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 This video is from NCE’s Future of Rail conference 2022. National Infrastructure Commission head of policy Hannah Brown discusses how to improve long term planning given the current uncertainty in the UK rail market.

Up to £12bn of investment in drainage infrastructure over the next thirty years, along with stricter controls on new property developments, will be necessary to stop thousands more homes and businesses from flooding due to inadequate drainage, according to a new report by the National Infrastructure Commission.

Industry figures have emphasised the challenges involved in accelerating hundreds of infrastructure projects after chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng published a list of 138 schemes that will be sped up.

Transport infrastructure developers will be required to follow new guidelines relating to social value when drawing up project proposals. The Department for Transport (DfT) has released the guidelines to provide engineering companies, built environment firms and infrastructure clients with a new way of assessing social value. As such, those bidding…

The government's decision to speed up the planning process for major national infrastructure projects (NSIPs) "makes sense", particularly given the current energy and water challenges, according to National Infrastructure Commission chair Sir John Armitt.

Covid-19 and the Ukraine conflict are the kind of unforeseen events that can impact heavily on the successful planning and development of infrastructure. They serve to emphasise that while projections and forecasts are all very well, nothing is certain.

The government must invest in nationwide transport systems now if it is to achieve levelling up and net zero, according to a new report from the National Infrastructure Commission (NIC).

ICE Trustee Jim Hall has been appointed to the National Infrastructure Commission (NIC), which advises the government on infrastructure issues. Other appointees include Kate Willard and Nicholas Winser. Willard is the government-appointed Thames Estuary envoy and Winser has more than 30 years experience in the energy sector. “Their expertise will…

The government is at risk of failing to deliver the aims of its National Infrastructure Strategy unless it picks up the pace with detailed policy design and implementation, according to the National Infrastructure Commission (NIC).

The National Infrastructure Commission (NIC) will move around 40% of its staff to a Leeds office, the government has announced.