(Finance) – The expensive materials risks blocking the PNRR construction sitesaccording to what emerges from the Economic Observatory on the construction industry ofREEDS (National Association of Building Builders). The measures introduced by the Government are not yet sufficient and “we need an adjustment of the prices and auction-based amounts, as recently carried out by some primary contracting authorities”, said the leaders of the association today in Rome during the presentation. of the report. Among other risk factors, there is the shortage of manpower: “In 2021 as many as 40% of the profiles required in construction are difficult to find”. Also, the Reed points its finger on the capacity of the PA: “All the planned investments must be awarded by 2023. This is a further and important critical element in consideration of the capacity of the Public Administration, impoverished by years of non-investments and the blocking of turnover”.
The 2022 outlook for the sector
The investments in the sector in construction is expected to grow by 0.5% in 2022. For new residential construction and private non-residential construction, ANCE estimates investment growth of 4.5% and 5% respectively. The association highlights the non-contribution of redevelopment sector, that due to the continuous regulatory stop and go will mark a setback (-8.5%), while the investments in public works they will grow by 8.5% thanks to the expectations of the use of PNRR resources, especially for interventions spread throughout the territory. On the 4.3 billion of additional investments in 2022, estimated by the Government, weighs the expensive materials, the shortage of manpower and the capacity of the PA.
The role of the building bonus
On the drop in investments for the redevelopment of properties, ANCE underlines “the momentary freezing of credit assignmentswhich invests not only the Superbonus but also the ordinary bonuses generated by the support decree ter “. From the Economic Observatory it emerges that investments in the redevelopment of housing assets are increased by 25% in 2021 thanks to building bonuses and credit transfer mechanisms and the discount on the invoice, which brings total investments in the sector to 55 billion. The increase in turnover linked to tax incentives in the first 11 months of 2021 is 43.4%. As for the Superbonus 110%, the Ance states that 107,588 interventions were made for a total of 18.3 billion euros according to the latest data from the Enea-Mise-Mite monitoring as of January 31, 2022.
Speaking of the Superbonus, the president of ANCE Gabriele Buia he has declared: “What happened about the fraud is shameful. ANCE yes will constitute a civil party in all cases of fraud and dishonesty. We have nothing to do with these issues, we want to distance ourselves from crafty and improvised “.” Well that Minister Orlando has also asked for compliance with the sector contract “to take advantage of the bonus,” because that is public money. It is a necessary step “, he added, underlining the issue of safety at work.
The balance sheet of 2021
The construction sector, in 2021, registered investments up by 16.4%, a result even higher than pre-pandemic levels (+ 9% compared to 2019. “For the first time, after years of low growth and ultimately the crisis generated by the pandemic – explains the report – ‘Italy is back among the main EU countries in terms of development. The construction sector contributed greatly to this result, which with all related activities represents 22% of GDP, activating a supply chain connected to almost 90% of the sectors economic, capable of generating the highest propulsive effect on the economy among all sectors of industrial activity ” productionincreased by 24.3% andoccupationwith an increase of 11.8% of those enrolled in the building funds and of 26.7% of hours worked.