Members News
Our Members News section covers everything from national industry matters through to local projects, insights and vacancies; highlighting what is happening in the built environment and construction sector, all from our very own CEWales members. There are many inspiring projects throughout Wales, in which we take pleasure sharing them on our news pages. We want to hear from you! Please get in touch info@cewales.org.uk
Kier Construction Quarterly Supply Chain Event
25th April 2024
On Tuesday 16th April, Kier Construction hosted their quarterly supply chain event at the Village Hotel, Cardiff.
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ISG Vacancy for a Social Value Advisor
25th April 2024
To be the dedicated Social Value Advisor for ISG Construction South covering projects in Wales. The role will be based between site and the ISG regional office in Cardiff. The role involves working in both a standalone capacity as well as being part of a team.
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Baglan Maintenance Delivery Unit
5th February 2024
Andrew Scott Ltd has successfully completed a new Maintenance Delivery Unit (MDU) in Baglan, for Network Rail.
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Swansea University’s Go Wales: Student Employability programme
4th February 2024
Kier is delighted to be working in partnership with Swansea University’s Go Wales: Student Employability programme.
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Kier Construction - Bevan Health & Wellbeing Centre
4th February 2024
Kier Construction Western and Wales are proud to present The Bevan Health and Wellbeing Centre in Tredegar. Our most recently completed £19m, state-of-the-art build commissioned by Aneurin Bevan University Health Board was handed over this month. This incredible facility will allow patients to access a wide range of health and wellbeing services under one roof in the heart of their community.
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Recruiting Community Ambassadors for Pentre Awel
1st February 2024
Three Llanelli residents have signed up to become Bouygues UK Community Ambassadors for its Pentre Awel construction project and it’s hoped that more local people will join the scheme.
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Design Circle Charity Board Game Night
19th September 2023
Design Circle are excited to be hosting their first charity board game night on the evening of 12th October as part of the Royal Society of Architects in Wales' Design Week.
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Croeso i Fitzalan!
19th September 2023
Cardiff’s newest secondary school opened its doors to pupils and staff for the very first time last week, as Fitzalan High School commences the start of the new term in its brand-new home in Leckwith.
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Siderise Insulation opens new production line at South Wales Headquarters
19th September 2023
Passive fire protection manufacturer, Siderise Insulation, is gearing up to open its second production line after another multi-million-pound investment in its Maesteg site, following the opening of its new £1 million Innovation Centre earlier this year.
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FBE Cambria Road Cycling Event
12th September 2023
Kier are sponsoring and organising a charity road cycling event for the FBE (Forum for the built environment), taking place on 29.09.23. This is a great opportunity to raise funds for a very worthy charity and enjoy a day of cycling with colleagues and friends.
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Willmott Dixon Green Finance
3rd July 2023
At Willmott Dixon we want to reimagine the future of construction. We believe that the lens that we look at the future is very clear. If we continue on the same path, and don’t innovate, we will become obsolete – business as usual is not an option. Just like the car industry, we are having our “electric” moment. Decades of innovation stagnation are coming to an end as “perfect storm” conditions brew
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Mott MacDonald Breakfast Roundtable
27th June 2023
Mott MacDonald’s Breakfast Roundtable series will continue in July with a focus on the new Social Partnership and Public Procurement (Wales) Act. In what has been proudly described as a “uniquely Welsh way of working”, the new legislation will give employers and employees a voice in the way Wales is run.
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CEWales site visit to 71/72 Kingsway with Bouygues & Swansea Council
23rd June 2023
The South West Wales Best Practice Club were invited to a presentation and tour of 71/72 Kingsway, very kindly organised by Bouygues UK & Swansea Council.
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CASS Helping the Environment
22nd May 2023
CASS have recently completed a second tree planting day as part of the commitment to helping the environment but also rewarding the areas that the team are involved in by planting in near the client sites
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Can you support creating an outdoor safe haven in Newport?
17th May 2023
Business in the Community (BITC), The Prince’s Responsible Business Network, established the Newport Place programme in October 2022. The first of its kind in Wales, BITC’s Newport Place programme will bring together residents, stakeholders and businesses to address inequalities in Newport with the aim of supporting the community through business action. Professor Simon Gibson CBE, Newport Place Chairperson said:
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Heat pump trial with Sero, National Grid and other partners concludes
16th May 2023
Sero are pleased to announce that the first EQUINOX heat pump trials led by National Grid and other partners for Winter 2022/23 concluded on 9th March 2023, after 22 successful trial events over the last 4 months. EQUINOX is an Ofgem Network Innovation competition funded project.
