independent.co.uk<\/em>\u00a0–\u00a030\/06\/2016<\/em> \u201cConstruction projects that are underway are going to continue. It\u2019s six to seven months down the line where a lot of projects are going on to ice,\u201d said the source. \u201cWhat you\u2019ll find is the construction industry potentially running into a brick wall.\u201d \u201cThere\u2019s a danger of a huge drop off. And if this is the situation for two years [the assumed time for the UK-EU divorce terms to be negotiated] that\u2019s an awful long time for construction companies.\u201d The person said up to \u00a320bn of planned infrastructure investment was at risk and that foreign sovereign wealth funds were among those pulling in their horns.<\/p>\n
\nBrexit: UK construction sector heading for ‘brick wall’ as infrastructure projects suspended. Anxious international investors have already pushed the pause button on future UK infrastructure investments since last Friday’s shock result The UK construction industry will slam into a \u201cbrick wall\u201d early next year due to the massive uncertainty created by the Brexit vote, an industry source has warned. A person in the sector, who contacted The Independent but did not want to be named, said that since the shock referendum result was announced last Friday morning anxious international investors have already pushed the pause button on future UK infrastructure investments.<\/p>\n