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 comments on Government's response to IGT report

22 JUNE 2011
Commenting on the Government’s response to the final IGT report ICE President Peter Hansford said:

ICE responds to government waste review

14 JUNE 2011
The Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) today welcomed the Government’s waste policy review but called for a move out of the rhetoric and into action.

ICE congratulates Queen's honours recipients

13 JUNE 2011
The Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) has expressed its congratulations to the eleven members who received awards in this year’s Queens Birthday honours.

ICE responds to droughts in England

10 JUNE 2011
The Environment Agency has today announced a move to drought status for Lincolnshire, Cambridgeshire, parts of Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire and western Norfolk, triggered by river and groundwater levels, and risk to the environment and to farmers.

Localism Bill must protect local infrastucture funding - engineers

7 JUNE 2011
The Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) has warned that revisions to the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) in the Localism Bill could jeopardise the delivery of important sub-national infrastructure such as transport and waste systems.

Institution of Civil Engineers names new Director General

6 JUNE 2011
Leading engineering body the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE), has confirmed the appointment of Nick Baveystock as ICE’s next Director General and Secretary, following the retirement of Tom Foulkes at the end of 2011.

Engineers: Green Bank needs leader 'with credibility and authority'

24 MAY 2011
Commenting on the appointment of Sir Adrian Montague as chair of the Green Investment Bank Advisory Group (announced by Vince Cable today) - Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) President, Peter Hansford, said:

ICE response to Green Investment Bank announcement

24 MAY 2011
Commenting on today’s Green Investment Bank announcement –

ICE responds to OfGem review

20 MAY 2011
Responding to the initial conclusions of the OfGem review, Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) director general Tom Foulkes said:

The McNulty report: Engineers' response

19 MAY 2011
Commenting on the McNulty report, ICE Director General Tom Foulkes, 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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