CECA South West Training Awards 2018

 Our South West Award Winners for 2018, namely: Most Promising Apprentice; Most Promising Trainee Quantity Surveyor; Most Promising Trainee Civil Engineer; University of Bath Student Placement Award; University of Plymouth Student Placement Award.

Engineering Plymouth

 The Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) presents Engineering Plymouth. A film celebrating how civil engineers have helped to shape Plymouth over the last 500 years.

CECA North West Calls For Certainty Over Moorside

CECA North West today asked for clarity from Government regarding plans for a new nuclear power station at Moorside in Cumbria, after Toshiba’s decision to wind up its nuclear arm NuGen threw plans for the scheme into doubt. The scheme had been projected to create between 14,000-21,000 jobs over the lifetime of the project –

Is a career in Civil Engineering for you? #TEWeek18

There are misconceptions about the routes to progress into careers in engineering, which is having an impact on the number of young people entering these industries. Civil engineering is dependent on both graduates and people joining via the vocational route, as that reflects the diversity of careers within the sector – both site-based and office-based.

Is University the only way into Civil Engineering? #TEWeek18

There is a definite misconception about STEM subjects and it is failing young people. Unaware of the alternative routes into civil engineering and lack of knowledge about what kinds of careers are available means more awareness is needed around the ways in which young people can enter a career in Civil Engineering.  Civil engineering graduates

Public Sector Outsourcing & Procurement

The Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee published its Seventh Report of Session 2017–19, After Carillion: Public sector outsourcing and contracting, as HC 748 on 9 July 2018. The Government’s response was received on 29 October 2018. The Government response can be read here and provides details of the current public sector procurement landscape. CECA is engaging with

CECA Welcomes ORR Final Determination For CP6

CECA welcomes the Office of Rail & Road’s recent Final Determination for the coming Rail Control Period. The whole Periodic Review (settlement of funding for the next Control Period) has been managed very well by Government, the industry and the regulator – none of the drama we saw 5 years ago. It is pleasing to

Written Statement On Crossrail

On Friday 26 October Transport Minister Jo Johnson MP delivered the following Written Statement to Parliament, setting out measures the Government are undertaking to ensure momentum is maintained behind the delivery of London’s mega-project Crossrail. “On 31 August 2018, Crossrail Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Transport for London (TfL), announced a delay to the planned

HS2 Begins Archaeology Work On Europe’s Largest Archaeological Dig

Archaeologists on the HS2 project have begun work on Europe’s largest archaeological dig, exploring over 10,000 years of British history along the 150 mile route from London to the West Midlands.  As part of HS2’s enabling works, over the next two years, more than 1,000 archaeologists, specialists, scientists and conservators from across the UK will

CECA To Host ‘Change Infrastructure’ Event At Highways UK

CECA is due to host a ‘Change Infrastructure’ event at this year’s Highways UK conference, which is due to take place on 7 & 8 November at the NEC in Birmingham. Highways UK is the flagship event for the people and organisations involved in the planning, building, operating and future-proofing of the UK’s roads network.