State of the Nation: Infrastructure in 2026

State of the Nation has been the ICE’s flagship report since 2002. Its aim is to stimulate discussion about the infrastructure sector’s most pressing challenges and opportunities.

The 2026 report follows the publication of the UK government’s infrastructure strategy for 2025-35, which set out an integrated approach to economic, social and housing infrastructure, pledging to spend £725bn on it over 10 years.

This year’s State of the Nation report explores: Can the supply chain increase its productivity, work smarter and boost its capacity sufficiently to deliver everything being asked of it? The report is guided by the insights of three expert panels convened by the ICE and extensive wider research, including learning from the experiences of other countries.