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Read about all the short-listed entries the 2018 Inspiring Change Awards, which were presented at the inaugural Inspiring Change Conference on 23 May at No. 11 Cavendish Square.

As we all, slowly, face up to the challenges of automation, Ed Evans, Director of the Civil Engineering Contractors Association (CECA) Cymru, examines the potential impacts of automation in the infrastructure sector, and how both public and private sectors need to work together to address the challenges for the workforce. Increased automation is impacting, and

Ed Evans from the Civil Engineers Contractors Association in Wales looks back at 2017 and a year of delay and disappointment for those involved in the infrastructure sector in Wales but stresses that this must change if Wales is to benefit from the opportunities that new and improved infrastructure brings. But only if governments start

Ed Evans from the Civil Engineers Contractors Association in Wales looks back at 2017 and a year of delay and disappointment for those involved in the infrastructure sector in Wales but stresses that this must change if Wales is to benefit from the opportunities that new and improved infrastructure brings. But only if governments start

Some time ago the Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Infrastructure and Skills, launched a Welsh Government consultation on the shape and purpose of a new National Infrastructure Commission for Wales. Ed Evans, Director of the Civil Engineering Contractors Association (CECA) Wales Cymru, examines why, despite the lack of progress since that time, the need for a

Significant challenges remain, but Ed Evans from the Civil Engineers Contractors Association in Wales is confident that the new franchise for the Wales and Borders Rail franchise offers considerable opportunities for the construction sector in Wales and the broader economy and wellbeing of communities This fifth Assembly is the one where our politicians have really

The main political parties have now all launched their manifestos for the forthcoming general election. But what do they mean for the infrastructure sector? In reality, Brexit looms heavily across all of the manifestos and it’s difficult to get people to focus on other aspects. So, to try to draw out the infrastructure issues I’m

Last week CECA published its Workload Trends Survey for Q4 2016/2017. This is an important dataset which offers the view of civil engineering contractors on future work prospects, employment and trends in costs and tender prices. What is interesting is that across the UK 19% of firms are seeing increasing order books. However, when you

Amongst all the publicity surrounding “impending” major infrastructure projects it would be easy to get carried away in thinking that all is rosy, that there are fortunes to be made for decades to come and employment will be at an all-time high! CITB’s Construction Skills Network (CSN) report indicates a very positive future scenario which