Our speakers were:
Stuart Allen, Deputy Director and Sharna Richings, SW Delivery Manager for the Environment Agency who addressed CECA members about current and future EA frameworks. View presentation Environment Agency Mar 2025 FINAL_for_upload
Rob Richards, Deputy Director of Highways & Infrastructure Development and Ian James, Highways & Traffic Management Group Manager explained the potential impacts of devolution in the County (local government reorganisation) the arrangements for renewal of the highway maintenance framework and how the future work pipeline is looking in what is currently an uncertain Devon landscape. View presentation CECA DCC Presentation 26032025
Samantha Howell, Director of Highways and Transport – Place and David Bullock, Head of Major Highway Projects at Wiltshire Council explained where the Council are with various projects and contracts. View presentation CECA – Wiltshire Council FVWN – March 2025
Gez Bonner, National Training Manager at L Lynch Plant Hire & Haulage outlined L Lynch’s unique training programme as well as how and where they currently train contractor’ plant operators and their own employees. Gez shared L Lynch’s idea for a skills hub for plant operator training in the Exeter/Plymouth area. View Presentation Gez – CECA Slides
Phil Ramsden has come to the end of his extremely successful term as CECA South West Chair and he was wished a fond farewell (with couple of surprises!).
The election of the new CECA South West Chair and Vice Chair took place and we welcomed Abie Hearn, Head of Bid Quality at Ringway/SWH as our new Chair and Claire Coetzee, Civil Engineering Director at M J Church as Vice Chair.