Commenting on the appointment of Gordon Masterton OBE as the next Construction Industry Council Chair, ICE Director General, Tom Foulkes, said:
"We are delighted to see Gordon Masterton step into the CIC Chairman role and our members can be confident that we are represented at the top of this influential body by a respected and prominent civil engineer and of course, a past ICE president. These are important times we are in and the opportunities for construction to make a positive contribution to government thinking and economic recovery are growing. We look forward to continuing our joint ventures with the CIC.”
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The Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) was founded in 1818 to ensure professionalism in civil engineering. It represents 80,000 qualified and student civil engineers in the UK and across the globe. The ICE has long worked with the government of the day to help it to achieve its objectives, and has worked with industry to ensure that construction and civil engineering remain major contributors to the UK economy and UK exports.