Launching PAS 4010 – the new standard for infrastructure productivity

Janet Young

Dr Janet Young CBE is the director general and secretary at the ICE.

Janet leads the organisation, working in partnership with a trustee board and a team of senior executives.

This includes delivering the ICE’s strategy, and essential services such as member qualifications, furthering knowledge and innovation and advocacy.

Janet’s role is outward facing, representing the ICE to members, industry, academia and governments.

She is the infrastructure sector lead on the UK government’s Construction Leadership Council (CLC).

Janet has extensive experience in the built environment. She is a chartered surveyor and Fellow of the ICE, RICS and Royal Engineers.

Her previous role was the government head of the property profession at the Cabinet Office.

She has also delivered major transformation and capital programmes for the Ministry of Justice (MoJ), Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO) and Department for Education (DfE) and was the global estates director at the British Council.

Andy Alder

Andy is managing director of major infrastructure delivery at Anglian Water. He began his career in tunnelling in 1993, and has worked on a number of major projects including Jubilee Line Extension, Kuala Lumpur LRT, DLR Extension to Woolwich, and Crossrail. He was programme director at Tideway, responsible for delivery through the main construction phase.

Andy is a Fellow of both the Institution of Civil Engineers and Association for Project Management, and an Honorary Professor at University College London.

In 2023, Andy was awarded the British Tunnelling Society’s prestigious James Clark Medal for being an understanding, supportive and inspiring leader to the tunnelling profession.

Julie Wood

As a director and Fellow at Mott MacDonald, Julie Wood spearheads complex, high-profile infrastructure programmes.

She has over 25 years' experience in the construction industry and more than 18 years in non-executive director roles across diverse sectors.

Her leadership has shaped landmark projects, including the Glaxo Group Research Campus, McLaren HQ, The Francis Crick Institute, the Transpennine Upgrade Project, and most recently, the New Hospital Programme.

In these roles, she has led large, diverse multi-disciplinary teams, supported the development of emerging professionals, and consistently focused on fostering growth in others, helping to build a legacy of future leaders. She is deeply committed to lifelong learning and advancing social mobility.

Scott Steedman CBE FREng

Scott is Director-General, Standards of the British Standards Institution (BSI) and an executive member of the Board of the BSI Group. He has primary responsibility for BSI’s appointment by government as the National Standards Body and for the UK’s membership of the international standards organisations ISO and IEC and the European regional organisations CEN, CENELEC and ETSI, and for BSI’s relations with counterpart National Standards Bodies in countries around the world. He sits on the Boards of ISO and CEN (and has been a Vice-President of both organisations), and the IEC. A civil engineer by background and Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE), Scott was an academic at Cambridge University in his early career where he specialised in risk and natural disasters. He spent twenty years in industry as a consulting engineer on building and infrastructure projects before joining BSI in 2012. Scott has extensive media experience, including scripting and presenting a 13-part series on buildings and structures for Discovery Channel. He is a former Vice President of the Royal Academy of Engineering and the ICE and was appointed CBE in 2010 for services to engineering. 

David Coles

David Coles is chief engineer at the UK Department for Transport, having joined its High Speed 2 Rail Group in 2016 as sponsor for all the railway systems.

He leads technical and operational advice on major infrastructure projects, focusing on cost, value, risk and innovation.

He previously oversaw the infrastructure carbon reduction programme supporting Net Zero goals for construction.

David spent 13 years as engineering director in two consultancy firms, working internationally and acting as an expert witness in a major metro arbitration case.

Earlier, he managed major renewal and maintenance projects for British Rail, Railtrack and Network Rail.

He is a chartered engineer, chartered director, ICE and IoD Fellow and in 2020 graduated from Oxford Business School’s Major Projects Leadership Academy.

