Two key ICE reports published since the start of the year have highlighted the importance of decarbonisation.
The State of the Nation: Infrastructure in 2024 report, published in January, encourages ICE members and the wider infrastructure profession to focus on achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. It says whole life…
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt was the keynote speaker at an evening reception hosted by the ICE and the All Party Parliamentary Group on Infrastructure (APPGI).
It was held at the ICE headquarters at One Great George Street in February. Hunt spoke about the importance of engineering and the role of infrastructure in…
The ICE Benevolent Fund has formed a new partnership with Dementia UK.
ICE members are now able to book appointments with Admiral nurses who are qualified, registered nurses specialising in dementia care. This service is available to all ICE members and their families in the UK and abroad. Appointments can be…
A large majority of construction companies state that integrated mobile technologies are of primary importance. Alongside the adoption of unified communication (UC) tools providing internet calling and incorporating functions like call recording, instant messaging and customer relationship management integration, there is an array of emerging mobile innovations. These mean that…
Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) design is becoming ever more complex. There is a growing awareness that we must look after our water quality more carefully, backed up by policies such as the Plan for Water, published last year. Where there are risks that surface water may carry pollutants, it must…
The UK has made notable progress on reducing carbon emissions over recent decades, decarbonising faster than any other G7 country between 1990 and 2021. But much of this has been done in the background, mainly through decarbonising energy generation. Going forward, a larger proportion of emissions reduction will depend on…
Support for HS2 Midlands Link I support High Speed 2 (HS2) and see the private sector redevelopment of Euston as a way of keeping public expenditure within a fixed ceiling. I hope that is what Labour leader Kier Starmer had in mind when he said that [bringing back the full…
At the heart of the United Nations (UN) 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted by all UN member states in 2015, are the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). These provide a blueprint for peace and prosperity for people and the planet. The SDGs recognise that ending poverty and other deprivations must…
In civil engineering, the pursuit of accessibility and inclusive design is not merely a problem to be solved, it is a commitment to ensuring independence and dignity for all. The essence of inclusive design lies in engineering for people, not just providing a solution to a “problem.” One in five…
In October last year, prime minister Rishi Sunak cancelled the Birmingham to Manchester leg of High Speed 2 (HS2), saying the costs had become too high. HS2 has been constantly beset by reviews, cost overruns, delays, downgrades, and cancellations since it was first proposed in 2009 and then given the…
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