Civils contractors today welcomed Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s backing of a new nuclear power station at Sizewell C in Suffolk and said that investing in the sector will be key to securing clean home-grown energy for the UK. In his speech earlier today, the Prime Minister confirmed UK Government investment of £700 million in the
Above: Session 1, Burdett Theatre – Kenote speaker Jackie Ducker, Co-Chair CLC Skills Group & Executive Director, Customer & Product, CITB. This followed by a panel on ‘Agents for Change’ with Jay Parmar, CEO, Joint Industry Board, Alasdair Reisner, CEO, CECA, Shenaaz Chenia, CEO, Youth Build, and Lucy Wright, Careers Strategy Manager, CITB. Above: Session 2, Burdett Theatre:
The Civil Engineering Contractors Association (CECA), in partnership with Fenwick Elliott LLP, have today published a guide regarding standard forms contracts in light of the current economic climate. The construction industry is seeing rapidly increasing costs, labour and materials shortages which are all impacting on the immediate sustainability of our firms. CECA recognises that we
Click above to watch a recording of a CECA Midlands social value webinar, which took place on 13 June 2022. The slides from the webinar are available to download here.
I’ve been in this post a couple of months now and I’ve thoroughly enjoyed getting to know everyone who make CECA Midlands such a special organisation. It’s also been great to get out and meet member businesses across the region to find out how they are performing, what issues they are facing and, importantly, how
Civil engineering firms in the Midlands are coming under increasing pressure when it comes to costs, according to a leading business group. The Midlands branch of Civil Engineering Contractors Association (CECA) represents everyone from the biggest civil engineering and construction firms in the region through to smaller, specialist contractors. It says its members are reporting
Construction sites across Great Britain are to be targeted as part of a month-long respiratory health initiative by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), it has been announced. Throughout June, inspections supported by HSE’s Dust Kills campaign will focus on respiratory risks and occupational lung disease. Each year in the construction industry, there are thousands
Click above to watch a recording of a CECA Midlands Skills Webinar, which took place on 25 May 2022 with representatives of West Midlands Combined Authority, Greater Birmingham & Solihull LEP, and CITB.
It was with mixed emotions that I handed over the reins as Chair of CECA Midlands to Ron Pinfield at our recent AGM. I know Ron will do a fantastic job in continuing to drive forward the organisation alongside our recently appointed Director, Lorraine Gregory. It has been an honour to hold this role to
I am very proud to become the new Chair of CECA Midlands and look forward to driving on the organisation over the next two years. I have to thank Nigel Drew for his leadership of the organisation over the past three years, which has been a hugely challenging term for him with the arrival of
