Author Archives: Andy Bolton

Hauraton rainwater solutions selected for a £250M warehouse development are driving environmental synergy in industrial development.

In a world where the urgency for sustainable development has never been greater, Panattoni Park in Avonmouth (pictured) shows how industry leaders are taking proactive steps to mitigate their environmental impact. At 1.3M.ft2, the Panattoni…

Former Presidents warned me how the presidential year flies by, and it is hard to believe mine is coming to an end. I set out in November 2022 the aim of listening to our members, updating them on the Institution’s work and persuading them that sustainable development – with a…

Designers need a better understanding of the maintenance requirements of different SuDS components to ensure that the systems they design will perform as intended, Advanced Drainage Systems UK manager Stuart Crisp, reports.

The issue of SuDS maintenance has always been a thorny one. Research suggests that the question of responsibility for…

How do we use data to make a step change towards better bridge performance?

In 1994, a section of the upper truss of the Seongsu Bridge in Seoul, South Korea collapsed, killing 32 people. Five years ago, the Ponte Morandi bridge in Genoa collapsed, with 43 fatalities. These incidents highlight…

The Holy Trinity of project management is to deliver a quality product on time and within budget. So why does nearly every minor, major and mega project initiated by the government, find itself in contravention of these three basic principles? We find ourselves yet again in this unhappy situation, with…

Civil engineering projects do not live in a vacuum. Technical decisions have impacts on people, communities and the environment. The periphery of projects blends into wider areas of influence and it is here, at the fuzzy edges, our skills can go beyond technical input.  Wider, fuzzy-edged thinking brings in different…

James Moore (Your View, last month) and the Commons transport select committee reviewing “expensive” UK road and rail projects need to go back and read the full range of various contributions, reports, commentaries etcetera by diverse contributors to NCE, other periodicals and the press in the last 10 years or…

Second year University of Southampton civil engineering student and Quest Scholarship recipient Joe Dixon, has explained how the ICE’s digital CityZen game encouraged him to pursue a career in civil engineering.

The game gets school students to tackle challenges faced by civil engineers every day, in a digital environment. In a…

The ICE is rebalancing its professional review programme to reflect the changing needs of its membership following the Covid-19 pandemic.

The changes will include increasing the number of in-person reviews and come into effect after the March 2024 session. During the pandemic, the ICE had to move rapidly to provide frequent,…

ICE Council has restructured its Community Advisory Boards (CABs) and Knowledge Networks to improve the delivery of content, research and activity.

The aim is for the CABs and Knowledge Networks to be better set up to support the delivery of the ICE’s five year plan. Seven strategic CABs relating to key…