Civils contractors today said that the Government’s decision not to proceed with the HS2 Eastern Leg and full Northern Powerhouse Rail programme will be ‘a missed opportunity’ for the British economy. Writing in The Yorkshire Post, the Prime Minister indicated that what he described as a £96 billion programme of investment will not include the
It falls to me to me as Chairman to announce that CECA Midlands Regional Director, Dawn Karakatsanis has tendered her resignation and intends to retire, though she will remain with us until the end of April 2022 to help and support her successor into the role. I’m sure that you will join with me in
Click above to watch a recording of a CECA webinar with JTC and HMRC on red diesel rebate removal, which took place on 1 November 2021.
To mark the start of Highways UK, civil engineering contractors have today published a route map to achieve net zero targets in highways maintenance and construction. Roads still form the critical backbone of our economy. Sectors heavily dependent on the Strategic Road Network already contribute £314 billion in GVA to England’s economy and will grow
Today (1 November), CECA Wales, representing Wales’s civil engineering contractors, and ACE for consulting engineers, publish a joint report with the County Surveyors Society (CSS) Cymru which sets out a sector Action Plan to decarbonise infrastructure in Wales. Ahead of COP26, the report, Decarbonising Our Infrastructure, addresses some of the barriers to change facing the
Civils contractors today welcomed the 2021 Budget and Spending Review and said that the UK Government’s backing of an ‘infrastructure revolution’ will secure economic growth for the long term. In his Budget speech Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced that every Government department would receive a real-terms increase in funding over the course of this Parliament, and
Civils contractors today welcomed the publication of the UK Government’s net zero strategy and called for the UK Government to move swiftly to implement the delivery of new nuclear power. Net Zero Strategy: Build Back Greener sets out the Government’s plans to ensure that by 2035 the UK will be powered entirely by clean energy, subject
The Civil Engineering Contractors Association (CECA) is celebrating its 25th year of representing our members and working for infrastructure with an online conference held over separate sessions between 23-26 November 2021. With our roots in representing the UK’s civil engineering contractors stretching back to the 1919 foundation of the Federation of Civil Engineering Contractors, CECA took
A key priority for the Welsh Government and the Welsh Construction Forum, which was established by the Welsh Government during the Covid-19 pandemic, was to support the construction sector with prompt and secure payment processes. One of the first outputs of the Welsh Construction Forum is the publication of a new “12-step guidebook” to support
Civil engineering contractors today called on Government to accelerate the transition away from red diesel by supporting the construction industry’s commitment to genuinely lower carbon fuels. From April 2022, construction companies will no longer be able to take advantage of the rebate on red diesel for off road plant. With limited alternatives available this hike
