SP Energy Networks is urging construction workers to ‘Plan Ahead, Look Around’ to reduce the number of reported electrical accidents on construction sites. Reports to date this year from the Energy Networks Association (ENA) reveal that there have been 477 safety incidents reported on co
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The UK Government has been urged to accelerate the transition away from red diesel by supporting the construction industry’s commitment to genuinely lower carbon fuels and to go further in its efforts to tackle the current shortage of HGV drivers.
Civils contractors have joined six other industry trade bodies to call for the UK Government’s super deduction allowance (SDA) to be extended to include leasing and short-term hire. The Civil Engineering Contractors Association (CECA) have issued a joint letter to the Chancellor of the Exchequ
SP Energy Networks has launched a new safety campaign to prevent electrical accidents on construction sites.
Civil engineers have reported a steep fall in activity for the second quarter of 2020 reflecting the COVID-19 lockdown as well as continuing long term challenges for the sector in Scotland. Headline results from the latest CECA Workload Trends Survey found that 35% of Scottish firms, on balance, rep
Employers should act now to support the long-term mental wellbeing of their staff during the current pandemic, according to the Mates in Mind charity.
Household names from the world of construction will help develop the standards for a new ‘kit of parts’ which will be used to create the next generation of government projects like schools, hospitals and prisons. The Construction Innovation Hub has appointed a new Design Standards B
Fifteen UK construction bodies have written to the UK Government to share serious concerns regarding the implementation of reverse VAT charges and have called for a delay in implementing the new rules.
Grahame Barn Civils contractors have today called for urgent action to be taken to address a plunge in infrastructure workloads in Scotland.
The construction sector has come together to warn the UK government of the dangers of the industry facing a ‘cliff edge’ regarding access to EU workers. In an unprecedented show of unity, seven of the construction industry’s major trade bodies have set out what they believe to be the sector’
Victoria Brambini Procurement partnership Scape Group has published details of its National Civil Engineering and Infrastructure framework, which includes the creation of a dedicated £400 million lot specifically for the public sector in Scotland.
Civils firms have flagged up the growing use of open tenders, disproportionate quality bid requirements and poor tender documents as factors behind escalating and unsustainable bidding cost. Over the past year, the Civil Engineering Contractors Association (CECA) has worked with its members to look
Alasdair Reisner Civil engineering contractors are calling for urgent action from the government to avoid a continued “flatlining” of the UK infrastructure sector.
Scotland’s civil engineering sector will “fall off a cliff” costing jobs and growth unless the UK government adopts a sea-change in its approach to the renewables sector, contractors have warned today. In its response to the Scottish Affairs Committee’s inquiry into renewable energy, the Civ
CECA Inspiring Change winners and sponsors at the Parliamentary event Graham Construction has won the prestigious ‘Inspiring Change in the Workplace’ award from the Civil Engineering Contractors Association (CECA) for promoting Fairness, Inclusion and Respect (FIR).