Funding nature-positive infrastructure

This podcast features Lewis Barlow, ICE trustee for carbon and climate, in conversation with Mark Hansford, the institution’s director of engineering knowledge, about the PAS 2080 standard. 

This podcast features Paul Sheffield, chair of the recent ICE review of safety risk management in civil engineering, in conversation with Mark Hansford, the institution’s director of engineering knowledge.

This roundtable discussion, chaired by ICE President Anusha Shah, explores how nature-positive infrastructure projects can attract enough funding from an institutional investment community that has largely yet to be convinced that these can offer attractive long-term returns.

This roundtable discussion, chaired by ICE President Anusha Shah, focuses on the new regulations, standards, tools and techniques required by tomorrow’s senior engineers if their work is to stand a chance of benefiting the natural world.

Abstract submission deadline 30 September 2024 – submit now. Our coastal systems are changing. As we learn to adapt, is sustainable coastal management still achievable? That’s just one of the key questions to be addressed at the Coastal Management 2025 conference, which the ICE is holding at the historic UK port city of Bristol next September.   Anyone wishing to be considered as a speaker can submit an abstract for the organising committee to review. Abstracts should be submitted by midnight on 30 September 2024 via this submission platform. Listen as committee member Jonathan Hird, vice president at Moffat & Nichol, outlines the event’s key themes and explains what he and his colleagues are seeking in a successful application.  The conference will take place on 16-18 September 2025. Visit ice.org.uk/events/latest-events/coastal-management-2025 for further information. 

James Crumly, ICE knowledge research lead, discusses Glasgow's Stockingfield Bridge project with Richard Millar, chief operating officer at Scottish Canals, and Alison Ramsey, social value and performance manager at public-sector procurement organisation Scape.  They describe how social value was central to the planning, design and delivery of the project, the role that engineers can play in driving outcomes, and what value looks like to stakeholders over the life of an asset. 

Driving change, productivity and a lean mindset requires a strong culture, engaged staff and a focus on raising quality throughout all processes. Especially if margins are to be improved and waste reduced. These core principles are central to Toyota and its manufacturing of cars. And it’s what members of the ICE’s Community Advisory Boards (CABs) explored during a recent visit to Toyota’s Lean Management Centre (LMC), in Deeside, North Wales. The visit was designed to draw out ideas, lessons and best practice to apply to the infrastructure sector and drive productivity in design and operations.