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UK ‘could run out of construction materials’ as Brexit invalidates certificates

By 2021-05-13T06:00:00

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Minister is warned Britain does not have enough testing capacity for the scale of the problem

Supplies of construction products in the UK could come to a “grinding halt” if issues over post-Brexit changes to certification rules are not resolved before the end of the year, the chief executive of the Construction Products Association has warned.

Peter Caplehorn told Building the industry could “rapidly” run out of key materials next year because the UK did not have the capacity to test products to the new standards in time.

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