Preferred Supplier & Competitor Survey September 2026
The Preferred Supplier Survey, pioneered by Industry Insight, evaluates the Market Exposure Rate (MER) of key construction material suppliers within the construction industry. MER is used to measure supplier participation in projects based on their exposure to project values rather than sales volumes.
The clearest cost pressure in the September observations was on cement delivery. Suppliers including AfriSam and PPC were using fuel surcharges to recover transport costs; these had risen by 1.5–2% since May and were increased twice during September, on top of the general cement price increase in July. This adds to contractors’ delivered material costs even where the product price itself has not changed.
The survey also recorded signs of activity alongside continued implementation problems. In the Eastern Cape, contractors said road and infrastructure awards had picked up since mid-August, and some tenders issued earlier in the year were beginning to convert into awards. In Limpopo, work was advancing on the R17 billion MCWAP 2A, including pipeline construction and weir-related grouting; locally based Mamba Cement was supplying cement for the grouting works. The R353.6 million Isandlwana road upgrade in KwaZulu-Natal is……..
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