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New Civil Engineer is the official magazine of the ICE and is distributed – in print or digital formats – to more than 50,000 readers each month.
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The ICE has joined up with Girlguiding UK to promote civil engineering and inspire girls to become civil engineers.
A new partnership between the ICE and Girlguiding UK has been launched to inspire young women to pursue careers in civil engineering. ICE has developed a pilot programme which encourages Guides and…
The ICE has announced changes to the director general’s board.
Calum Mercer has been appointed ICE group finance director. Mercer was selected from a strong field of candidates and has held several board level posts over a 20 year period. He joins the ICE from the Royal College of Psychiatrists…
A “more honest debate” with the public about net zero is needed, prime minister Rishi Sunak said in a speech last month.
He said he wanted to ease the cost to the public of the net zero transition. To facilitate this, policies on electric vehicles, heat and energy efficiency were all…
In today’s evolving and increasingly demanding engineering landscape, the pursuit of professional recognition has become more critical than ever. However, the pathway to professional recognition is not a solitary journey. Rather, it is one where candidates are joined by those who once walked in their shoes, to become qualified themselves.…
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…
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…
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…
In the same week that Raac became part of the public’s vocabulary, we also had a UK minister, apparently unaware the camera was still rolling after an interview, ask exasperatedly: “Does anyone ever say: ‘you know what, you’ve done a [expletive deleted] good job, because everyone else has sat on…
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