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News and press
As the largest business organisation in its field, ACE has unrivalled access to industry representatives and intelligence. This allows it to act as a portal to information for journalists and editors on any aspect of the consultancy and engineering industry.
The latest press releases from ACE are listed here. To view a release in full, please click on the appropriate headline.
To subscribe to press releases, email Gavin Pearson, senior communications executive, by clicking here.
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Monday, 08 March 2010
ACE has today announced the shortlist for its prestigious Engineering Excellence Awards. The awards recognise small, medium and large firms for excellence in building structures, infrastructure, and building services. There is also an award for the best, research, studies, and consulting project.
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Friday, 19 February 2010
The Association for Consultancy and Engineering (ACE) has called for the Government to set out clearly how it will tackle the deficit in the forthcoming Budget. The call comes in the ACE’s Budget representation on the expectation that the Chancellor will have an annual Budget in March, prior to a general election.
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Thursday, 18 February 2010
In its latest quarterly economic bulletin ACE, the business voice of consultancy and engineering, has reviewed the economic data in the last quarter to assess how it impacts on the sector.
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Tuesday, 16 February 2010
The Association for Consultancy and Engineering (ACE) calls for best practice when or if government reforms local and regional government. ACE’s latest report on regional development examines how regional development agencies are working currently.
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Monday, 15 February 2010
Paul Morrell has been confirmed as the speaker at the Association for Consultancy and Engineering’s national conference. The conference will look at how to engineer the UK’s prosperity and how engineering can drive economic growth.
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Friday, 29 January 2010
Mott MacDonald’s Ian Clarke has been elected chair of the Association for Consultancy and Engineering’s new Middle East Group. Simon Harden of Waterman Plc has also been elected the group’s secretary.
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Tuesday, 19 January 2010
Lawrence Hughes has been re-elected the Association for Consultancy and Engineering's vice-chairman and at the same time Graham Nicholson was also elected. They took office on 1 January 2010.
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Thursday, 14 January 2010
The Association for Consultancy and Engineering (ACE) has asked its members to support RedR’s Haiti appeal by donating time or money. Haiti has been hit by its most powerful earthquake in two centuries. It struck close to the densely populated capital, Port-au-Prince, bringing down thousands of buildings. Thousands of people are dead or missing. Many more are without shelter. The country is facing a long hard struggle to clear the wreckage and rebuild homes and services. That struggle will be all the harder in what is the poorest nation anywhere in the Americas.
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Monday, 11 January 2010
The Association for Consultancy and Engineering (ACE) has launched its manifesto: ‘Engineering the UK’s prosperity’ to coincide with the unofficial launch of the general election campaign. The manifesto sets out how the consultancy and engineering industry can support the UK’s return to growth.
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Tuesday, 15 December 2009
The Association for Consultancy and Engineering (ACE) is calling for a new method of accounting to encourage investment in infrastructure. In a new positioning paper, ‘Avoiding an infrastructure crunch’, ACE is suggesting that the government explores ways of establishing a regulatory asset base (RAB).
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Monday, 14 December 2009
ACE Chief Executive Nelson Ogunshakin welcomes the announcement that Abu Dhabi will support Dubai in its current financial situation. The commitment of $10 billion is clearly an interim measure to resolve the problem of settlement of $4.1bn Sukuku or Islamic bond and to cover trade and Construction suppliers’ related unpaid fee.
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Wednesday, 09 December 2009
ACE welcomes the establishment of Infrastructure UK
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Wednesday, 09 December 2009
The Association for Consultancy and Engineering cautiously welcomes today’s Pre-Budget Report
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Wednesday, 02 December 2009
Michelle McDowell becomes ACE's first woman chair
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Tuesday, 01 December 2009
ACE calls for an infrastructure account
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Monday, 30 November 2009
Statement from ACE Chief Executive on the situation in Dubai
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Tuesday, 24 November 2009
ACE welcomes the appointment of the Chief Construction Adviser
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Wednesday, 04 November 2009
ACE Welcomes Government Intention On University Funding But Warns Of Mixed Messages
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Wednesday, 04 November 2009
The Association for Consultancy and Engineering (ACE) is calling for the creation of infrastructure gilts. This financial instrument would address the infrastructure crunch that UK plc is facing. To avoid this and help the UK compete in the global economy, ACE is recommending that the Government grasps the opportunity to tackle a £500 billion infrastructure deficit over the next decade through the funding of infrastructure investment.
