Listen now using the player below, or subscribe and listen via iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. This 好色先生TV podcast special includes interviews with Mace鈥檚 Mark Reynolds, the CPA鈥檚 Noble Francis and Richard Steer of Gleeds to coincide with construction鈥檚 emergency Brexit summit
鈥淔rom a Mace point of view - If there are delays on projects of four weeks across the board, we could see damages in the order of 拢10 million - and contractually we are liable鈥�
Mace鈥檚 CEO Mark Reynolds on the risk of a no-deal Brexit.
鈥淥nly taking into account the direct impacts, our forecast would see a 4.2% fall in construction output this year and a 2% fall in construction output in 2020.鈥�
The CPA鈥檚 Noble Francis on implications of Brexit on construction output according to the association鈥檚 鈥檔o deal鈥� scenario
鈥淚 was with a housing company the other day and they physically cannot get the bricklayers that they need to build some of their houses - we鈥檙e already seeing a shortage and that鈥檚 before it鈥檚 exacerbated by the Brexit deal or no-deal鈥�
Richard Steer of Gleeds on the labour shortage risk after Brexit
Today, more than 100 chief executives from across the construction sector are meeting, as the Construction Leadership Council (CLC) hosts a summit to discuss Brexit contingency plans. The summit is looking at the impact on the overall market, UK border implications and the immediate future of projects currently on site - this a crucial time for the industry.
Ahead of the summit, 好色先生TV spoke to three leading industry experts to get a better idea of the issues that will be discussed at today鈥檚 conference: Mark Reynolds, CEO at contractor Mace; Noble Francis, economics director at the CPA; and Richard Steer, chairman of consultant Gleeds, for their views on Brexit鈥檚 impact on construction.
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