Concern rises, in the ranks of the Reunion Building and Public Works Federation, faced with the explosion in the prices of construction materials. “+80% in one year for aluminum, +50% for steel », she cites as examples.
“A deep crisis is beginning”, warns Stéphane Brossard, president of the technical commission of the Federation. The socio-professional organization brought together the press on April 14 to alert public opinion to a situation which risks leading to market abandonment, business failures and systematically unsuccessful calls for tenders in the social housing sector. With, at the key, a fall in construction activity and massive job losses... The FRBTP calls for rapid opening with public and private contractors, in particular to agree on the principle of sharing additional costs, for contracts signed before the price surge. The Federation notably brandishes a circular signed on March 30 by Prime Minister Jean Castex which recommends the adaptation of current public procurement contracts and recommends the application of the same principles to private contracts.. Various clauses could be activated in contracts to share risk in a context of extreme price volatility, or even availability of certain materials. The FRBTP also recalls that other levers could be activated to reduce the sector's supply costs, such as the possibility of having materials of non-European origin locally certified.
Price increase : the cry of alarm from the FRBTP
