The voice of the industry in Northern Ireland

The Construction Employers Federation (CEF) is the certified representative body for the construction industry in Northern Ireland.

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Members of the Construction Employers Federation receive the following benefits:

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Federation comments on Chancellor’s spending announcement

4th September 2019 Housing, Infrastructure, Manifesto

Commenting after today’s spending review announcement by the Chancellor, Construction Employers Federation Managing Director John Armstrong said:

Growing fears of local construction recession, say firms

2nd September 2019 Business Environment, Housing, Infrastructure, Procurement, Skills, Manifesto

Over two and a half years since the collapse of the Northern Ireland Executive, local construction firms have made it very clear that a market recession is likely, if not already happening. This is the key headline from the latest State of Trade Survey, for the first half of 2019, conducted by the Construction Employers Federation.

Industry Holidays 2019/20

29th August 2019 Business Environment

The Joint Council for the Building & Civil Engineering Industry (Northern Ireland) has today decided to promulgate the Industry Holidays for 2019/20.

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Construction Skills Register
The Construction Skills Register (CSR) is a register of construction workers.
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Safe-T-Cert
Safe-T-Cert is a third party accredited health and safety management scheme
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NVIR-O-CERT
NVIR-O-CERT is an environmental management system and auditing scheme
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Building Guarantee Scheme
The Building Guarantee Scheme (BGS) provides an extensive list of Registered Builders
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Pension Schemes
We have two pension schemes in place, you can view each scheme here.
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