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How can we narrow the gap between project estimates and actual cost?
- Author: Miles Ashley
- Date: 13 June, 2019
The Jubilee Line Extension (JLE) cost £3.6bn, a £1.5bn cost over-run, a crisis, now all but forgotten. Miles Ashley, Chair of the steering group for ICE's latest paper on forecasts vs outturns, discusses the…
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Future Finance – paying for infrastructure after Brexit
- Author: Martin Shapland
- Date: 10 June, 2019
ICE has responded to the Treasury and IPA Infrastructure Finance Review, which looks at a potential domestic replacement for the European Investment Bank after Brexit and the role of private finance.
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The Williams Rail Review – rethinking how Britain’s railways operate
- Author: David Hawkes
- Date: 04 June, 2019
The ‘root and branch’ review of the railways, led by independent chair Keith Williams, was established to come up with proposals for the most appropriate organisational and commercial framework for the rail network.
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Putting the benefits of infrastructure front and centre
- Author: Martin Shapland
- Date: 23 May, 2019
The challenges of minimising the gap between what an infrastructure project is forecast to cost and what it will actually cost was the subject of discussion at an ICE and DfT roundtable this week.
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The case for a new road user charging scheme in London
- Author: Silviya Barrett
- Date: 09 May, 2019
A new report by Centre for London argues that the UK capital should move towards an innovative new road user charging scheme which charges…
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What should be in the National Infrastructure Strategy?
- Author: Ben Goodwin
- Date: 02 May, 2019
At a meeting of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Infrastructure (APPGI), parliamentarians and industry leaders set out wide-ranging views on what should be included in the government’s forthcoming National Infrastructure Strategy.
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Working together to improve approaches to risk in the built environment sector
- Author: Martin Shapland
- Date: 30 April, 2019
How to handle risk better, including a move away from focusing on just cost, was discussed at a recent ICE roundtable.
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Plans on track for an annual World Engineering Day
- Author: Chris Richards
- Date: 29 April, 2019
The UNESCO Executive Board has backed proposals to create an annual World Engineering Day for Sustainable Development.
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The Carbon Fuel Crunch? Achieving sustainable roads funding in England
- Author: Martin Shapland
- Date: 20 March, 2019
Fossil fuels, like petrol and diesel, are running out of road. When they do, the government will need to find a new way of raising money to pay for our country’s road network.
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Government launches infrastructure investment consultation
- Author: Ben Goodwin
- Date: 13 March, 2019
Chancellor Philip Hammond's Spring Statement had a few, small surprises for the infrastructure sector.
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All posts (174):

How can we narrow the gap between project estimates and actual cost?

Future Finance – paying for infrastructure after Brexit

The Williams Rail Review – rethinking how Britain’s railways operate

Putting the benefits of infrastructure front and centre

The case for a new road user charging scheme in London

What should be in the National Infrastructure Strategy?

Working together to improve approaches to risk in the built environment sector

Plans on track for an annual World Engineering Day

The Carbon Fuel Crunch? Achieving sustainable roads funding in England

Government launches infrastructure investment consultation

Find out more about our public affairs work

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