Civils contractors today welcomed the publication of Highways England’s Strategic Business Plan, which sets out how £27.4 billion will be invested in the Strategic Roads Network in the next five years. The publication is a response to the UK Government’s second Roads Investment Strategy (RIS2) and provides the detail of specific funding, activities and projects
Civils contractors today welcomed the launch of an ‘Acceleration Unit’ to speed up the delivery of transport projects and said that bringing infrastructure schemes forward to market is the fastest route to economic recovery for the UK. Transport Secretary Grant Shapps today announced the creation of the unit within the Department for Transport, alongside £360
Chris Westcott, Head of Employee Relations, BAE Systems, discusses flexible working at the 2018 Inspiring Change Conference and Awards.
The representative body for the UK’s infrastructure sector, the Civil Engineering Contractors Association (CECA), has announced it is to partner with Cancer Research UK and industry charity Mates in Mind to deliver the 2020 ‘Stop. Make a Change’ campaign ‘SMAC-20.’ ‘Stop. Make a Change’ is the only campaign of its sort in the UK construction
Civils contractors today said that the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic had caused historic drops in workloads in 2020 Q2, but that industry is poised to drive the recovery in the months ahead. Results from the Civil Engineering Contractors Association (CECA) Workload Trends Survey for 2020 Q2 found that workloads declined according to 43 per
Above: watch the webinar launch of Stop. Make a Change 2020, filmed on Friday 31 July. This year the Stop. Make a Change campaign will take place between 10-23 October. For more information visit www.stopmakeachange.co.uk
A short promotional film about the Construction Talent Retention Scheme, which will go live on Friday (24 July 2020).
The Professional Practice Task Group for the Construction Leadership Council (CLC) Covid-19 Task Force has today published a methodology for assessing and reporting the cost implications of disruption due to the pandemic. Construction clients and contractors rely on accurate cost prediction as the basis of business plans, financial contracts, and commercial control. The unprecedented nature
CECA Midlands Video 2020: Working for Infrastructure
The Disputes and Collaboration group for the Construction Leadership Council (CLC) COVID-19 Task Force has today published guidance on futureproofing contract amendments in the light of COVID-19. Building upon the Contractual Best Practice Guidance published by the group earlier in the year, it includes options for amending many of the JCT and NEC contracts to
