Environment

This page provides details of CECA’s activities in relation to environmental issues in the civil engineering sector. CECA works hard to bring key environmental information to its members and encourages them to develop environmental policies that are realistic, deliverable, and in harmony with the UK’s climate change commitments to reduce up to 24 million tonnes of carbon and thus save the UK £1.46 billion a year by 2050.
CECA works closely with a range of industry stakeholders including:

  • Build UK
  • CIRIA
  • Environment Agency
  • Defra
  • Construction Products Association
  • Construction Plant-hire Association

CECA members are provided with CECA’s Corporate Responsibility Toolkit free of charge on request, to help firms meet demand from clients that they address the CR agenda.

CECA actively contributed to the development of the Government’s Sustainable Construction Strategy, ensuring that it reflected the needs of the industry. CECA has also responded to industry requirements for construction-related guidance on waste management, specifically the Waste Classification and Permitting in Construction guide. CECA have also been involved in the production of the CIRIA Asbestos in Soils Handbook.

Further publications are available to CECA members via the members’ area.

For more information, e-mail CECA’s Civil Engineering Director Peter Crosland at petercrosland@ceca.co.uk

CECA 30 Projects for 30 Years: Queensferry Crossing, Morrison Construction

Our ‘30 Projects for 30 Years’ series celebrates the infrastructure delivered by CECA members over the past three decades. This profile features the £790 million Queensferry Crossing, delivered by Morrison Construction as part of a consortium with Hochtief, Dragados and American Bridge for Transport Scotland. Completed in 2017, the 2.7km crossing strengthened a vital transport

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Our ‘30 Under 30’ series celebrates the emerging talent helping to shape the future of civil engineering. This profile features Sam Ellithorn, who became Cheetham Hill Construction’s first civil engineering degree apprentice after joining the business through work experience. Combining studies at the University of Salford with experience on HS2, BAE Systems and Environment Agency

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CECA members were recently joined at a workshop by the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) to discuss pipeline health for the two sectors that it regulates, alongside key supply chain challenges and issues. Ben Goodwin, CECA’s Director of Policy and Public Affairs, reflects on the key takeaways in this short blog post. ORR opened