Downturns in the property and housing sector are starting to hit site investigation firms, contractors said this week. Contractors are blaming the downturn on tightening of lending in international credit markets for the decline in orders for geotechnical and environmental site investigations. "We've been closely examining our order intake and we started to notice a fall initially in the January order book and this decline steepened in April," said Aarsleff Piling director Terry Bolsher. Amec Earth & Environmental Services consultant Efeng Tanloh said: "We have noticed that orders for work have fallen year-on-year. Another sign of this [downturn] is that we have subcontractors who we normally have to book well in advance calling us looking for work and even offering discounts."
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