Leading construction industry business association, the Association for Consultancy and Engineering (ACE) has given a cautious welcome to today’s Budget statement but says the government must give much clearer details of its spending plans if it is to tackle the serious challenges facing a construction sector reeling from the current recession.

Leading construction industry business association, the Association for Consultancy and Engineering (ACE), has described a recent judgement in the Scottish courts as a significant step in tackling unfair liability on consultants in construction contracts. Lord Glennie, issuing his decision in the case of Langstane Housing Association Ltd v Riverside Construction (Aberdeen) Ltd and others, gave the green light to include net contribution clauses in duty of care agreements, according to ACE.

Leading construction industry business association, the Association for Consultancy and Engineering (ACE) has called on chancellor Alaistair Darling to keep his promises to continue investment in the built environment by announcing a programme of strategic investment in the construction sector when he announces his latest Budget on 23 April 2009.

Leading construction industry business association, the Association for Consultancy and Engineering (ACE), has urged the Scottish Government to take decisive action to stave off a potential meltdown in the Scottish construction sector this summer. Following reports this week highlighting the apparent reluctance of the Scottish Government to accelerate progress on the Scottish Futures Trust, which aims to provide an alternative to current arrangements for the funding of public infrastructure projects, ACE Scotland chairman Jim Tod echoed the views of the Scottish Building Federation in emphasising a number of major projects which are due to end over the next six months.

Consultancy and engineering firms have called on the Northern Ireland Executive to take rapid and decisive action to break the log jam that is delaying millions of pounds of construction work. "Money needs to be spent now to boost spending to support our embattled economy and to safeguard thousands of construction jobs that are essential to Northern Ireland's continued prosperity," said Nelson Ogunshakin, chief Executive of the Association for Consultancy and Engineering (ACE).

Leading business lobby group, the Association for Consultancy and Engineering (ACE), today gave a cautious welcome to limited additions made to the revised list of occupations in which the skills gaps in the UK can be filled by migration. The organisation said the government needed to do much more to secure the engineering skills the nation needs, especially in the energy sector.

Hugh Edwards presents the inaugural ACE Engineering Excellence Awards. The winners of the inaugural ACE Engineering Excellence Awards were announced before a packed industry gala dinner event at the Renaissance Chancery Court Hotel, London on Wednesday 25 June 2008. ACE established the awards to give consultancy and engineering firms a platform to raise their profile and promote their work to a wide audience.

UK consultancy and engineering firms have welcomed the appointment of Graham Dalton (pictured right) as the next chief executive of the Highways Agency, in a statement issued today by leading industry business group, the Association for Consultancy and Engineering (ACE).

Consultancy and engineering firms are on tenterhooks for the next three weeks following the announcement today by the Association for Consultancy and Engineering of the shortlist for the inaugural ACE Engineering Excellence Awards. With over 140 entries across nine categories, the judges had a difficult task in shortlisting entries. However, following a mammoth judging session at ACE's offices, they have decided on a shortlist of five in every project category.