The Devon and Cornwall Concrete Society Annual Lunch will take place on Friday 28 February 2020 at The Mariner Suite, Crowne Plaza, Armada Way, Plymouth PL1 2HJ. This is always an enjoyable event and is a great networking opportunity as representatives of local authorities, consultants, architects and specialist suppliers will be there. To ensure your
The CECA South West Foundations Group have had a remarkable experience visiting #HinkleyPointC a couple of weeks ago as well as an interesting presentation of the deep digs undertaken for the #EDF facility. The group were privileged in being taken on a site tour of the Hinkley Point C facility in its current state really
The thirteenth annual National Apprenticeship Week begins today, and business meetings, open days, celebration events and parents evenings are being held in workplaces, schools and training providers premises across the country. For the first time, National Apprenticeship Week includes weekend activity, with many employers opening their doors to young people and their parents at open
The UK Government has announced £500m of funding to help reconnect towns across the country by kick-starting cuts made to the railway network in the 1960s and 1970s. The cuts, proposed by British Rail Chairman Dr Richard Beeching in 1963, ended passenger services on around a third of the rail network, closing up to 5,000
CECA Midlands published its Sponsorship Opportunities for the Annual Dinner & Awards due to be held on 12 November at The MacDonald Burlington Hotel, Birmingham has now been postponed to 10 June 2021. There is still an opportunity to become our ‘Annual Partner’ and get involved in opportunities throughout 2020/21. Click here to find out
The Civil Engineering Contractors Association (CECA) is the representative body for companies which work day-to-day to deliver, upgrade, and maintain the country’s infrastructure. With more than 300 members based in Scotland, Wales, and the six English regions, CECA represents firms who, together, carry out an estimated 70-80 per cent of all civil engineering activity in the
Annual Lunch 2020 Bookings are now open for the CECA (Southern) Lunch which will take place on Friday 3 July 2020 at The Brewery, London. This flagship event brings together over 400 people and is the networking event of the CECA Southern calendar and not to be missed from both a personal and business perspective.
CECA (South West) delegates recently celebrated completion of their Management Development Programme with trainer Bob Bilbrough, assessor Nick Nile and CECA SW Regional Director, Paul Santer. Three delegates have received their NVQ Level 6/7 accreditations. Congratulations to: Alex Glanfield of Dyer & Butler for achieving his NVQ Level 6 certificate in Construction Contracting Operations Management
CECA is anticipating that the second Roads Investment Strategy will be published in the coming weeks, confirming Government’s plans for £25.3bn investment in our strategic roads between 2020-25. Ongoing commitment to five-year cycles for roads spending is welcomed by industry, as they provide much greater project certainty, giving industry the confidence it needs to prepare
The new Conservative Government has committed to restoring many of the closed Beeching lines reconnecting those small towns that have suffered permanent disadvantage since they were removed from the rail network in the 1960s. In the last few weeks, Secretary of State for Transport Grant Shapps has allocated £500m to reopen former train lines and
