The civil engineering sector is in recession with no big turnaround expected anytime soon, economist David Metelerkamp told attendees at the Consulting Engineers South Africa (Cesa) Infrastructure Indaba, in Durban, on Wednesday. He noted that the broader South African economy had been negatively impacted on both by internal dynamics and negative trends within the global economy, including the slowdown of the Chinese and European economies, trade issues stemming from conflicts between the US and China and Brexit.