In 2026 David was elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering 

Jason Tucker

Jason is an executive committee member of Anglian Water Services, whose business unit spans the delivery of all their asset creation, maintenance, and technology investment programmes. Functionally accountable for all engineering, commercial and supply chain management including Major Projects delivery, Chief Engineer’s Office, Capital Projects, Outsourced Maintenance delivery, their Portfolio Management Office, Logistics and Central Services. He uses his position to enable greater integration and efficiency within Anglian Water’s supply chain.

Jason also holds the position of Chair of the Infrastructure Client Group and sits on the Advisory Board for the Construction Leadership Council and is a Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers.

Previously Jason worked for Skanska Construction UK, on many and varied Design & Construct infrastructure projects and Programmes, across multiple sectors and with many infrastructure clients. He began in their Civil Engineering arm, before finally becoming their Sector Director for Water & Renewable Energy.

Mark Hansford

Mark has spent over 25 years working as a knowledge and content specialist across the infrastructure sector. He joined New Civil Engineer magazine in 2000, serving as editor for six years and leading its relaunch as a monthly title with daily digital news. He later became Director of Engineering Knowledge at the Institution of Civil Engineers. A qualified civil engineer and Fellow of the ICE, Mark began his career with AtkinsRéalis and now works with organisations driving change across the UK infrastructure sector.

Ed McCann

A past ICE President, Ed McCann is an experienced project director. He was fundamental in growing Expedition Engineering from a startup to Building magazine’s Engineering Consultant of the Year in 2012. 

With a deep understanding of the construction process, McCann is particularly skilled in strategic consultancy, feasibility studies and design. He has led projects all over the world, including the award-winning Infinity Bridge at Stockton-on-Tees and London 2012’s Olympic Velodrome. 

In his most recent projects, McCann has worked with infrastructure clients to improve processes and implement new technologies. This has included creating and delivering a productivity workstream for High Speed 2; designing the Rolls-Royce small modular reactors programme factory for BAM Nuttall; and developing the Berkeley Homes modular housing system.

His interests include developing talent in the built environment sector. This led him to co-create the Constructionarium, a not-for-profit provider of education and training. He is also a co-founder of the Get It Right Initiative, an organisation working to eliminate avoidable errors in construction.

A renowned thought leader, McCann is often invited to write articles and speak at industry events. He has also made TV programmes about civil engineering.  

Emer Murnaghan

Emer Murnaghan is the innovation director at GRAHAM Civil Engineering, having held posts as head of responsible sustainable business and head of business iImprovement at GRAHAM, which she joined in 2011. The GRAHAM Group reached the 1Bn Turnover milestone in 2023, Civil Engineering makes up approx. one third of the value. 

Emer has a long history of supporting and influencing industry through her previous roles with the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE). In June 2015 she was awarded the OBE for services to civil engineering and further education in Northern Ireland. In November 2018 she was appointed Trustee and a Vice President of the Institution of Civil Engineers (2018 – 2021). 

In 2019, she was invited to become a WISE Ambassador, to promote gender balance at the highest levels within the UK. She has worked closely with the Department for the Economy in Northern Ireland and supported the launch of the WISE Hub NI in October 2020. 

In June 2021 she joined the Trustee Board at Engineering Council and is determined to ensure the highest standards of engineering competency are achieved via pathways that are accessible, attainable, valued, and respected. 

Along with, ICE Past President, Ed Mc Cann, and others, Emer was one of the initial founding members for what has developed into GIRI (Get it Right Initiative) an industry led initiative into the root cause and significant cost of error in the construction industry. In 2021 Emer was invited to join the inaugural GIRI SLG (Strategic Leadership Group) whose remit is to embed the GIRI approach across the industry. 

She is passionate about an industry and profession that exists to serve the fundamental needs of society and is keen to play her part in delivering the UN SDGs by 2030. She is eager to see the industry become more diverse and inclusive not only because it is the right thing to do but because there is a strong business imperative to accelerate this transformation. With diverse thinking comes challenge which, given the right culture, will evolve a safer, successful, innovative and sustainable sector.