CECA: Core Innovation Hub Welcome To Transform The Construction Sector

Civil engineering contractors today welcomed Government’s announcement of the Core Innovation Hub which will support industry collaboration across the digital, manufacturing and construction sectors to develop and commercialise technologies for the construction sector. The hub consortium will enable these sectors to collaborate to support a sustainable market place for digitally driven manufacturing in construction. Commenting,

Government: Failure To Demonstrate Prompt Payment Will Prevent Firms From Winning Public Sector Contracts

Cabinet Office Minister for Implementation Oliver Dowden CBE MP has announced that for the first time the failure of companies to demonstrate prompt payment to their suppliers could result in them being prevented from winning Government contracts. A new prompt payment initiative to ensure all Government suppliers and subcontractors benefit from being paid on time

Life, Death and Taxes – the joy of Reverse Charge VAT!

This afternoon we held a seminar for our members to introduce them to the latest developments in the world of taxation, employment law and occupational health.  It was aimed at HR Managers, Payroll Managers, Financial Managers, Senior Managers, Managers, Directors and anyone responsible for finance, taxation and payroll issues within their organisations. Gerry Lean of

CECA South West Foundations Group

The newly-formed CECA South West Foundations Group are now on LinkedIn.  The Foundations Group aims to promote the civil engineering and construction industry to current and future generations and engage with other like-minded civil engineering and construction professionals, companies, organisations and groups who wish to attract young people into our industry. The CECA South West

CECA Southern Lunch and FIR (Fairness, Inclusion and Respect)

Please accept the thanks of CECA (Southern) Ltd for making this year’s inaugural lunch such a success. CECA is on a path which is helping to open the doors of our industry to a much wider demographic, encouraging the very best to get on board. It’s essential we do this for a sustainable future. We

CECA Wales Leadership Challenge 2018

Last Thursday and Friday a number of our younger CECA Wales members came together at Cwrt y Gollen Army Camp in Crickhowell to test their leadership and teamworking abilities at CECA Wales’ annual “Leadership Challenge”. The “Challenge”, which we’ve been developing in partnership with the Armed Forces, and is in its second year, is designed

CECA Attends TfL ‘Vision Zero’ Summit

CECA was present at a ‘Vision Zero’ summit in London on Tuesday (13 November), which considered a plan put forward by the Mayor of London, TfL, and the Metropolitan Police, to eliminate deaths and serious  injuries on London’s roads. The ‘Vision Zero’ approach will see a new 20mph speed limit introduced on all TfL roads

Essex Bridge Building Competition

Essex County Council, in conjunction with the Employment and Skills Board and the Education in Industry Stem Programme are running a bridge building competition for local schools in the Chelmsford/Colchester area. The competition was launched at County Hall in Chelmsford by Essex County Council on the 1 November 2018 and the testing of the bridges

CECA Southern Awards 2018

 To celebrate the achievements of this year’s young award winners (Most Promising Apprentice, Most Promising Trainee Quantity Surveyor, Most Promising Trainee Civil Engineer and Safety Initiative and Innovation Award) and to encourage others into the industry, CECA (Southern) has compiled the above video.

Industry SmartCard Audit Demonstrates Value Of Smart Technology

Build UK has published the results of its annual audit of industry skills cards which was carried out across member construction sites on 3 October 2018. The Build UK SmartCard Audit, which was delivered in partnership with CECA, CSCS and Reference Point, saw over 47,000 cards checked across 711 sites. 80% were read smartly, using