Breaking down infrastructure commitments from the Spending Review with the ICE

About this episode

The episode discusses recent UK government infrastructure commitments with a focus on transport, railways, and nuclear energy investments.

The latest episode of the Engineers Collective is out now: listen in on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, your usual platform or the player below. After a busy month of infrastructure commitments from the UK government, host Rob Hakimian welcomes Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) director of policy and external affairs Sam Gould to the podcast to discuss it all. They touch on spending settlements for England’s city regions to upgrade their transport offerings, investment in the railways via projects such as HS2 and East West Rail, the large financial commitments to nuclear energy including Sizewell C and small modular reactors (SMRs) and more. Gould also talks about what the updates to the Green Book could mean for improving delivery of infrastructure and the certainty that the release of the 10 Year Infrastructure Strategy will bring to private entities looking to invest in the UK’s future. Prior to the interview portion, Rob is joined by NCE senior reporter Tom Pashby to discuss the Industrial Strategy, specifically the way that it entwines the UK’s civil nuclear and defence nuclear sectors.

People in this episode

Host: Rob Hakimian

Guest: Sam Gould

Topics covered

• infrastructure commitments
• UK government spending
• transport investment
• railway projects
• nuclear energy
• Industrial Strategy
• civil nuclear sector

Keywords

• infrastructure
• UK government
• transport
• railways
• nuclear energy
• HS2
• Green Book
• investment

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Institution of Civil Engineers, NCE, HS2, East West Rail, Sizewell C, small modular reactors, Green Book, 10 Year Infrastructure Strategy

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