Here you can find news items of relevance to CECA Southern.
Department for Transport Small Business Supplier & Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) Event 14th May 2025 The Department for Transport (DfT) Group and other key stakeholders are hosting an in-person Small Business Supplier & VCSE Supplier Event at Brighton Race Course, (Freshfield Road, Brighton BN2 9XZ ) 14th May 2025 – 10am to 2pm,…
On Monday 17 March, CECA Southern Executive Director, David Allen, and CECA National CEO, Alasdair Reisner, attended the Thames Water SESRO Market Engagement Event to discuss the proposed reservoir project for the South East in Oxfordshire. You can see the Market Briefing Document here.
Thanks to Heathrow Airport Ltd for hosting our Safe Digging event at the Heathrow Employment & Skills Academy on 18th February 2025. Heathrow is a client organisation that has taken utility service detection and protection to another level. The event brought together good practice in safe digging from a range of practitioners in the industry…
CECA Southern Executive Director, David Allen, attended the DfT’s SME supplier event in Cambridge on 11 February where key client groups and T1s looked to connect with the region’s SMEs. You can see the slide deck here, and a list of all the strategic suppliers and sponsors who attended here. Useful Links DfT: actions for improving…
Over three memorable days in May – June 2024, Rother Valley Railway and Kent and East Sussex Railway worked together on an event at Robertsbridge Junction to inaugurate the newly refurbished and installed locomotive turntable, previously at Hither Green depot. Please see here for full details, which includes photographs of the turntable celebrations, featuring Britannia. You…
Please see below the Press Release from Thames Water: FINAL: Tuesday 7 January 2025 Thames Water announces next stages of market engagement to support construction of the South East’s new reservoir Thames Water has today published a Periodic Indicative Notice (PIN) to initiate early market engagement for its proposed reservoir in Oxfordshire. The reservoir, also…
CECA Southern Executive Director, David Allen, supported the Build Forward Alliance (BFA) to deliver a panel event at the 2024 South Coast CPS Conference in Southampton on Thursday 14 November. The alliance was established to help generate better outcomes for those involved in the South Coast construction industry through a process of collaborative engagement and…
On 12 November 2024, CECA Southern, in conjunction with Richard Patterson, Procurement and NEC Specialist, Mott MacDonald ran a webinar explaining the X29 clause, its purpose and its relevance to current and future infrastructure projects. The X29 clause within the NEC contract is a relatively new addition designed to address key aspects of infrastructure projects,…
On 30 September 2024 CECA held an in-person stakeholder event to allow London Luton Airport’s expansion project to be presented to contractors with a view to delivering this £2 billion+ opportunity. Members were invited to take up the opportunity of attending the event, at which representatives for Luton Rising set out how contractors may potentially…
