As the Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Mark Drakeford AM, launched his mid-term review of the Welsh Government’s Wales Infrastructure Investment Plan (WIIP), Ed Evans, Director of the Civil Engineering Contractors Association (CECA) Cymru, stresses the importance of long term planning in the infrastructure sector and the social as well as economic and environmental benefits that
An excellent meeting with Catherine Brookes, Operational Director for Highways England on 23 May. Catherine spoke openly about changes in procurement and delivery with a particular focus on Area 7 & 9 to a small group of 20 CECA Midlands members. With a desire to create a two way communication channel with CECA Midlands and
As we all, slowly, face up to the challenges of automation, Ed Evans, Director of the Civil Engineering Contractors Association (CECA) Cymru, examines the potential impacts of automation in the infrastructure sector, and how both public and private sectors need to work together to address the challenges for the workforce. Increased automation is impacting, and
Contractors today welcomed the Transport Select Committee’s recommendation that Parliament should approve the Airports National Policy Statement (NPS), but warned that further delays to Heathrow expansion will undermine economic growth.
Civils contractors today have called for a “step change” in funding for local roads in England and Wales after an industry survey found that more than 24,000 miles of road will need repairing in the next year.
Civils contractors today leant their backing to the National Infrastructure Commission’s first Annual Monitoring Report, which calls for Government action on a range of major schemes.
Ed Evans from the Civil Engineers Contractors Association in Wales looks back at 2017 and a year of delay and disappointment for those involved in the infrastructure sector in Wales but stresses that this must change if Wales is to benefit from the opportunities that new and improved infrastructure brings. But only if governments start
Ed Evans from the Civil Engineers Contractors Association in Wales looks back at 2017 and a year of delay and disappointment for those involved in the infrastructure sector in Wales but stresses that this must change if Wales is to benefit from the opportunities that new and improved infrastructure brings. But only if governments start
Some time ago the Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Infrastructure and Skills, launched a Welsh Government consultation on the shape and purpose of a new National Infrastructure Commission for Wales. Ed Evans, Director of the Civil Engineering Contractors Association (CECA) Wales Cymru, examines why, despite the lack of progress since that time, the need for a
After months of speculation that the UK Government have been preparing the ground for an announcement to cancel the project it has now been confirmed that the mainline from Cardiff to Swansea will not be electrified as was originally planned. This is a devastating blow for the Welsh economy and, in particular, the city of
