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 commends ODA on Olympic site delivery

28 JULY 2011
Commenting on the sucessful delivery of the Olympics site infrastructure Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) Director General Tom Foulkes said:

ICE welcomes appointment of Head of Infrastructure UK

27 JULY 2011
Responding to the announcement of the appointment of Geoffrey Spence as the Chief Executive of Infrastructure UK, Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) president Peter Hansford said:

John Rennie @ 250: Celebrating one of Britain's greatest engineers

26 JULY 2011
A special exhibition is starting this week, to pay tribute to one of Britain’s greatest engineers, John Rennie – most well known for his work on London’s magnificent Waterloo and Southwark bridges.

Don't over-simplify the planning framework says ICE

25 JULY 2011
Responding to the publication of the draft National Planning Policy Framework, which will be open for concultation for 12 weeks, Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) director general Tom Foulkes said:

High Speed Rail plans get backing from civil engineering body

22 JULY 2011
The delivery of a High Speed Rail (HSR) network supports a more structured transport strategy for the nation. It will free up capacity on the existing congested rail network and help regenerate and boost the economies of our city-regions, therefore benefitting the UK as a whole, according to the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE).

ICE welcomes approval of energy NPSs

19 JULY 2011
Responding Director General of the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) Tom Foulkes said:

ICE responds to Energy whitepaper

12 JULY 2011
Responding to the Energy whitepaper, Director General of the Institution of Civil Engineers Tom Foulkes said:

ICE responds to Ofwat review

8 JULY 2011
Responding to the Government's review of Ofwat, Chair of the ICE water panel Michael Norton commented:

Engineers seek input from industry into nuclear best practice guides

6 JULY 2011
Engineering alliance, Engineering the Future (EtF), is today inviting comment from the supply chain and related industries on a series of best practice guides for nuclear new build.

ICE responds to energy NPSs

23 JUNE 2011
Commenting on the Energy National Policy Statements announced today Director General of the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) said:

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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