NAECI – ECIA

Invitation: NAECI Manager Awareness Course – 29 July 2026

Join us for the NAECI Manager training if you don’t have enough candidates to book a large group or if you have new starters who would like to learn about NAECI.

Pay Negotiations 2026 Update

ECIA has reached a major step in negotiations with Unite the Union and GMB. Following intensive meetings throughout June 2026, the parties agreed on 24 June on the basis of a three‑year pay deal.

NAECI Moves Toward Three‑Year Pay Deal After Productive June Negotiations

ECIA has reached a major step in negotiations with Unite the Union and GMB. Following intensive meetings throughout June 2026, the parties agreed on 24 June on the basis of a three‑year pay deal.

ECIA Conference 2026, a shared success

13 May 2026, Carlisle The 2026 ECIA Conference brought together more than 100 industry leaders, contractors and clients from across the engineering construction sector for a day of insight, collaboration […]

John Simpson is celebrating 3 years as the ECIA Managing Director

ECIA Managing Director, John Simpson, marks three years in the role, a period that has been nothing short of transformative for the association. In that time, he has built a highly collaborative, client‑focused team, strengthened the organisation’s financial resilience and driven a step‑change in how the ECIA represents and supports its members.

NAECI 2026 Settlement

The NECC has now confirmed that the Employers’ NAECI 2026 offer of 31st March 2026 has been endorsed by the Trades Unions’ membership. The 2025 NAECI rates (excluding radius and accommodation allowances) were increased by 3.6% in January 2026. Those increases are now effectively supplanted by the agreement now confirmed. Thus, the 2025 pay rates are uplifted by 4.5% together with other elements set out in this Communique, which details the NAECI 2026 Agreement in full, effective from Monday, 4th May 2026.