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How the UK can manage risk better to deliver world-class infrastructure
- Author: Martin Shapland
- Date: 05 December, 2018
From working more collaboratively to learning from other players in the sector, the built environment could free up resources to enable innovation.
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Government outlines £600bn investment for the built environment
- Author: Ben Goodwin
- Date: 26 November, 2018
The government has published the latest iteration of the National Construction and Infrastructure Pipeline.

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Nationalisation of infrastructure: what could this mean for the sector?
- Author: David Hawkes
- Date: 14 November, 2018
ICE has published a discussion paper on the potential effects that nationalising parts of Great Britain's economic infrastructure, namely rail, water and energy, would have on investment and service delivery.

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Ensuring transport investment creates infrastructure, for purpose, for all
- Author: Zoe Henderson, Penny Gilg and Joseph Marner
- Date: 12 November, 2018
ICE has responded to a transport consultation advising the government to make decisions that will enable cities to be more inclusive.

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State of the Nation Scotland 2018: Infrastructure Investment
- Author: Kelly Forbes
- Date: 08 November, 2018
Today, ICE Scotland launches its new report for a long-term, holistic approach to infrastructure planning and funding.

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What does the Autumn Budget 2018 mean for infrastructure?
- Author: Ben Goodwin
- Date: 31 October, 2018
Now that the dust has settled following the announcement of the Autumn Budget on Monday it’s important that we – the infrastructure sector – take a pause and a deeper look at what the strategic implications could be for us.
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State of the Nation 2018: Infrastructure Investment
- Author: Paul Sheffield
- Date: 18 October, 2018
Today, ICE launches a new report exploring options for the financing and funding of the UK’s economic infrastructure.
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In Plain Sight: assuring the whole-life safety of infrastructure
- Author: Professor Peter Hansford
- Date: 15 October, 2018
Professor Peter Hansford, ICE Past President, explains why the new report will give a voice to engineers, which is important in light of tragedies such as the Grenfell Tower fire in London and the Morandi Bridge collapse in…
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SNP Conference 2018 brings ‘positive move’ for infrastructure
- Author: Kelly Forbes
- Date: 12 October, 2018
Another year, another party conference season draws to a close. The last conference of the autumn found ICE at the SNP conference in Glasgow.

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State of the Nation: what’s the best way to pay for our infrastructure?
- Author: Andrew Rose
- Date: 10 October, 2018
In the final blog before State of the Nation 2018 launches, Andrew Rose, chief executive of the Global Infrastructure Investor Association, gives his views on the challenges ahead for investment in the UK’s economic infrastructure.…
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All posts (156):

How the UK can manage risk better to deliver world-class infrastructure

Government outlines £600bn investment for the built environment

Nationalisation of infrastructure: what could this mean for the sector?

Ensuring transport investment creates infrastructure, for purpose, for all

State of the Nation Scotland 2018: Infrastructure Investment

What does the Autumn Budget 2018 mean for infrastructure?

State of the Nation 2018: Infrastructure Investment

In Plain Sight: assuring the whole-life safety of infrastructure

SNP Conference 2018 brings ‘positive move’ for infrastructure

State of the Nation: what’s the best way to pay for our infrastructure?

Find out more about our public affairs work

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