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Diabetes Safety Charter

CECA takes the health, safety and well-being of our members seriously. That is why we are providing members with access to the One Less posters for free and access free online diabetes training (click here for more information.)

Diabetes is one of the fastest growing epidemics in the UK today, where 1 in 12 people of working age have diabetes, and a quarter of those with diabetes do not know they have the condition.

Diabetes creates significant safety risks in the workplace – extreme blood glucose levels can cause someone to lose coordination, concentration, become dizzy and in worst cases, lose consciousness. This can cause accidents, falls and vehicle collisions, and on a construction site, such accidents can be fatal.

Click here to visit the Diabetes Safety Organisation website.

Supporting Members through a Changing Industry

The past few months have been a busy time for CECA North East, with our programme reflecting many of the issues that matter to our members – from health, safety & wellbeing, policy & workload to skills and the future workforce. Our Safe Digging event brought contractors, clients, equipment suppliers and training providers together to

CECA Member Roundtable – CMA Civil Engineering Market Study

Following the publication of the Competition and Markets Authority’s (CMA) final civil engineering market study report, CECA members were recently joined at a webinar with representatives from the CMA to hear about its key findings and the next steps. Ben Goodwin, CECA’s Director of Policy and Public Affairs, looks at the key takeaways from the

New NPPF: How Far Has Government Gone to Meet CECA’s Calls for a Clearer Planning System?

This week the UK Government has published its new National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF), setting out the next stage of its efforts to create what Housing and Planning Minister Matthew Pennycook describes as a “clear, rules-based planning system.” For CECA members, the key question is whether the reforms address the practical barriers that continue to