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.

TIF scheme must benefit areas most in need

21 SEPTEMBER 2010

ICE responds to UKERC report into offshore energy

21 SEPTEMBER 2010
Director General of the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) said the UKERC report highlighted a very real problem.

ICE backs CBI calls to protect infrastructure investment

9 SEPTEMBER 2010
The CBI has said that the Government is in danger of repeating past mistakes with the Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR) if it fails to give the necessary priority to investment in infrastructure.

ICE responds to economic migration consultation

9 SEPTEMBER 2010

The Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) said today in its response to the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) consultation into the proposed cap on economic migration that the issue was part of a much wider skills crisis facing the construction industry.

President Obama makes commitment on US infrastructure: ICE response

7 SEPTEMBER 2010
Following the commitment from President Obama to invest $50bn into US infrastructure and create a National Infrastructure Bank – Tom Foulkes, Director General, Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE), said:

ICE responds to Ofwat review announcement

26 AUGUST 2010
Chair of the ICE water panel David Nickols welcomed the review.

ICE comment on Chris Huhne's 'energy shake up'

9 AUGUST 2010
Commenting on the announcement that Councils will now be able to sell energy to the national grid, Director General of the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) Tom Foulkes said:

Engineers’ response to Heathrow access review

21 JULY 2010
Commenting on Lord Mawhinney’s review on access to Heathrow airport

ICE to withdraw from ICE Conditions of Contract - joint statement from ACE, CECA and ICE

20 JULY 2010
ACE, CECA and ICE have issued a joint statement on the ICE Council’s decision to withdraw from the ICE Conditions of Contract. The decision was taken today at ICE's Council meeting, Tuesday 20 July. It follows ICE Council’s decision in 2009 to solely endorse the NEC3 Suite of Contracts.

Aviation: ‘Better not bigger’ approach could leave UK lagging behind European rivals, say engineers

14 JULY 2010
Engineering experts have urged the Government to rethink its plans for UK aviation and airport infrastructure development, including its decision to ban new runways at the country’s busiest airports.

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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