Best of 2021 coverage: Material shortages

By Tom Lowe2021-12-29T06:00:00

Building materials in a storage facility

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Take a look at the crisis which rocked the industry this year

Three economy-shrinking lockdowns seemed more than enough for the construction industry to deal with last year, but 2021 served up a new crisis that few saw coming.

From the beginning of the year, a global shortage of materials caused by the pandemic began to rapidly escalate as economies around the world roared back into life following much faster than expected covid vaccines rollouts.

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