In reference to your story "Chinese win Cheesegrater job", (14 October, page 14), this is a warning shot to British manufacturers and suppliers that the good old days of fat profits on construction projects are gone for ever. If we like buying cheap Chinese products (which are now cheap and good) we can no longer offer British prices for construction. Main British contractors must take note of that as main Chinese contractors are big in several countries already - it is only a short time before they arrive and take the main contractor roles. Nobody should cry about British jobs being lost because we are not changing fast enough.
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