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Atkins and Governors for Schools: Safeguarding talent for the future of engineering
4th April 2023
Craig Kearney, one of the first Atkins governors to be placed through the industry-first Governors for Schools programme, tells us about his partnership and experience with Maes Y Morfa primary school in Llanelli, South Wales.
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Sero supports Sovereign to decarbonise 1,000 homes with £9.4m of SHDF Wave 2.1 funding.
4th April 2023
Sero is delighted to have supported Sovereign Housing Association, one of the largest housing association in England, in their successful £9.4m Social Housing Decarbonisation Wave 2.1 bid for the whole-house retrofit of 1,000 homes across the south of England
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CLAW - 22 Local Authorities promoting excellence in the management of property assets
4th April 2023
CLAW is the Consortium of Local Authorities in Wales that supports the professional and technical interests of property management in local government in Wales. Formed in 1962 now working with representatives from the elected members and officials of all 22 Welsh local authorities together with a number of associate member organisations for the promotion of excellence in the management of property assets.
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Pupils move into new school heated by geothermal hot spring
30th January 2023
GROUND-BREAKING Primary school hides a surprising secret underneath its grounds… and is using it in a very clever way
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Kier - Supply Chain Engagement Event
30th January 2023
On Wednesday 2nd November 2022, Kier delivered their first Supply Chain engagement event focusing on Health & Safety. Kier Construction in Western & Wales recognises its responsibilities and strives to create and maintain a safe and healthy working environment and we believe that incidents are preventable.
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EQUINOX (Equitable Novel Flexibility Exchange)
30th January 2023
EQUINOX (Equitable Novel Flexibility Exchange) is the first project funded by Ofgem’s Network Innovation Competition (NIC) to address the challenges facing distribution network operators with domestic heat pump flexibility.
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Welsh Fire Safety Product Manufacturer Opens New Innovation Centre
30th January 2023
Siderise Insulation— one of the world’s leading producers of passive fire safety solutions for buildings— has opened a new innovation centre at its South Wales headquarters in Maesteg, demonstrating its investment in the local area and commitment to advancing technical excellence in the region.
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ICARUS is flying!
27th January 2023
Maple Consulting are working alongside Deltares, Tecnalia, Ramboll and RDS on a CEDR funded project, ICARUS. Find out more here.
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The road to prosperity or a road to nowhere?
24th January 2023
Over a year on from the Welsh Government announcement that it was freezing all planned road building projects whilst it undertook a review of roads in Wales, Ed Evans, Director of Civil Engineering Contractors Association Wales, calls for greater recognition of the importance of our infrastructure in delivering a greener, better Wales.
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Lawray’s plans to revitalise Wrexham’s indoor markets given the go ahead
20th January 2023
Ambitious plans to revitalise Wrexham’s Grade II listed historic indoor markets at the heart of Wrexham Town Centre have been granted planning approval and listed building consent. Both markets contribute a significant amount of character and heritage value to Wrexham’s Town Centre, providing links to the historical development of Wrexham through trade and industry.
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When Retrofitting homes, is fabric first really the best strategy?
20th January 2023
With global temperatures rising at an alarming rate, and homes producing 40% of the UK’s carbon emissions, we look at whether a fabric first approach to retrofitting homes is the best strategy.
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Read Construction win National Net Zero Award
29th November 2022
Read Construction, have taken home the national Constructing Excellence Net Zero award for their recently completed Vanguard Building scheme for Shropshire Council.
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Creating Cohesive Communities across the Cardiff Capital Region Second White Paper - Main Author, Martin Lamb, Maple Consulting
22nd July 2022
In early 2020, the Coronavirus pandemic transformed the world, and people across the globe showed how quickly they could respond to change. While most Coronavirus restrictions have now been lifted, many people have not returned to how they lived and worked before the pandemic. Thousands now choose to work at, or closer to, home for some or all of the time and, for many, the traditional daily commute is a thing of the past, meaning fewer passengers using public transport
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Maple Consulting - Circular Economy in Road Construction and Maintenance
23rd May 2022
Maple Consulting are working on a project that is part of the Transnational Road Research Programme Call 2020 by The Conference of European Road Directors (CEDR). ITEN is a network of independent experts in transport; providing research, consultancy, strategic advice & scientific expertise. The work that ITEN are doing for the aforementioned project, CERCOM, is contracted through Maple Consulting Ltd
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Green Hat Consulting - What IS a Fire Risk Strategy? When do I need one?
