That's dire. What did you use the pipes for? And was there the option for some private crowd to buy up any of the works? How did your company deal with this - I know materials aren't all the cost of a big job, but a 500% percent rise in material cost is pretty hard for anyone to absorb.
Ravenscraig steel works was, er, rather large so buying it up would require very significant capital. The rest of the supply chain was being disrupted at the same time.
