Annual Review 2019 Civil Engineering Contractors
Civil Engineering Contractors Association Southern
Annual Review 2019 It certainly has been an interesting 12 months since our last report with uncertainty probably being the greatest influence on our industry, having an effect on both workload and resources.
It was evident that this continued uncertainty around Brexit and the political world has influenced our sector output during 2019. The CECA Q4 Workload Trends Survey commentary reflecting a “widespread weakness in workloads but outlook improves” status.
CECA continued to lobby government and key clients on the need for a sustainable release of work opportunity to our market to manage this uncertainty. Equally, the CECA Southern Board recognised the need to change the wider perception of our industry to one that reflected a more assured and innovative provider of our nation’s infrastructure. One that spoke with an industry aligned voice and promoted a collaborative, fair and inclusive working environment.
Whilst looking back over my last year as CECA Southern Chair that this Brian Crofton review considers, I know that my successor, John Breheny, and his Board Chairman will continue to promote the need for our industry to work better CECA (Southern) Ltd together and look to ensure that the CECA brand continues to be seen as a positive influencer within our industry and beyond. Supporting initiatives to encourage a wider and more diverse demographic of resource into our sector, whilst looking to retain and upskill the people we already have; the establishment of the NextGen CECA Foundations Group in our region in 2019 being just part of this broader picture.
The CECA Southern Team 2 CECA (Southern) Ltd governs both CECA (Southern) and CECA (South West). The Directors for CECA (Southern) Ltd in 2019 were:
Chairman Brian Crofton, Jackson Civil Engineering Group Ltd Vice Chairman Trevor Dodds Directors Samantha Barratt, Barhale Construction plc John Breheny, Breheny Civil Engineering Ltd Ronan Clancy, Clancy Docwra Tony Rimoldi, Concrete Repairs Michael Conway MBE, FM Conway Ltd Joanne Garwood, FM Conway Ltd Richard King, Osborne Andy Pritchard, Interserve Construction Ltd Alan Cox, BAM Nuttall CECA (Southern) Executive Director David Allen
CECA Southern Members ACS Construction Group Ltd Eiffage Genie Civil UK Pod Trak Ltd Aggregate Industries UK Ltd Erith Contractors Ltd PORR UK Ltd Albion Drilling Group Ltd Farrans Construction Pro Direct Surfacing Ltd American Bridge UK Ltd Ferrovial Agroman (UK) Ltd R&W Civil Engineering Ltd Avon Construction Ltd Fox (Owmby) Ltd J B Riney & Co Ltd Balfour Beatty Construction Galliford Try Infrastructure SB Civil Engineering Ltd Services UK C G Godfrey Ltd Sidewinderuk.com Ltd BAM Nuttall Ltd GRAHAM Sir Robert McAlpine Ltd Barhale Construction Plc Graham Attrill Civil Engineering Ltd John Sisk & Son Ltd Barton Plant Ltd Hanson Contracting Skanska BCM Construction HOCHTIEF (UK) Construction Ltd TAG Construction Ltd blu-3 (UK) Ltd Interserve Construction Ltd Tarmac Bouygues Travaux Publics (UK) J Coffey Construction Ltd Taylor Woodrow (Vinci) Breheny Civil Engineering Ltd Jackson Civil Engineering Group Ltd Toppesfield Britannia Construction Ltd John F Hunt Ltd VolkerWessels J Browne Construction Ltd Kier Infrastructure & Overseas Ltd Whitemountain Quarries Ltd Buckingham Group Contracting Ltd KKB Remediation Wills Bros Civil Engineering Ltd Clancy Docwra Ltd Knights Brown Construction Ltd Cleshar Contract Services Ltd Land and Water Services Ltd Associate Members Cliffe Contractors Ltd Mabey Hire Ltd Constructive Evaluation Colas Ltd McCODA Ltd Crouch Waterfall Colas Rail Ltd B & M McHugh Ltd Donseed – A Product of Causeway Concrete Repairs Ltd Metrail Construction Ltd Four-Tees Engineers Ltd FM Conway Ltd Morgan Sindall Const & Invennt Ltd Costain Ltd Infrastructure Ltd Onwave UK Ltd Danaher & Walsh J Murphy & Sons Ltd Pro Rail Services David Beecroft Ltd A H Nicholls & Sons Ltd Speedy Asset Services Ltd DJT Surfacing Ltd Osborne Stema Shipping UK Ltd Dyer & Butler Ltd Ovenden Allworks Ltd TCS Exhumation Services Ltd 3 CLIENT ENGAGEMENT
CECA Southern has met with key clients and public sector bodies to influence thinking and decision-making on infrastructure investment in the South.
CECA was actively engaged with Hampshire County Council regarding GEN4 and providing feedback on GEN3.
Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority Central Bedfordshire Council Essex County Council Hertfordshire County Council Kent County Council Oxfordshire County Council Surrey County Council Heathrow Highways England Luton DART (Direct Air-Rail Transit) Anglian Water @one Alliance South East Water Southern Water Thames Water Network Rail IP Southern Network Rail Croydon Area Remodelling Scheme (CARS) Soft Market Engagement Network Rail Woking Area Capacity Enhancement (WACE) Soft Market Engagement Transport for London Transport for the South East
4 Introduction to Rail
CECA Southern ran an Introduction to Rail event aimed at smaller regional/SME companies who are not currently working in the railway arena – this is an area where the DfT wants to encourage more companie to get involved in the delivery of smaller projects. Network Rail IP Eastern, Greater Anglia, Murphy, National Skills Academy Rail and RD Professional Assurance all attended.
