ICE responds to Business Infrastructure Commission report
Commenting on the report from the Business Infrastructure Commission – ‘Tackling the Infrastructure Puzzle’, Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) Director General, Tom Foulkes, said:
“The Government has rightly recognised infrastructure as a central plank in its strategy for growth and there have been significant steps towards achieving this - from the creation of Infrastructure UK within the Treasury, to the launch of the UK’s first National Infrastructure Plan. But as the BCC rightly points out in its report, the need to think strategically and secure targeted investment in our infrastructure networks is becoming ever more pressing. Government must now focus on attracting inward investment and translating its plans into actions that pave the way for infrastructure to become the economic driver it promises.”
More information
For further information on the BIC report please contact the British Chamber of Commerce press office on 020 7654 5813 / 5812.
For further information about the ICE, please contact Kate Ison, ICE Media Relations Manager, t: 020 7665 2104, e: kate.ison@ice.org.uk
Notes to editors
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.