📣New job alert📣

We're recruiting for someone to lead our work on the #financing & #funding models and #regulation crucial to delivering the new #infrastructure the UK needs over next 30 years. More job information online.

Apply by end of Friday 10 May

nic.org.uk/vacancies/were…

6 mths ago today we launched our 2nd National #Infrastructure Assessment #NIA2

Click the link👇 to see the impact it's already having

On 🗓️16 May our Infrastructure Progress Review 2024 will assess govt's progress against its infrastructure commitments

nic.org.uk/studies-report…

📣 Job opportunity📣

We're recruiting two #analyst advisers to join our economics team and develop the #data models which underpin our advice to govt on the UK's #infrastructure needs

Based in our #Leeds office; apply by 21 April

More details online👇

nic.org.uk/vacancies/were…

Connected Places Catapult was delighted to welcome Sir John Armitt CBE, Chair of the NatInfraCommission, to deliver a keynote address: connecting the infrastructure for the future.

The new National Audit Office report on progress decarbonising #heat says a robust plan to boost #heat pump rollout & clarity on hydrogen's future role are essential to boost uptake, reflecting Commission concerns in our recent #NIA2 report

Read our full response👇
nic.org.uk/news/winser-na…

Action promised in today's Govt's response to our surface water #flooding study 'does not meet the scale of the challenge' - Commissioner Jim Hall

Steps to end auto sewer connections & prioritise sustainable drainage are also overdue

Read more👇

nic.org.uk/news/governmen…

#SuDS

Our CEO James Health tells #NSIPs Forum 'the planning system is a binding constraint on #infrastructure rollout at the pace that is required' - faster consents will ensure the benefits of projects in the pipeline are realised sooner.

Read his speech:

nic.org.uk/news/james-hea…

“Outcomes-based resilience standards are crucial to ensuring next Ofwat price determination process is optimised to deliver the investments in system #resilience we need” - our Deputy Chair Julia Prescot speaking in Indepen #SocialContractSummit on future of #water system

We're looking at the⚡️ #electricity ⚡️distribution network which connects homes & businesses to the power supply, and asking what technologies & solutions will ensure it can support a fully #netzero system. Call for evidence open until 10 May.

More here: nic.org.uk/news/commissio…

Still time to complete our survey on project-level #design principles: ends 🗓️28 Feb🗓️

In Landscape Institute's #Landscape , Madeleine Kessler of our Design Group - developing the new guidance - explores how these principles shape #wastewater mgmt

Read more: issuu.com/landscape-inst…

Overhauling our #energy ⚡️system for a #netzero future and the impacts of #climatechange is a big task, with #infrastructure at its heart - and “it is achievable” our CEO James Heath tells Sustainability First, but requires immediate scale & speed

Read more: sustainabilityfirst.org.uk/blog/507-why-t…

“Enhanced #storage and increased flexibility will be defining features of the UK’s future #energy architecture” - our Commissioner Nick Winser opens day 2 of #storage summit sharing energy themes from our #NIA2 report

Read about our recommendations here: nic.org.uk/studies-report…

Watch our Dir. of Policy Margaret Read discuss with British Irish Chamber of Commerce members #NIA2 and the Commission's role in UK long term #infrastructure planning, sharing insights from the UK's experience for Ireland, as it seeks to improve its #tranport , #energy , #digital and #water networks

This is welcome news. The Commission's #NIA2 highlighted this change as one of a number of steps to support 7m homeowners/landlords to switch to electrified #heating by 2035, such as £7k subsidy for new #heatpumps and 0% finance for installation costs.

Digitally connected & #autonomous vehicles 🚗🚚could help tackle #congestion & improve  #roads afety . So how should UK govt plan, operate and maintain our #roads + #digital networks in future to secure the full benefit? Our new study explores this:

nic.org.uk/news/digital-f…

🚨 Engineers/architects/PMs 🚨
Do you use project level design principles?
Do you have examples of the good, the bad, and the... ugly?
Our Design Group wants to hear your views – and learn from your case studies
Take part in survey here (til 28 Feb) 👇
surveymonkey.com/r/6D37J9C

At ICE #StateoftheNation report launch this morning, Sir John Armitt said #StormIsha & #StormJocelyn showed need to boost #resilience of UK #flooding #transport & #energy #infrastructure to impacts of climatechange - clear, outcome-based standards 'crucial' to doing so

We are looking to appoint two new non-exec #board members with the right experience to sit on our Oversight Board and Audit & Risk Committee, both of which oversee the governance and management of the Commission.

Interested? Find out more here:

nurole.com/nic-ned-members

We welcome CIWEM's expert perspective on the need for better management of water resources 🚰

We strongly support their recommendations around infrastructure maintenance, SuDS and compulsory smart metering - which echo the Commission's existing advice to government.