5 ATTRACTING, SECURING & TRAINING A DIVERSE, WORLD CLASS WORKFORCE
Training
“Tutor spoke full of knowledge, A high-quality programme of free, or significantly discounted, training courses aimed at all employees of CECA Southern spoke clearly, concisely and members has been delivered. Mark Bezzant delivered effectively. Outstanding! specialised contractual seminars on NEC. Will highly recommend.”
No of people trained 534
NEC3 E&CC Compensation event procedure and assessments NEC3 E&CC Defined Cost NEC3 E&CC Subcontract NEC4 E&CC Contract Data NEC4 E&CC Compensation Events NEC4 E&CC Programmes Managing Risk Management Development Programme (NVQ L6/7)
NEXT GEN
6 Alexandra Kosta Shannon Rivolta Hamza Din Barbara Kemp
Young People Awards The CECA Southern “Most Promising Awards” celebrate & Education the remarkable achievements of the young women and Influencing young people to consider men who are our rising stars. the civil engineering sector as the • Most Promising Apprentice 2019 “career of choice”. Alexandra Kosta (VolkerHighways) • Most Promising Trainee Quantity Surveyor 2019 Shannon Rivolta (VolkerHighways) • Most Promising Trainee Civil Engineer 2019 East Hamza Din (Jackson Civil Engineering) Surrey • Outstanding Contribution / Lifetime Achievement Award 2019 College Barbara Kemp (VolkerFitzpatrick) Fareham College CECA Southern Kingston Foundations Group University CECA (Southern) has established its own NextGen CETC CECA Group as part of the CECA wide Foundations (Civil Engineering Group initiative. Comprising of younger Training Centre) representatives from our member organisations they will bring a different perspective to addressing some of the industry challenges ahead.
7 MEMBER ENGAGEMENT
CECA (Southern) Annual Lunch
We were delighted to welcome members and guests to the CECA Southern Annual Lunch on Friday 5 July 2019 at The Brewery. In 2019, the Annual Lunch was refreshed with a new summertime date and new venue. The event included our keynote speaker, Wayne Barnes, who is widely recognised as one of the world’s best rugby referees, as well as the presentation of the CECA (Southern) Training Awards, celebrating the remarkable achievements of the young women and men who are our rising stars.
8 Members’ Meetings “I wish to congratulate you all on delivering a great annual lunch on Our quarterly meetings at the CIHT, London Friday. I thoroughly enjoyed the are very well attended giving members an new venue (thanks for organising opportunity to network and regularly feature perfect weather too!). The food industry guest speakers. was first class as was the whole organisation of the event. Once Competition Law in the Construction Sector again, congratulations and thanks for inviting me to your very enjoyable annual lunch.”
Housing Infrastructure Group
“Many thanks for inviting me to join you for the delicious lunch and brilliant occasion on Friday. It was inspiring, as ever, to see such talented representatives of the industry at the threshold of their Transforming Construction Through Digital careers in construction & Advanced Manufacturing Technologies (or apex in the case of the lifetime achiever) being given their awards, and the speeches, entertainment were all excellent, as was company on my table and more widely. I thought the new venue and timing of the event worked very well (as did everyone I spoke to).”
9 MEMBER SERVICES
Construction Law & Health & Safety Commercial Helpline CECA has in-house expertise that is freely This Helpline provides contract law and available to all members and prepares commercial advice and is available to annual accident reporting statistics for civil members of CECA (Southern). The free of engineering construction sites. charge telephone and email service is Contact – Peter Crosland, provided by Bezzant Ltd and provides National Civil Engineering Director members with an opportunity to speak E: [email protected] directly to experts, thereby obtaining clear M: 07717 541451 and practical advice based on their extensive experience. Technical & Environmental The telephone number for the Helpline Service Advice is: 01489 578877 CECA ensures members are kept up to date or with all the latest developments. Alternatively, CECA members can send their question by email to: Contact – Peter Crosland, [email protected] National Civil Engineering Director E: [email protected] M: 07717 541451
Employment CECA is directly represented on the Construction Industry Joint Council (CIJC) Working Rule Agreement (WRA), and updates members with regular briefings. Working Rule Agreement – Copies of the new edition of the CIJC WRA (Rev Aug 2018) are available to members free of charge.
10 CECA Workload Trends
2019 Q1 Workload Trends
Fall in workloads and new orders in Q1
2019 Q2 Workload Trends Activity picks up and prospects remain positive
Taxation CECA provides members with a free 2019 monthly taxation briefing. Q3 Workload Trends Member queries on taxation issues are generally dealt with by Liz Bridge via email. Decrease in activity and Contact – Liz Bridge broad weakness in new E: [email protected] orders M: 07770 478559
Training & Development CECA has two in-house experts in training 2019 provision and delivers industry-led training Q4 Workload Trends for members in all regions at significantly discounted rates. Widespread weakness in Contact – Briony Wickenden, workloads but outlook Head of Training & Development, CECA (Southern) improves E: [email protected] M: 07824 696405
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