Tender price competition worst in years – index
Tendering price competition is at its worst level since the end of 2011, indicated respondents to the latest FNB/BER Civil Confidence Index.
This is due to civil contractors facing keener competition and weak demand for new construction. The limited availability of construction work, has, therefore, noticeably intensified tendering competition.
The index shows that the state of the civil construction industry in South Africa has deteriorated in the second quarter of 2015.
Although confidence was up, the growth in construction activity was flat at best. This follows a slower growth in preceding quarters.
The index increased by five points to register a level of 44 in the second quarter of 2015. The current level of the index, however, indicates that more than half of the respondents are dissatisfied with prevailing business conditions.
"It seems firms are relieved that construction activity didn’t moderate further this quarter, which likely lifted confidence,” said Jason Muscat, senior industry analyst at FNB.
“The outlook, however, is quite bleak with respondents remaining concerned about the subdued demand for new construction work.”
According to Muscat, the higher confidence was probably due to the growth in construction work, which remained stable. This is opposed to it having moderated further in preceding quarters.
Muscat pointed out that, overall, the rise in confidence is deceptive in that the state of the civil construction industry seems to have worsened in the second quarter of 2015.
Profitability was largely unchanged. “This is likely due to increased cost cutting, particularly labour,” noted Muscat.
According to the SA Reserve Bank, annual growth in the real value of construction work moderated to 1.0% in the first quarter of 2015, from 3.3% in the fourth quarter of 2014.
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