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Monday, 26 October 2009
Local government leaders have access to a new bank of evidence to support their procurement policies, as ACE unveils its local government procurement casebook.
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Monday, 28 September 2009
ACE WELCOMES FIDIC LETTER TO UN ON CLIMATE CHANGE
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Wednesday, 16 September 2009
WITHOUT AGREEMENT AT COPENHAGEN, ENGINEERS BELIEVE WORLD FACES STARVATION, POVERTY, WAR OF RESOURCES
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Thursday, 10 September 2009
TRANSPORT MINISTER TO ADDRESS FIDIC 2009 CONFERENCE
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Wednesday, 09 September 2009
HRH The Princess Royal will officially open the ACE FIDIC 2009 London conference on Monday 14 September.
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Monday, 07 September 2009
ACE reports on the State of Business
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Thursday, 27 August 2009
ACE welcomes decision to appoint a Chief Construction Adviser
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Friday, 21 August 2009
Is there life in London beyond 2012 for the construction sector, is the
question being asked by ACE in a new research paper.
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Wednesday, 05 August 2009
ACE has called upon the government to reduce the barriers to entering
the profession to allow consultancy and engineering to emerge from the
recession with renewed strength and optimism.
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Wednesday, 29 July 2009
ACE is set to reveal cautious optimism in the sector when it publishes its annual State of Business report in September.
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Monday, 27 July 2009
ACE has called for urgent talks with banks on prioritising affordable credit for small businesses.
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Thursday, 23 July 2009
ACE today challenged the Government to make clear where the £1.1
billion for rail electrification will come from. Engineers fear that
this otherwise welcome investment may be taken out of the £28.5 billion
already allocated to the rest of the network.
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Tuesday, 21 July 2009
ACE welcomes the Government’s intention to create 10,000 new,
fully-funded higher education places – but sounds a note of caution on
the reduction of the student loan repayment holiday.
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Monday, 20 July 2009
ACE has called for a common sense of
purpose in the fight against climate change.
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Friday, 26 June 2009
ACE has supported
industrial designer and engineer Sir James Dyson in asking ministers to
back large projects that could help answer environmental problems and
encouraged more young professionals to pursue careers in engineering.
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Thursday, 18 June 2009
ACE has welcomed Thursday’s launch of the Climate Change Scenarios.
The scenarios represent one of the most significant pieces of climate
change research in recent times.
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Monday, 15 June 2009
ACE has encouraged members to take part in its annual State of Business
Report once more this year. Any member firm that has not yet
participated should complete the questionnaire before 30 June to ensure
they have their say in the midst of the current economic turbulence.
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Thursday, 04 June 2009
ACE has welcomed the recent commitment from Transport for London (TfL)
not to include fitness for purpose requirements in their current
framework for professional services. Responding to concerns raised by
ACE, it has agreed to use the “reasonable skill and care” standards
common to many professional service contracts.
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Thursday, 14 May 2009
ACE announced the winners of the second ACE Engineering Excellence
Awards at a packed gala dinner event at the Victoria Park Plaza hotel
in London on Wednesday 13 May 2009.
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Wednesday, 13 May 2009
ACE is calling for government action to support UK consultancy and
engineering firms working in the UAE who are being forced by clients to accept massive fee cuts and also facing the arbitrary renegotiation of previously agreed terms and conditions of contract.
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Tuesday, 12 May 2009
New standard appointment agreements for consultants and engineers, the
ACE Agreements 2009 editions, are selling like hot cakes following
their launch this week, leading construction industry business
association, ACE said today.
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Monday, 27 April 2009
Following chancellor Alistair Darling's announcement on 22 April, ACE has published a summary containing all the main points and overall impressions.
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Friday, 24 April 2009
Consultancy and engineering firms are biting their collective nails for
the next three weeks following the announcement today by ACE of the shortlist for
the annual ACE Engineering Excellence Awards.
