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BANGKOK : Thailand’s construction industry has issued an urgent distress call to the Thai government, warning of a potential wave of abandoned projects and site closures as the cost of essential raw materials and fuel reaches “unsustainable” levels.
Liza Ngamtrakulpanit, president of the Thai Contractors Association , warned on April 1 that the sector is facing a terminal crossroads. Operators are now being forced to choose between halting work entirely or continuing at a loss that threatens their solvency. Data released by the TCA highlights a staggering rise in overheads. Since early March, diesel prices have climbed by 14.3 baht a litre, triggering a domino effect across the supply chain.Steel Rebar: Prices have surged by at least 4.5 baht per kg, with suppliers reporting severe stock shortages.Logistics: Freight costs for heavy haulage have seen “unprecedented” spikes, with some southern routes seeing surcharges of up to 78,000 baht a trip.In the private sector, many project owners have refused to acknowledge the inflationary pressure, holding contractors to original fixed-price agreements and threatening heavy fines for delays – even those caused by national lockdowns or global supply shocks. The public sector offers little more protection. While state contracts include a price adjustment formula, known as the K-Factor, the TCA argues it is “dangerously outdated”. Created in 1989, the formula often tracks irrelevant metrics like the consumer price index – which monitors the price of eggs and sugar – rather than the actual market price of industrial fuel and steel. -- THE NATION THAILAND/ASIA NEWS NETWORKIndonesia receives bodies of peacekeepers killed in LebanonMan arrested after allegedly starting fire in Tokyo’s famous Shibuya scramble crossing
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