12 Feb 2020 (AFR) – Builders warn of coronavirus hit to key material supplies

(12 February 2020, AFR, p35, Michael Bleby, Senior Reporter)

Building costs – coronavirus related hits (RLB)

‘Concerns about the supply of key building supplies such as curtain wall from China’s coronavirus-hit manufacturing industry are growing among builders in NSW, who warned clients of potential disruptions to their high-rise projects. News of the concerns about curtain wall – the plate glass windows and aluminium frames that fix them to buildings – came a day after large contractor Built said it alerted clients to the risk of disruption, as it waited to see whether China’s factories resumed work this week. China is a key supplier to the building industry.’

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