Working for Infrastructure for 30 years

The UK Government’s search for major investment sites should put the infrastructure needed to make them usable at the centre of its selection process, civil engineering contractors said today. Responding to the launch of the Strategic Sites Accelerator, the Civil Engineering Contractors Association (CECA) said the programme offers an opportunity to tackle the practical obstacles

Civils contractors today welcomed the Government’s commitment to publish an updated Infrastructure Pipeline and additional capital for the National Wealth Fund in the 2026 Budget, but urged Ministers to turn headline figures into funded, procurable schemes. The Civil Engineering Contractors Association (CECA) said the £20.4 billion announced in the Budget, stemming from additional capital for

Following the recent APPG (All Party Parliamentary Group) briefing on the East of England Innovation Corridors, the briefing notes are now available to access here. The session explored how infrastructure investment can support the region’s growing innovation economy, highlighting opportunities linked to transport connectivity, housing, life sciences, clean energy and advanced manufacturing. Key schemes discussed

CECA members were recently joined at an online roundtable by the Centre for Construction Best Practice (CCBP) to discuss their research into the benefits of early contractor involvement (ECI) in project delivery. Ben Goodwin, CECA’s Director of Policy and Public Affairs, looks at the key takeaways in this short blog. CCBP’s Constructing Certainty research examined

The transformation of the former Blindwells opencast mine near Tranent is the latest project featured in CECA’s ‘30 Projects for 30 Years’ campaign, celebrating the contribution of civil engineering as part of our 30th anniversary. Working for Hargreaves Services plc, I & H Brown has helped bring a major brownfield site back into productive use