Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE)’s Post

Take a read of Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) State of the Nation 2025 report published today. Links below.

Sobering read, How does a Country like the UK keep pace with its infrastructure maintenance requirements? quite the challenge and lessons for the rest of us who are in the process of building their legacy infrastructure.

The Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) released its "State of the Nation 2025" report, highlighting the urgent need for infrastructure improvements in the UK. The report, based on research and engagement with experts including AECOM’s Eloise John FEI, emphasizes the importance of addressing aging transport systems, unlocking new water resources, and upgrading the energy grid to meet climate goals. It calls for strategic investments and innovative solutions to ensure sustainable, resilient, and low-carbon infrastructure for the future. #Infrastructure #Energy #NetZero #ICE2025

LinkedIn posts like buses! None for 3 months and then two in quick succession. This publication is well worth a read. We were involved in the illustrations and infographics on this project, it's great to see it launch. #engineering #sustainability #illustration #infographics #reportdesign #editorialdesign

The ICE’s State of the Nation report highlights key infrastructure challenges, focusing this year on water investment and ageing structures. Aimed at UK policymakers but informed by global expertise, it addresses shared issues like climate change and rising costs, fostering international knowledge exchange for better solutions. Definitely worth a read for those looking to drive improvement. #ICE #StateoftheNation

The Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE)’s 2025 State of the Nation Report launched yesterday and is well worth a read. This annual industry assessment aims to stimulate debate and highlight actions that the ICE believes its members could take to improve the nation’s infrastructure. Such actions include submitting safety concerns to CROSS. In the report ICE says: “We firmly believe that it’s our members’ ethical responsibility to act when serious problems arise. And Collaborative Reporting for Safer Structures UK (CROSS-UK) provides the mechanism by which individuals raise their safety concerns in confidence.” https://lnkd.in/eyJ87qae

The Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) annual State of the Nation Report, focusses on challenges in transport, energy and water infrastructure. It draws attention to the deteriorating state of many infrastructure assets, which is a challenge that civil and infrastructure engineers around the world are all facing. State of the Nation is the ICE’s annual flagship report. It identifies critical issues of the day and draws upon the tremendous expertise in the ICE’s membership to provide authoritative and useful analysis. Sometimes the issues are very much in the public eye, like water in this year’s report, where we just heard today that water bills in England and Wales will go up by £10 per month on average to fund infrastructure investment. On the other hand, the ICE shines a spotlight on issues that we do not think are getting enough attention, like the safety and maintenance of ageing structures which we have focussed on this year. The ICE is an international organisation based in London, and the SOTN report leverages that international strength. This is a report whose policy audience will mostly be in the nations of the UK: Norther Ireland, Scotland, Wales and England. But we draw upon the tremendous international expertise within the ICE’s membership, making use of examples from around the world. We work in a globalized industry in a shrinking world. As was underlined during my presidential visit to Institution of Civil Engineers Hong Kong Association (ICE HKA) a couple of weeks ago, countries around the world are facing similar challenges, of climate change, ageing infrastructure, and high construction costs. We have so much to learn from each other. So I have no doubt that decision makers from around the world who get a chance to read this State of the Nation report will be able to learn lessons that are helpful for where they are, and they may also recognise some familiar case studies. Thank you to all of the great engineers to contribute to this year's report, and to the ICE Knowledge team who have delivered an important report.

The Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) have published their 2025 State of the Nation Report which reviews the main issues facing the industry and the engineering solutions to them.👇 “Now is the time to establish a clear vision of how infrastructure can contribute to a better future for all of us,” says ICE President Professor Jim Hall. A great read for insights and professionals within Construction and Civils. Read for free below: #construction #civilengineering #2025 #industrysolutions #constructionuk #londonconstruction #infrastructure

Having joined Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) as an Associate Member last month, it was good to attend my first event officially as a member by joining virtually for the launch of the State of the Nation 2025 report. Focussed on water, energy and transport, the three key takeaways from the report launch for me were: 🚿 Water: scarcity is a real and pressing challenge but poorly understood by the public, with water recycling set to play a key role in improving resilience of supply. ⚡ Energy: There remains huge potential to further diversify our energy mix by developing generation sources such as solar and tidal closer to areas of demand, boosting UK energy security in the process. 🚗 Transport: While new nationally significant infrastructure such as high speed rail and airport expansion requires proper scrutiny, Government needs to fully appreciate the vital importance of providing adequate funding for the maintenance of existing assets, particularly roads and bridges, where deterioration can often be found to be worse than previously thought. Thanks to ICE and the guest speakers from Transport Scotland, Liverpool City Region Combined Authority and Southern Water for a very interesting event. #infrastructure #civilengineering

"Infrastructure projects in today’s environment are increasingly in the hundreds of millions, if not billions, of dollars and take upwards of 10 years to complete. This will force the largest contractors to be more selective about which projects to bid on, in part because of the large bonding capacity required. Phased bonding can help.” Read this interview with SFAA VP, Policy and General Counsel Julie Alleyne in Engineering News-Record on the impact of progressive design-build, and how it's facilitating more flexible approaches to surety bonding. #Surety