25.09.12
Industry body launched to facilitate National Infrastructure Plan
A joint industry advisory group has been set up to guide the delivery of the National Infrastructure Plan, Treasury chief secretary Danny Alexander has announced.
Speaking at the Liberal Democrat party conference, Alexander revealed the plan to establish the National Infrastructure Plan Strategic Engagement Forum, or NIPSEF, which seeks to bring Government and industry together on infrastructure issues.
The forum will be co-chaired by Alexander and Dr Nelson Ogunshakin, chief executive of the Association for Consultancy and Engineering (ACE).
Dr Ogunshakin said: “The National Infrastructure Plan is the Government’s most important strategic programme to deliver infrastructure, the core driver to UK economic growth.
“Delivering such an ambitious programme of infrastructure expansion on this scale means bringing government and industry together to successfully achieve this goal. This new National Infrastructure Plan Strategic Engagement Forum will place the expertise of industry at the heart of government to make that happen.”
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