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The CECA Southern NextGen Foundations Group and CECA South West Foundations Group are about far more than promoting the industry to current and future generations. They provide a platform that empowers emerging professionals to build confidence, develop lasting industry relationships and discover skills they never knew they had.  We’ve recently been speaking to some of

The CECA South West Young Achiever awards celebrate the best people and our award categories for 2026 are: Most Promising Trainee Civil Engineer Most Promising Apprentice Most Promising Trainee Quantity Surveyor Please confirm your intention to nominate in one or more categories to corrinnehodge@cecasouth.co.uk no later than Friday 7 August 2026. Nomination forms can be

Thank you to all who attended our Members’ Meeting at Sandy Park on Wednesday, which was Hannah’s first meeting as Regional Director for the South West. Following feedback from the South West Advisory Group Hannah delivered an introduction to herself and career path to CECA and an oversight of the governance structure. The meeting included

Please see the latest newsletter from The Construction Industry Joint Tax Committee here. As you will note, the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has an open Call for Evidence on its strategy for the built environment professions, trades and occupations. If you have views on training, regulation or other issues concerning construction and

Click above to read the CECA South West Annual Review 2025.

We were delighted that over 100 people attended our CECA South West Members’ Meeting at Sandy Park on 1st April 2026. It was a great opportunity for CECA SW members and clients to say farewell to Paul Santer and Linda Evans who have now both retired and meet their successors Hannah Jones, Regional Director (from

The next CECA South West Members’ Meeting will be held at Sandy Park on Wednesday 1st April 2026 Tea/Coffee will be available from 09:15 with the formal meeting starting at 10:00 and concluding with a buffet lunch at 1pm. Our speakers on the day will be: Alexis Field, Infrastructure Programme Director,  Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO)

CECA South West’s Last Members’ Meeting of 2025 was at Sandy Park on Wednesday 3 December. What a fun event this morning was! Matt Cosby of Goonhilly Earth Station gave a brilliant presentation (before driving to Heathrow and jumping on a plane to a conference in Washington DC). Jon Miles talked eloquently about degree apprenticeships