Working for Infrastructure

The CECA Midlands Foundations Group, which supports organisations with their social sustainability journey, has appointed two new chairs.  Heidi Salmons, Winvic’s current head of marketing, communications and social responsibility, has begun her two-year term as new Chair, following the footsteps of Sairah Hussain, Galliford Try. Joanna Malin-Burke, social sustainability manager at Kier Transportation, has stepped…

Civil engineering contractors today welcomed the announcements made in the first King’s Speech of the Labour Government. With a bumper legislative list published, CECA members welcomed the focus on investing in our infrastructure demonstrated in the announcement of Bills including the National Wealth Bill, the Planning and Infrastructure Bill, the Railways Bill, the Great British…

CECA South West held a successful all-day event at Exeter Racecourse with guest speakers, field demonstrations and exhibitions based around the theme of ‘Safe Digging’ on Thursday (11 July). UPDATE 18/07/24 – you can now view and/or download the slides from the day here and here. Guest speakers included representatives from Kier, Contain, MJ Church,…

Last Thursday some of us voted in a UK General Election. It’s fair to say that there weren’t many surprises in the outcome. But what does this mean for infrastructure, and especially infrastructure in Wales? It’s probably a bit too early to work this one out but I thought I’d dig out some pre-election “promises”…

The UK’s civil engineering contractors have welcomed the formation of a new Labour Government and said that if it is to be successful in delivering growth it must work closely with industry in the months and years ahead. Commenting, CECA Director of Operations Marie-Claude Hemming said: “Now that the dust has settled from the 2024…