23rd May 2022
The aftermath of the Grenfell Tower tragedy and the Hackitt report has resulted in fear and confusion in the construction industry. Legislation is fragmented – complex and has to be interpreted carefully, crossreferencing previous legislation.
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Update from RC2 - May 22
18th May 2022
Robert Chapman, Director at RC2 gives an update on what he has been doing over the last few weeks in particular the support he has given CEWales.
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How construction firms can save time and money by tracking absence
17th May 2022
Managing absence such as sickness and holidays is essential. However, many firms are getting it wrong. YouGov research by Zurichi reveals that one in five (22%) of British businesses lack expertise when managing workplace absence, leaving them exposed to losing key staff and lost productivity.
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Legal & General and Hodge announce multimillion investment into Net Zero Enabler Sero Technologies
14th January 2022
Legal & General Capital (Legal & General) and Hodge announce their £5.5million investment into Sero Technologies (‘Sero’), an energy technology and services company supporting the transition to net-zero across the residential housing sector
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"The Future we choose" - what are you going to do? Blog from Robert Chapman RC2
3rd November 2021
I have been planning to write this blog for a while. I was (nudged) finally into writing this piece by Oliver Banks - who when I posted this picture on LinkedIn - posed this question.
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Siderise Launches Innovative New Passive Fire Protection Package for Masonary Buildings
13th October 2021
Welsh global building products manufacturer, Siderise, have created a suite of protective products specifically engineered for masonry facades, making it easy for architects and contractors to choose the right protection for their buildings.
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Bouygues appointed for Pentre Awel development.
6th October 2021
Carmarthenshire County Council has appointed Bouygues UK to design and build Zone One of its prestigious Pentre Awel development.
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SPECIFIC - Realising the Potential of the Built Environment
28th September 2021
SPECIFIC is a UK Innovation and Knowledge Centre (IKC), accredited by UKRI, leading in energy technology research and full-scale demonstration.
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Ysgol Uwchradd Aberteifi gets carbon neutral extension - Wynne Construction
28th September 2021
Ysgol Uwchradd Aberteifi, parts of which date back to 1898, is set to be boosted with the construction of a highly modern net zero extension, as part of a wider programme of refurbishments.
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Knox & Wells Living Wage Industrial Champion Award for 2021
7th July 2021
Knox & Wells won the Living Wage Industrial Champion Award for 2021 at a virtual ceremony held on 17th June.
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Creating sustainable education estates – the time is now. How ready are you?
7th July 2021
Following the launch of construction specialist, ISG’s Sustainable Buildings Monitor, their latest webinar offered an education focus to the findings and next steps.
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Inspiring the next generation
16th June 2021
Phil Bailey of BAM Construction explains how BAM continue to deliver during COVID-19.
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A Framework Not Fit for Purpose
16th June 2021
When done well, frameworks are good for construction and procurement of services. But when they are not, they need a rest. Sarah Benyon of Atom Architecture explains
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Wynne Construction to safeguard Welsh jobs through £85m order book
16th June 2021
Wynne Construction has secured £85m worth of projects to be delivered over the next two years, with orders showing an increase in demand for services from pre-COVID levels and is planning to safeguard approximately 6,500 Welsh construction jobs as it prepares to begin a series of new projects.
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IPAF EPAL App
10th June 2021
IPAF’s ePAL app is your new digital wallet to store and share your IPAF powered access licences and qualifications.
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Bouygues appointed for new Kingsway scheme in Swansea
9th June 2021
Bouygues has been appointed to build a major new high-tech office development that will provide space for 600 jobs in Swansea city centre.
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Hugh James advises on one of Wales' largest Regeneration Schemes
21st May 2021
Work has begun to transform a former steelworks site in Newport into a vibrant new place for people to live. It’s one of Wales’ largest regeneration schemes and Hugh James has been acting as legal adviser on various aspects of the project.
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Specific - Celebrating Ten Years of Energy Technology Development
19th May 2021
Ten years ago this month, Specific brought together academic and industry partners with expertise in printed photovoltaics, electrical storage, thermal storage and industrial coatings; they were united under a shared vision for a concept that was then called ‘Buildings as Power Stations’. What a long way they have come since then!
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