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.

Awards recognise civil engineering excellence

25 OCTOBER 2011
The largest ever publicly funded coastal defence scheme and the UK’s first commercial scale anaerobic digestion plant to power a city’s main sewage treatment works are among winners taking home highly revered Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) Awards this year.

ICE calls for commitment to CCS trials

19 OCTOBER 2011
Responding to the announcement that the last remaining CCS demonstration project at Longannet in Scotland has been abandoned, ICE Director General Tom Foulkes said:

ICE welcomes reappointment of construction 'champion'

19 OCTOBER 2011
Commenting on the reappointment of the Chief Construction Adviser (Paul Morrell), Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) President, Peter Hansford, said:

Engineers call for strengthening of planning policy to protect infrastructure delivery

17 OCTOBER 2011
Weaknesses in the current draft of the National Policy Planning Framework (NPPF) could render Government’s intention to simplify planning guidance and make sustainable development the purpose of the planning system unachievable, engineers have said today.

ICE responds to Weightman nuclear review

11 OCTOBER 2011
ICE director general Tom Foulkes welcomed the report, saying industry can now move forward with the planned new build programme with renewed confidence.

ICE response to Nick Clegg speech

14 SEPTEMBER 2011
Commenting on Nick Clegg’s speech at the LSE today, Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) Director General Tom Foulkes, said:

Second National Infrastructure Plan is opportunity not to be missed, says ICE

8 SEPTEMBER 2011
The imminent second edition of the National Infrastructure Plan (NIP 2), must map out how to stimulate £200bn private investment in UK transport and energy networks if infrastructure is to deliver as a key strand in the strategy for growth, according to the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE).

Next ICE president selects his apprentices

22 AUGUST 2011
Incoming ICE President, Richard Coackley, has now chosen six young engineers who will work closely with him throughout his presidential term.

Construction industry calls for health and safety simplification

9 AUGUST 2011
05 August 2011: The Construction Industry Council (CIC) and the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) have today called for simplification of health and safety regulation to help improve productivity in the construction industry, which accounts for approximately six percent of Britain’s economic output.

ICE withdraws from ICE Conditions of Contract

2 AUGUST 2011
ICE has officially withdrawn from the ICE Conditions of Contract (ICE CoC).

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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