The silver lining of the slowdown in construction is reduced pressure for labour, but the country still needs a solution beyond foreign workers
The ongoing political conflict is expected to ease the labour shortage in the construction sector as government projects are stalled and private-sector projects are delayed, says a construction executive.
With the 2-trillion-baht infrastructure programme derailed and the caretaker cabinet unable to approve large projects, most construction in the public sector is limited to projects already approved under the 2014 budget. In the private sector, construction will primarily be property, said Chakporn Oonjitt, executive director of the Construction Institute of Thailand (CIT).