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Time for change: collaboration needed to deliver national and regional transport strategies
- Author: Dave Darnell
- Date: 10 May, 2021
A more collaborative approach between public sector development and transport planners could reduce the need for expensive and often unachievable infrastructure to support private sector development.
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How investing in infrastructure can build a better quality of life
- Author: Keith Jones
- Date: 07 May, 2021
As the ICE Wales Cymru manifesto publishes ahead of Welsh elections, Director, Keith Jones, outlines how, by investing in Wales’ infrastructure, engineers can build better quality of life.
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Infrastructure Policy Watch: EU climate deal proposed, while UK financing and planning steps forward
- Author: Chris Richards
- Date: 04 May, 2021
- EU officials agree new draft climate deal
- Chair of the UK Infrastructure Bank announced
- NIC publishes process for second national infrastructure assessment
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"Boots on the ground" engineers make policy decisions a reality
- Author: Aneeka Barmi
- Date: 29 April, 2021
Aneeka Barmi, Sub-Agent at Skanska and 2020 James Rennie Medal Finalist, reflects on the impact of policy on the day-to-day role of civil engineers.
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Levelling up, Covid & net zero: 3 challenges for the new West of England Mayor
- Author: Katy Toms
- Date: 27 April, 2021
Ahead of the 2021 local elections, ICE South West hosted a debate for West of England mayoral candidates. Katy Toms, Regional Chair, highlights some of the key infrastructure points discussed.
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UK to speed up carbon emission cuts – what does this mean for infrastructure?
- Author: David Hawkes
- Date: 22 April, 2021
As the UK Government commits to steeper cuts in carbon emissions, and governments globally set ambitious targets, ICE analyses the impact this will have on the infrastructure sector.
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Infrastructure Policy Watch: Infrastructure Australia outlines principles to drive sustainability outcomes
- Author: Chris Richards
- Date: 20 April, 2021
- Infrastructure Australia provides new sustainability principles
- India’s Parliament approves new infrastructure bank
- More detail on $2 trillion US infrastructure plan
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How roadbuilding projects create CO2 emissions and what can be done to reduce them?
- Author: David McNaught
- Date: 15 April, 2021
The second Road Investment Strategy has been challenged over its compatibility with reaching net zero. In this blog, we review the options for reducing carbon emissions linked to road infrastructure.
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Demystifying the strategic infrastructure planning process in the UK
- Author: Chris Richards
- Date: 12 April, 2021
Five years on from the National Infrastructure Commission being created, is the process geared up to meet future challenges?
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E-mission Impossible? Aligning net zero with the levelling-up agenda
- Author: Alex Luke
- Date: 08 April, 2021
New research from the thinktank Onward discusses how the development of new net-zero technologies such as hydrogen and carbon capture can support the levelling-up agenda.
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All posts (320):

Time for change: collaboration needed to deliver national and regional transport strategies

How investing in infrastructure can build a better quality of life

Infrastructure Policy Watch: EU climate deal proposed, while UK financing and planning steps forward

"Boots on the ground" engineers make policy decisions a reality

Levelling up, Covid & net zero: 3 challenges for the new West of England Mayor

UK to speed up carbon emission cuts – what does this mean for infrastructure?

Infrastructure Policy Watch: Infrastructure Australia outlines principles to drive sustainability outcomes

How roadbuilding projects create CO2 emissions and what can be done to reduce them?

Demystifying the strategic infrastructure planning process in the UK

E-mission Impossible? Aligning net zero with the levelling-up agenda

Find out more about our public affairs work

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