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 welcomes new Chief Construction Adviser appointment

30 JULY 2012
Commenting on the appointment of Peter Hansford as the next Government Chief Construction Adviser, Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) Director General, Nick Baveystock, said

Government must heed Select Committee advice on Energy Bill

23 JULY 2012
Commenting on the Energy and Climate Change Select Committee report into the Draft Energy Bill, ICE Director General Nick Baveystock said:

Water cyclicality report is "welcome and timely", says ICE

23 JULY 2012
Commenting on the Treasury report setting out steps to address damaging impacts of cyclicality in the water sector, ICE Director General Nick Baveystock, said:

ICE response to Government guarantees scheme

18 JULY 2012
Commenting on Government’s new UK Guarantees scheme aimed to accelerate major infrastructure investment, Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) Director General, Nick Baveystock, said:

Autumn Aviation Consultation must put all options on the table

12 JULY 2012
Commenting on the delay of the Aviation Consultation on hub capacity until autumn 2012, ICE Director General, Nick Baveystock, said:

Specifying Successful Standards

9 JULY 2012
An industry enquiry into how standards and specifications can enable the UK to innovate and lower costs, led by Arup’s Terry Hill

London 2012 Olympic Games brings engineering to the forefront

9 JULY 2012

More than a third of people (34%) say that seeing the role civil engineers have played in the construction of the London 2012 Olympic Park has helped them appreciate the importance of civil engineering to society, according to a survey published today by a leading engineering body.

ICE response to EFRA committee water report

5 JULY 2012
Commenting on the EFRA committee report into the Government’s plans for conserving water, Deputy Chair of the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) water panel, Phill Mills, said:

ICE announces new contractors for Storey's Gate project

22 JUNE 2012
The Institution of Civil Engineers has announced the appointment of Gardiner & Theobald Construction Management (GTCM) to manage completion of its new office building at 8 Storey’s Gate, Westminster.

Chief Operating Officer to leave ICE

15 JUNE 2012
After three and a half years at ICE, Andy Ruffles, Chief Operating Officer, will be returning to the private sector to take up the position of CEO for an engineering consultancy in Australia.  Andy will leave ICE on 31 August.

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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