A good start but there’s a lot more work to do: road testing the national infrastructure pipeline

By Simon Rawlinson2025-08-01T06:00:00

Effective management of expectations is a key element of a successful product launch. Simon Rawlinson of Arcadis believes NISTA has set itself a massive task with the introduction of the new pipeline

Congratulations to the team at the National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority (NISTA) for getting the July 2025 national infrastructure pipeline over the line. With nearly 1,000 programmes, it has been a massive task.

The government was certainly pleased with its launch, and the press release announced grandly that “construction firms have been given the certainty and confidence they need to invest in major UK infrastructure projects…” Even accounting for the relentless optimism of the press office, this is premature.

I prefer the NISTA team’s much more honest assessment that the pipeline will “become a comprehensive database of information… to understand future demand”.

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