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Since British Rail was privatised in the 1990s, successive UK Governments of all parties have said that the model’s performance has not met its expectations of a modern network. Mounting criticism amongst lawmakers both in Westminster and Cardiff Bay has been accompanied by a two-decade increase in passengers, to record levels, before the Covid-19 pandemic.

Construction specific qualifications for schools and colleges in Wales This is just my short blog on what Qualifications Wales are currently developing in partnership with civil engineering employers to support young people into a career in “Construction and the Built Environment”. Very soon learners in Wales will be able to pursue GCSE, A-level and foundation

Covid-19 and the way we’ve had to react to “lockdown” in Wales and, more specifically, the instructions not to travel unless absolutely essential has brought many things to a sharp focus. There’s been much talk of how we don’t want to return to the rush hour commute and all that wasted time spent in traffic

We are the Civil Engineering Contractors Association (CECA) Wales Cymru and we represent 60 of Wales’ largest and smallest civil engineering contracting businesses with a cumulative annual turnover in excess of £1bn and employing over 6,000 people. These businesses play a huge part in supporting communities across Wales and make a significant contribution to the

It’s been a strange few weeks. We’ve gone from being social animals to socially distanced animals in a very short space of time. No more trips to the pub, the coffee shop, the chapel. No schools open. Public transport systems largely reserved for key workers.  And for many, the ones who are able to work,

If you listen to our Welsh Government you’d think we’re pretty serious about it. Although who knows what happens to all the data that pops out of the Community Benefits Measurement Tool? Depends what goes into it I suppose? Not enough I know that! If you listen to a myriad of clients, from local authorities

Blog 7th January 2020 As we move forward into a new decade what are the prospects for our infrastructure in Wales – and the sector that delivers it? The long period of instability in UK politics coupled with flawed austerity policies and Brexit has led to one of the worst periods of under investment in

“Supporting Healthy and Active Lives and the role of infrastructure” On Tuesday 26th November 2019 CECA Wales launched it’s joint report on “Active and Healthy Lives : the role of infrastructure” at the Pierhead, Cardiff. The event was sponsored by Jenny Rathbone AM and the Deputy Minister for Economy and Transport, Lee Waters, gave us