Press centre

The ICE press office is always happy to help with media enquiries. We regularly comment on a wide range of infrastructure and civil engineering issues including energy, transport, climate change, water and waste, flooding, planning, funding, international development, and skills.

We also have an extensive database of expert spokespeople available for interview, and can provide research, facts and figures and photos if necessary.

Journalists wishing to contact the ICE Press Office should contact media relations manager: Kate Ison (kate.ison@ice.org.uk) 020 7665 2104.  For out of hours enquiries please check our media contacts page

For regionally specific media enquiries please contact the appropriate regional branch of ICE.

Please note if your enquiry is not media related please call the switchboard on 020 7222 7722.

ICE commends CH2M Hill investment in skills

2 APRIL 2013
Commenting on CH2M Hill’s plans for £65m investment, Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) Director General, Nick Baveystock, said:

Budget 2013: £3bn infrastructure boost welcome, but we need visible progress on existing initiatives, says ICE

20 MARCH 2013
Commenting on the 2013 Budget, Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) Director General, Nick Baveystock, said:

QE International Engineering Prize rightly puts engineering on the world stage, says ICE President

18 MARCH 2013
Commenting on the first winners of the Queen Elizabeth International Prize for Engineering, ICE President Professor Barry Clarke, said:

Budget 2013: Key opportunity to speed up infrastructure plan

26 FEBRUARY 2013
Government must use the upcoming Budget to move the National Infrastructure Plan (NIP) from a rhetorical commitment to a programme of work that can deliver wide benefits in both the short and long term, the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) said today in its Budget submission.

If we want world class infrastructure, we need a world class workforce to deliver it, says ICE

11 FEBRUARY 2013
Commenting on today's call from Sir James Dyson to get children interested in engineering in schools through a better design and technology curriculum, Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) President Professor Barry Clarke, said:

Green light on flood defence schemes welcome, but more action needed

7 FEBRUARY 2013
Commenting on the announcement by Defra that 93 regional flood defence schemes have been given the green light for construction, ICE Flooding Expert, David Balmforth, said:

ICE: Ofwat water sharing plans are welcome but more action needed on water security

29 JANUARY 2013
Commenting on OFWAT’s plans to plans to introduce greater incentives for companies to transfer water from areas where it is plentiful, to areas of shortage, Michael Norton, Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) Water Expert, said:

HS2 phase two plans are a welcome step, says ICE

28 JANUARY 2013
Commenting on the HS2 Phase Two announcement, Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) Director General, Nick Baveystock, said:

Strategy is needed to ensure excess rainfall is harvested, says ICE

3 JANUARY 2013
Commenting on the news from the Met Office that 2012 was the UK’s second wettest year on record – Institution of Civil Engineers Water Expert, Michael Norton, said:

Nuclear Supply Chain Action Plan highlights opportunities for UK businesses

6 DECEMBER 2012
Commenting on the launch of the Nuclear Supply Chain Action Plan, Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) Director General, Nick Baveystock, said:

Quarterly media report - Q1 2012

23 APRIL 2012
The first quarter of 2012 saw a number of events and announcements that led to considerable media coverage for ICE, not least the Prime Minister delivering his pre Budget announcement on infrastructure at ICE’s headquarters, just weeks after the Prince of Wales delivered his first speech on infrastructure at the ICE/Halcrow lecture, also at One Great George Street.

ICE comment on hosepipe bans

5 APRIL 2012

Chair of the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) Water Panel Michael Norton said:

Disciplinary Notice - Mr Brian Elgar LETTIN

8 FEBRUARY 2012
On 27 January 2012, the Disciplinary Board considered allegations of improper conduct against a Chartered Member, Mr Brian Elgar Lettin, Membership Number 33186804 of Hadley Green, Barnet.

ICE quarterly media coverage report

23 JANUARY 2012
Q4 2011 saw the culmination of several important pieces of ICE public voice work and the inauguration of new President Richard Coackley.

ICE media report - quarter 3 2011

28 OCTOBER 2011
Every quarter ICE evaluates its media impact through coverage of media campaigns and announcements.

ICE media quarterly report April - June 2011

20 JULY 2011
The second quarter of 2011 has seen some excellent examples of cross regional and national campaigns gaining significant traction in the media – boosting both our public affairs work programme and helping us achieve our fundamental objective, to raise the profile of civil engineering.

ICE quarterly media coverage report - Q1 2011 (January - March 2011)

18 MAY 2011
The first quarter of 2011 kicked off with the launch of ICE’s State of the Nation report on waste and resource management.

ICE quarterly media coverage report - Q4 (October - December 2010)

10 FEBRUARY 2011
This quarter has seen the fruits of our efforts during the summer in the run up to the Comprehensive Spending Review, where the media focus for ICE was to ensure government recognised the economic and environmental value of continued investment in infrastructure, while positioning ourselves as an organisation that was realistic about the need to reduce the huge budget deficit.

ICE quarterly media coverage report - Q3 (July - Sept 2010)

26 OCTOBER 2010
Unsurprisingly, the media’s focus over the last quarter has been on the Government’s comprehensive spending review (CSR), with daily media speculation on the depth of the cuts and which areas are in the firing line. Alongside that are pleas from bodies and organisations right across the UK making their case for immunity or at least a ‘fair hearing’ in the review.

ICE quarterly media coverage report - Q2 (April - June 2010)

15 JULY 2010
The past year has seen a significant rise in ICE’s media profile, reflected in both the quantity and quality of media coverage gained.

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