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Thursday, 23 April 2009
Nuclear power in the UK is big business – and is set to become even
bigger. Opportunities exist for ACE member companies of all sizes
throughout the supply chain.
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Wednesday, 22 April 2009
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Tuesday, 21 April 2009
ACE today asked whether Tesco was boosting its record profits by
forcing its construction suppliers, including consultancy and
engineering firms, to accept draconian cuts in fees for their services.
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Tuesday, 21 April 2009
ACE has described a recent judgement in the Scottish courts as a
significant step in tackling unfair liability on consultants in
construction contracts.
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Tuesday, 21 April 2009
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.
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Friday, 17 April 2009
ACE has secured a commitment from Transport for London (TfL) that
reverse auctions will not be used in the re-letting of their
engineering and project management framework.
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Thursday, 16 April 2009
ACE has urged the Scottish Government to take decisive action to stave off a potential meltdown in the Scottish construction sector this summer.
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Tuesday, 14 April 2009
ACE has urged its member
firms to use the power of the pen and write to their local MPs in a bid
to prompt the government into supporting the construction industry with
increased investment in infrastructure projects and the built and
natural environment.
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Wednesday, 01 April 2009
ACE has expressed its concerns to the Bank of England that the promisedfiscal stimulus is not taking effect.
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Wednesday, 25 March 2009
Four ACE member firms were amongst the winners of the NCE/ACE
Consultants of the Year Awards held at Claridge’s in London on 20 March
2009.
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Monday, 02 March 2009
ACE has welcomed reports that chancellor
Alistair Darling is to announce the introduction of a new infrastructure bank on
3 March 2009.
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Wednesday, 25 February 2009
The shortlist for this year’s prestigious NCE/ACE Outstanding
Achievement prize, to be presented at the Consultants of the Year
lunchtime event at Mayfair’s Claridge’s restaurant on Friday 20 March,
has been announced.
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Tuesday, 24 February 2009
The four finalists in the race for NCE/ACE Young Consultant of the
Year 2009 Award have today been revealed ahead of the NCE/ACE
Consultants of the Year lunch at Claridge’s on Friday 20 March.
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Tuesday, 17 February 2009
Staff at ACE once again dug deep to drum up funds for this year’s
Wear Red for RedR day on 13 February, and raised upwards of £100 to
help the international humanitarian disaster relief charity.
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Monday, 16 February 2009
ACE has expressed its support for the government’s confirmation of a
£75m extension of the East London Line (ELL) to Clapham Junction.
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Friday, 13 February 2009
Interest in the ACE Leadership Programme is gaining momentum and more young professionals are expected to sign up in the coming weeks.
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Wednesday, 11 February 2009
ACE has published a new guide which sets out the key steps in an
effective procurement process in a bid to help clients procuring
consultancy services navigate the sometimes tricky path to delivering a
successful project.
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Tuesday, 10 February 2009
ACE has named Gavin English, managing director of WSP International
Management Consulting, as the new chairman of the ACE International Business
Group. English takes over from Geoff French who is now ACE’s chairman.
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Friday, 06 February 2009
The Association for Consultancy and Engineering (ACE), which represents many of the firms providing technical consultancy services across the rail network, said that while the planned £28.5bn investment in the network was to be welcomed, it was extremely concerned about the ORR seeking significant cost savings over the next five years.
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Wednesday, 04 February 2009
Consultancy and engineering firms will be able to better manage their relationships with recruitment consultants following the publication of a new guide to working with recruitment agencies by the Association for Consultancy and Engineering (ACE).
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Tuesday, 03 February 2009
London & Continental Railways (LCR) chief executive Rob Holden’s arrival as the new chief executive of Crossrail was welcomed today by the Association for Consultancy and Engineering (ACE).
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Friday, 16 January 2009
Leading industry business association, the Association for Consultancy and Engineering (ACE), has welcomed the latest round of government support for the UK economy announced by business secretary, Lord Mandelson but urged banks to do more to improve credit provision to firms.
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Tuesday, 06 January 2009
Scott Wilson chairman Geoff French is the new chairman of the Association for Consultancy and Engineering (ACE), following his election by ACE’s board of directors.
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Press contacts:
Simon Goldie
Policy and External Affairs Director
020 7222 6557
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