FIR (Fairness Inclusion Respect) Programme – Overview and Links to Resources

Please find below some information on the FIR Programme (including the FIR Growth Assessment and FIR Ambassadors Network), the Supply Chain Sustainability School (which delivers the FIR Programme), and the full Data Benchmarking report from the School’s website. Supply Chain Sustainability School The School was established 10 years ago as an accessible source of learning

CECA Midlands Joins Partnership To Create More Apprenticeships

CECA Midlands has joined forces with a region-wide scheme that helps tackle youth unemployment in a bid to address the shortage of labour in the sector. Ladder Foundation was created more than a decade ago in London to drive up the number of apprenticeships being offered by employers. The success of the campaign saw initiatives

Highways Traffic Management – Talk More

 CECA Midlands member Highways Traffic Management have relaunched their Mental Health Campaign and video, Talk More. The campaign is encouraging people to talk about mental health and remove any associated Stigma. You can pledge your support for the campaign here.

UK Parliament – Victoria Tower Fabric Safety Project

Victoria Tower is the largest tower on the Parliamentary Estate, with a full restoration of the exterior required to protect this UNESCO World Heritage Grade 1 listed structure for generations to come. In December a PIN was launched – see here –  and we are now using this to invite suppliers to an industry event

CECA South West Foundations Group were manning a stand at The National Apprenticeship Show – South West 24th and 25th January 2023 to encourage young people into a Civil Engineering career. School leavers and students were able to have a go on the simulator and experience using a virtual headset.

CITB Training Groups January Newsletter

Please see here the latest CITB Training Groups Newsletter.

CECA South West Foundations Group – Thomas Brown

We would like to introduce you to Thomas Brown, one of CECA South West Foundations Group members. The CECA South West Foundations Group aims to promote the civil engineering and construction industry to current and future generations and engage with other like-minded engineering and construction professionals, companies, organisations and groups who wish to attract young people

CECA Southern – Seawork Expo June 2023 (13 – 15 June) – Exhibition Pods

CECA will again be hosting a stand at the Seawork Expo 2023 in Southampton between 13th – 15th June inclusive to increase awareness and support engagement between organisations involved in both marine and land based infrastructure. We will hold a CECA Sector Group meeting during the Expo with presentations around marine focused green energy on

Kent County Council’s – Major Capital Programme Team – Commercial Brochure January 2023

Following CECA Southern’s liaison meeting with Kent CC in June 2022, KCC have kindly provided the following update. Good evening to you all and happy new year, It now seems like a distant memory when we met so many of you in person at the Maidstone Village Hotel in June 2022 for the CECA event.

The road to prosperity or a road to nowhere?

Over a year on from the Welsh Government announcement that it was freezing all planned road building projects whilst it undertook a review of roads in Wales, Ed Evans, Director of Civil Engineering Contractors Association Wales, calls for greater recognition of the importance of our infrastructure in delivering a greener, better Wales. “Build back better.