Ahead of the 2018 Budget, civils contractors have written to the Chancellor of the Exchequer to highlight the pressing need for the Government to commit to infrastructure delivery and secure the UK economy. The Civil Engineering Contractors Association, which represents the companies who work day-to-day to deliver, upgrade, and maintain the UK’s transport and utilities
CECA is due to host a ‘Change Infrastructure’ event at this year’s Highways UK conference, which is due to take place on 7 & 8 November at the NEC in Birmingham. Highways UK is the flagship event for the people and organisations involved in the planning, building, operating and future-proofing of the UK’s roads network.
CECA North West’s 2018 Award Winners have received coverage in the regional press: From Business Up North (16 October 2018) covering Young Professional of the Year winnerToby Hensman and Women in Civil Engineering winner Stephanie Curran; and also from BDaily (here and here). CECA North West would like to congratulate all the award winners, and thank all those who entered
On Anti-Slavery Day (18 October), the Home Office has announced that it is to write to the chief executives of 17,000 businesses, telling them to open up about modern slavery in their supply chains or risk being names as being in breach of the law. Anti Slavery Day was created by the Anti-Slavery Day Act,
CECA National Civil Engineering Director Peter Crosland sets out what the current landscape of regulation in the water industry means for members. The Environment, Food & Rural Affairs Select Committee have published their findings following an inquiry into the Regulation of the Water Industry. The inquiry looked into how well the water industry serves consumers
On Thursday (11 October) the House of Commons Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee launched an inquiry on the Government’s Major Projects Portfolio. The portfolio currently has 133 projects with a value of £423 billion. This includes high profile infrastructure projects such as Crossrail, HS2 and Hinkley Point but also major Government ICT projects, projects
Secretary of State for Transport Chris Grayling MP announced the terms of reference for the Government’s forthcoming Rail Review. Speaking in the House of Commons, Mr Grayling said: “When I took over as Transport Secretary in 2016 I said that change was needed. I started to bring together the operation of the tracks and trains,
B&CE has launched a pilot group of 18 companies to help develop a new product to improve occupational health provision across the construction industry. Each year in construction, 80,000 workers suffer from illnesses caused or made worse by their work, with too few having access to occupational health services. B&CE is working to improve the
New measures to tackle the issue of late payment to small businesses have been unveiled today by the Small Business Minister Kelly Tolhurst, who has also launched a call for evidence on the matter. Part of the Government’s Industrial Strategy, the proposals include measures to empower trade bodies to highlight best and worst practices in
On Tuesday 2 October, CECA Director of External Affairs Marie-Claude Hemming attended the CITB London Conference, where she chaired a Q&A session with Jules Pipe, Deputy Mayor for Planning, Regeneration and Skills, and a key member of Sadiq Khan’s team. In the session, Pipe spoke primarily about the Mayor’s Construction Academy (MCA) Programme. Its launch
