CITB Roadshows – Up and coming dates

Please find the agendas for our upcoming CITB Roadshows for Maidstone Agenda and Basingstoke. The bookings for these are now live with 14 venues across England, Scotland and Wales starting on 28th September in London at Tottenham Football Ground and finishing in Swindon on 2nd November at Village Hotel. The agenda’s are largely the same

West Sussex County Council Framework Tender

West Sussex County Council have kindly provided an update on their new Framework procurement.  They plan to issue the tender on 16 October 2023.  There will be four separate Lots, namely: Lot 4 – Carriageway and Footway Resurfacing Carriageway Resurfacing (including in-situ recycling, Traffic Management, lining and studs) Footway Resurfacing (resurfacing, reconstruction and in-situ recycling)

CECA SW Client Liaison Meeting with NORTH SOMERSET COUNCIL

We have arranged for CECA SW members to meet North Somerset Council (NSC) for a face-to-face meeting at their offices in Clevedon on Tuesday 24th October at 10am. We will be meeting Virginia Andreani, Senior Programme Lead – Project Management Team Lead, Projects and Property and Alex Fear, Head of Projects and Property together with

Devon County Council/CECA South West Forum Thursday 28th September 2023

CECA South West Regional Director Paul Santer has been approached by Clare Breckin, Chief Engineer (Highways & Built Environments), Devon County Council to see if members would be keen to be part of an informal meeting to talk generally about DCC contracts and how the County Council could become an even better client. Paul envisages

CECA South West Members’ Meeting 27th September at Sandy Park.

We can now confirm the full list of speakers for our next CECA South West Members’ Meeting on Wednesday 27th September in the Chief’s Suite at Sandy Park. Our speakers will be: Andy Coupe, Strategic Manager – Infrastructure Programmes Group and David Carter, Director for Infrastructure and Transport of Somerset Council will be providing CECA

How To Save £1 Billion? It’s As Easy As PQQ…

As the sun sets on another British summer and the kids get ready to go back to school, it may be time for many to reflect on what they got up to over the holiday season. Some saps may have done dull things like ‘going away somewhere sunny’ or ‘spending time with the family’. Not

Network Rail Southern – Christmas & New Year Additional Shift Allowance 2023/24

Please see the message below from Cameron Burns, Strategic Commercial Director: As in previous years, the rail industry has agreed a common position on additional shift allowance payments at Christmas and New Year for supply chain workers. We have again established a common position to apply to all our work this year and clarity on what

Supply Chain Sustainability School (SCSS) – Diversity Data Benchmarking Survey

Could you please help the SCSS with their last push for sector-wide participation in the Diversity Data Benchmarking Survey for the built environment sector? The survey closes on 1 September and the school would appreciate your help to capture data from as many organisation across the built environment as possible! Brief overview: The Diversity Survey

How to lose £60 million, while spending an extra £220 million

Do you ever get the feeling of deja vu? The feeling that you have already seen something before struck me last week when I saw the announcement that the A38 Derby Junctions scheme had been given the green light. Something about the name of the scheme struck a chord. A long, long time ago, before

Essex Construction Alliance Event – 15 September 2023

This is an initiative by Essex County Council lead by Michael Veasey – Sector Development and Partnership Manager. The idea is to set up a network of construction employers across Essex to meet on a quarterly basis to find out about topics they would like to find out about.  So could be anything from new