{"id":100980,"date":"2021-10-26T12:47:05","date_gmt":"2021-10-26T11:47:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=100980"},"modified":"2021-10-26T12:47:05","modified_gmt":"2021-10-26T11:47:05","slug":"builders-delays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/builders-delays\/100980\/","title":{"rendered":"89% of builders face job delays as shortages continue"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>89% of local builders have reported delays to jobs due to a lack of materials or skilled tradespeople, according to the latest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fmb.org.uk\/resource\/state-of-trade-survey-q1-2021.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">State of Trade Survey<\/a> by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fmb.org.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Federation of Master Builders<\/a> (FMB)<\/h2>\n<p>89% of builders have reported delays or cancelled jobs due to a lack of skills or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/materials-crisis-delays\/99492\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">materials<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>97% of builders have reported skyrocketing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/materials-crisis-delays\/99492\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">material prices<\/a>, expecting this to continue until the end of 2021, as 78% pass the increased costs onto the consumer also.<\/p>\n<p>Builders have been forced to defer jobs due to the increasing difficulty of hiring skilled tradespeople, such as general labourers and plasterers.<\/p>\n<p>Around nine out of ten builders in the UK are struggling with these setbacks.<\/p>\n<p>Despite a slight easing, near half of FMB members are also facing pressure to find carpenters\/joiners and bricklayers.<\/p>\n<h3>Survey findings<\/h3>\n<h4>Delays and cancellations<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>82% of builders have delayed jobs due to a<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/plant-equipment-supplies-news\/2021-building-materials-crisis\/96690\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> lack of materials<\/a><\/li>\n<li>60% have pressed pause due to a lack of skilled tradespeople<\/li>\n<li>Combined, 89% of builders have faced delays due to either materials or skills shortages<\/li>\n<li>8% of builders have been forced to cancel jobs due to a lack of materials<\/li>\n<li>12% have been completely cancelled due to skills shortages.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Skills shortages<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>42% can\u2019t get hold of general labourers, this way up by 6% on last quarter<\/li>\n<li>37% can\u2019t hire plasterers, a rise of 6% on last quarter<\/li>\n<li>47% of builders are struggling to hire carpenters and joiners, down 6% on last quarter<\/li>\n<li>45% are struggling to hire bricklayers, a fall of 2% on last quarter.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>\u2018A damning situation for the building industry\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>Brian Berry, chief executive of the FMB, said:<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\u201cToday\u2019s FMB State of Trade Survey shows a damning situation for the building industry, with 89% of builders facing delays and some cancelling work altogether, due to a lack of materials or skills.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Berry continued:\u00a0\u201cThe government should use the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/news\/chancellor-launches-vision-for-future-public-spending\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Budget and Spending Review<\/a> to tackle the growing skills gap. Effective efforts to help the haulage industry ease the supply of materials are also needed. This will help our members get back to building and help the post-pandemic economic recovery.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur data shows the combination of long delays and rising prices mean consumers are also starting to feal the heat. Changing quotes, delays to jobs, and price hikes may lead to some homeowners being pulled in by unscrupulous builders hoping to make a quick buck.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA good builder is a busy builder, and it is important for consumers to be patient when selecting a builder.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"mk-custom-module-container\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Local builders have reported delays to jobs due to materials and skills shortage, according to the Federation of Master Builders (FMB).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[304],"tags":[583,720,660,584],"stakeholder_rel_tag":[],"contributor_rel_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-100980","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-planning-construction-news","7":"tag-construction-products","8":"tag-federation-of-master-builders","9":"tag-skills-shortage","10":"tag-state-of-trade-survey"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.9 (Yoast SEO v26.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>89% of builders face job delays as shortages continue<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Local builders have reported job delays due to materials and skills shortages, according to the Federation of Master Builders (FMB)\u00a0\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/builders-delays\/100980\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"89% of builders face job delays as shortages continue\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"89% of local builders have reported delays to jobs due to a lack of materials or skilled tradespeople, according to the latest State of Trade Survey by the Federation of Master Builders (FMB)\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/builders-delays\/100980\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Planning, Building &amp; 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