we&#8217;ve still had significant delays.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t really have the answer on that apart from looking way ahead at the projects we&#8217;ve got coming up and trying to order, or get the customers to make their minds up well ahead of time, so we can put orders in as soon as possible.<\/p>\n<p>Cobcroft said he expects it could be one or two years before the shortages end.<\/p>\n<p><strong>-RNZ<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Global supply chain problems and workforce restrictions are having a\u00a0sharp impact on the construction industry. A construction academic said supply-chain delays caused by Covid-19 are less of a threat than workforce shortages, in the longer term. 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