Engaging with the Thames Valley Chamber and the Local Skills Improvement Plan

CECA Southern is arranging to meet with the Thames Valley Chamber of Commerce Group to discuss their engagement on the Local Skills Improvement Plans (LSIPs) for Oxfordshire and Berkshire. Please see here the October update for Berkshire, which gives an explanation of LSIPs and outlines the Chamber’s approach to the work.

CECA Southern Members’ Meeting – 1 Dec 2022 – Presentations

Thank you to Tim Griffiths, OFWAT; Alasdair Reisner, CECA CEO; and Kate Walker, The Diabetes Safety Organisation (DSO) for their presentations at our Members’ Meeting in London on 1 December 2022. You can find the presentation slides below. OFWAT presentation CECA Presentation DSO presentation DSO Sample Charter DSO Flyer – Diabetes: the risk to business

The last Members’ Meeting of 2022 took place on 7th December at Sandy Park, Exeter

The speakers for this event were: Jason Hones, Regional Director – South West, National Highways.  View the presentation: National Highways CECA SW presentation Kate Doodson, Joint Chief Executive, Cosmic UK. View the presentation: Cosmic Digital Trends 2022 -CECA CECA South West Foundations Group. View the presentation: CECA SWFG – End of Year Review 2022 –

Network Rail – Control Period 7 information for England and Wales

Bill Free, Rail Director, CECA has provided the following update: The Department for Transport have published two documents in connection with Control Period 7 (the period April 2024 to March 2029). These are: The “High Level Output Statement” HLOS  Railways high level output specification 2022 – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) The “Statement of Funds Available” SOFA Railways

Heathrow Business Summit 2022

The Heathrow Business Summit took place on Tuesday 15th November 2022. Please see here the presentation slides from Paul Doherty, Procurement Director at Heathrow Airport on the day of the event. If you would like to view the Meet our Category Managers and SMEs video again, please visit Heathrow’s YouTube channel. If you would like

CECA Wales Leadership Challenge 2022 South

It was mid November, in the south of Wales near Crickhowell, and, between the storms, the weather was pretty good! Which was great for our young civil engineering apprentices who took part in the fifth CECA Wales Leadership Challenge in partnership with the Army in Wales. The CECA Wales Leadership Challenge is an unique partnership

Careers Fair Organised by The Plymouth University Mentoring Committee and the CECA South West Foundations Group

The Plymouth University Mentoring Committee in partnership with the CECA South West Foundations Group organised a Careers Fair today for civil engineering students at Plymouth University. Manning the stand are Paul Santer, Fergus Longbottom and Katie Farrell and Conner Kearey.

CECA YH & CTG Meeting – Notes

CECA Y&H and Civils Training Group held a meeting on 15th November 2022 for Training Representatives from our member companies. The purpose of the meeting was to establish training needs going forward into 2023, to look at how CECA can support our members with T&D, and to provide an update from CITB. Copies of the

CECA Y&H takes part in ‘Give Construction A Try’

CECA Yorkshire & Humber, along with a number of member companies and National Highways, helped to deliver the fantastic ‘Give Construction A Try’ event at Wakefield College on 9th November 2022. The event provides Year 9 and 10 students from the area with opportunities to have hands-on experiences of different construction activities. This included brick

Mock Trial Events

CECA Yorkshire & the Humber have run two very successful Mock Trials over the past month, looking at the legal ramifications for individuals and businesses following a service strike on site. The events took place in Goole (6th October) and Morley (17th November), delivered by DAC Beachcroft and local actors. Over 90 delegates from member