
APPG ON BUILDING COMMUNITIES
Building Communities focuses on the human dimension to infrastructure investment and provides an important addition to the public debate.
The cross-party group brings together politicians and the industry to influence and improve practices around building community and placemaking and helps to make the case for the positive economic and social impact of good infrastructure design.
At a meeting on 12 May 2021, Bob Blackman MP was voted chair, Liz Twist MP, Andrew Lewer MP and Alison Thewliss MP, Ben Everitt MP and Lord Hodgson were voted vice-chairs.
ACE provides the secretariat to the APPG which is supported by the following ACE members: AECOM, Arcadis, Atkins, Mott MacDonald, Ramboll, Royal HaskoninDHV, Stantec, Waterman, and WSP. It is also supported by non-members Argent, Heathrow and WYG.
The cross-party group has members from across the political spectrum and from both houses:
REPORTS AND DOCUMENTS

Matthew Farrow
Director of Policy
Matthew is Director of Policy for ACE and sister organisation, EIC.

Guto Davies
Head of Policy
Guto is head of policy at ACE and sister organisation, EIC.
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