Like Maccapacca I look after a similar value of property works across building/PFS/electrical/mechanical/HVAC etc and seeing lots of issues around leadtimes.
The biggest issues seem to be:
- Transport/logistics
- Suppliers having backlogs due to covid
- Increased workload due to construction sites starting back up
- Suppliers generally running so tight that they have no contingency when there's a failure
As an example Kingspan recently had an issue with one of their suppliers factories needing to close and it affected their worldwide supply.
Basic construction materials seem to be just about manageable with the odd issue, but anything requiring bespoke manufacture then delivery into the country seems to be getting signifcantly increased leadtimes. I'm seeing HVAC equipment taking as long as 20 weeks to get delivered.