Civils contractors have warned that cutting the rebate on from red diesel will cost the UK’s construction industry at least £280 million a year. Red diesel is used by contractors for off-road plant including excavators and generators. As this plant does use the road network the diesel currently has a 47p reduction in cost per
Transport for London have announced that the Strategic Outline Business Case (SOBC) for Crossrail 2 has been given the green light by the Department for Transport, and could therefore be used to support a decision on the project at the next Spending Review. According to TfL Committee papers, the SOBC was submitted to the Government
CECA’s Procurement Group is to hold its first meeting of 2020 at BAM Nuttall’s offices on Bond Street, London, from 1.30pm on 12 March. Speakers will include: Andrew Cubitt, Construction Procurement Director, HS2 Bev Thomas, Local Government Association Sharon Cuff, Highways England Ian Tucker, Partner, Burges Salmon LLP Bev Thomas will be speaking about the
In a boost for the UK renewables supply chain, measures to promote new electricity generation projects have been launched as the Government has set out details of the next round of the Contract for Difference scheme, which will open in 2021. This latest round will be open to renewable technologies including onshore wind and solar,
Civils contractors today said that further delays to closing the UK’s airport capacity gap are “regrettable”, following the Court of Appeal’s ruling against Heathrow expansion. Commenting, Director of External Affairs for the Civil Engineering Contractors Association (CECA) Marie-Claude Hemming said: “Further delay to solving the UK’s airport capacity gap is regrettable. “CECA has long supported
The UK Government has published its response to the to review of the changes to the off-payroll working rules, and has said that it will go ahead with the reforms as planned from 6 April 2020. In January, the Government announced a review of the implementation of the April 2020 changes to address concerns from
Last week, CECA was among the signatories to a joint industry letter to Construction Minister Nadhim Zahawi calling for the establishment of the Consultancy Sector Futures Institute, with financial commitment and resources from the industry to the sum of £75 million over five years. Modelled on the UK’s Catapults present in other sectors, the Institute
This week, CECA was a joint signatory to a letter to Transport Secretary Grant Shapps, calling for a rolling programme of electrification on Britain’s railways to meet 2040 decarbonisation targets. The letter, which you can read in full here, argues that electrified railways: Are better for the environment, with carbon emissions 60% lower than diesel
Civils contractors have warned that the new points-based immigration system the UK Government plans to implement from next January will create labour market pressures for employers. Commenting, Chief Executive of the Civil Engineering Contractors Association (CECA) Alasdair Reisner said: “The UK’s construction sector already relies on a large number of migrants – the make up
Civils contractors have called for the development of a dedicated skills plan for the infrastructure sector after it was found that more than half of companies in the sector are having trouble attracting sufficiently-skilled staff. Results from the Civil Engineering Contractors Association (CECA)’s Workload Trends Survey for 2019 Q4 show that 52% of British firms,
