Lancashire Evening Post – 26 June 2018 – Diane Bourne

Click the image to read a story from the Lancashire Evening Post about Diane Bourne of Eric Wright Group, published on 26 June 2018.

CECA South West Schools Engagement

Above: a schools engagement event with Year 7-13 pupils at Oldfield Secondary School Careers Fair with Paul Santer, and Jack Walker, Dawnus Construction on 10 July 2018

Zero Emission Road Transport Strategy

Earlier today the Secretary of State for Transport, the Rt Hon Chris Grayling MP, publishedRoad to Zero, the Government’s zero emission road transport strategy.  The transition to zero emission road transport is happening across the globe, and will mean fundamental changes to the global automotive market, worth over £1.5 trillion a year, bringing news jobs

Brexit & Skills

New research published today by CITB shows that one in three construction firms are already feeling the impact of Brexit on their businesses. CITB’s new Green Paper – Research into Migration in the UK Construction and Built Environment Sector – found that while a growing number of employers are feeling the effects of Brexit like

CECA Welcomes Next Step For New Nuclear At Wylfa

CECA today welcomed the next step towards delivery for a new nuclear power station at Wylfa in North Wales. An application for development consent for the project has been accepted by examination by the UK’s Planning Inspectorate, on behalf of the Secretary of State. The public can now register as an ‘interested party’ to input

An Interview With Alan Muddiman MBE

Above: Alan Muddiman MBE, pictured at a recent CECA Yorkshire & The Humber dinner CECA was delighted to support the award of MBE to Alan Muddiman for his contribution to CECA over the past 25 years and the impact he has had on health & safety in the civil engineering sector. CECA National Civil Engineering

Nuclear Sector Deal

In a boost to contractors working in the sector, the Government have unveiled a £200m Nuclear Sector Deal which includes the announcement of technologies the Government has selected for development in the small modular reactor (SMR) sector, as well as up to £44m to develop this technology. In his introduction to the HM Government publication Industrial

Young Civil Engineers ‘re-build Holmfirth’ at Schools Engagement Event

Civils Training Group, CECA and Cairn Cross Civil Engineering were delighted when we were asked to develop and deliver a full day of Civil Engineering activities for Year 5 and 6 pupils at Holmfirth Junior & Infant School. The children were provided with a brief at the start of the day, from which their activities

Sellafield Launches First Ever Trade Misssion

Sellafield Ltd is hitting the road to grow its local supply chain and connect its major contractors with Cumbria’s small businesses. The company is taking its ‘Tier 2’ suppliers on a road trip around the country to build links with small and medium-sized enterprises with the aim of getting more local SMEs involved in Sellafield’s

Infrastructure, politics and the Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon – a sorry saga!

As the UK Government refuses to back the Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon project and the fallout and recriminations continue, Ed Evans, Director of the Civil Engineering Contractors Association (CECA) Cymru, questions the way we currently test the viability of infrastructure investments across the UK and whether or not Wales, through its Wellbeing of Future Generations