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Tunnelling for outcomes: ICE London AGM 2026

Event organised by ICE

Date
07 October 2026
Time
18:30 - 20:30 BST (GMT+1)
Location
Institution of Civil Engineers
One Great George Street
Westminster
London, SW1P 3AA
United Kingdom

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Overview

This ICE London event, alongside the ICE London Regional Committee AGM offers insights drawn from decades of tunnelling experience as well as updates on the Lower Thames Crossing. 

The Lower Thames Crossing is a new road that will connect Kent and Essex through a tunnel beneath the River Thames. The new route will almost double road capacity over the river east of London to reduce congestion and give millions of people more choice in where they live, work and spend their valuable time.

This session will offer insights for future London projects, such as the DLR to Thamesmead and Bakerloo Line extension. The session will focus on challenges faced by both projects that directly apply to London, such as stakeholder management, funding and scale.

If you wish to join the Regional committee, please submit your nomination in writing to [email protected]. 

Programme

18:30 - 18:45

Arrivals

18:45 - 19:15

ICE London Regional Committee AGM with Frederick Levy, Chair

19:15 - 20:00

Lessons for London's future projects with Ambrose McGuire and Keith Bowers

20:00 - 20:30

Networking

Speakers

Frederick Levy

Frederick Levy

Institution of Civil Engineers

fellow

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Frederick Levy

Dr Frederick Levy is a Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers and a recognised leader in technology, digital transformation and infrastructure delivery. He has extensive experience advising organisations on innovation, emerging technologies, governance and business transformation across both public and private sectors, and is particularly interested in how artificial intelligence, data and digital technologies can improve decision-making while maintaining appropriate professional oversight, accountability and public trust.

Ambrose McGuire

Ambrose McGuire

AECOM

senior programme director

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Ambrose McGuire

Ambrose is a senior programme director at AECOM. He is an executive level manager with client-side and professional advisory experience in the delivery of major infrastructure programmes. He has held board-level positions in two UK consulting practices and has been a statutory director of five professional services organisations. From 2017 to 2019 he held the role of programme director for the Cascade Joint Venture as technical partner to Highways England for the Lower Thames Crossing. He is now the business lead for AECOM’s programme management practice across Europe and India.

Dr Keith Bowers

Dr Keith Bowers

COWI

tunnels and systems director and company director

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Dr Keith Bowers

Dr Keith Bowers has worked in civil engineering and transport infrastructure for 35 years and has extensive experience in the maintenance and operation of assets. Previously, he served as head of profession for civil engineering and built environment discipline at Transport for London and as head of tunnels for London Underground (LU), where he played a leading role in developing LU’s risk-based engineering management to support successful delivery of its capital programme. He has also promoted technological development and more efficient construction through the controlled adoption of new technologies.

While working on the Lower Thames Crossing (LTC), Dr Bowers utilised competitive dialogue in the procurement process and championed early contractor involvement (ECI). He has led the tunnels contract towards lower carbon construction and the drive for LTC to become a pathfinder project towards net zero. This encompasses all aspects of the construction and maintenance of low carbon infrastructure.

Dr Bowers is a steering group member of the Cambridge Centre for Smart Infrastructure and Construction, which specialises in adopting a whole-life, multi-disciplinary systems approach. He also collaborates across disciplines and with industry to drive pragmatic solutions to real-world challenges.

For more information please contact:

Maria Parsons-Karavassilis