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The “father of civil engineering” John Smeaton is credited with coining the term civil engineer. His legacy is impressive, and includes many famous structures such as the Eddystone Lighthouse. He also founded the first engineering society in the world – the Society of Civil Engineers, renamed the Smeatonian Society of…
The civil and digital engineering skills of early career professionals have been recognised at the NCE Graduate & Apprentice Awards 2023.
This year’s event, held at the ICE in November, was produced in partnership with the ICE and sponsored by Amey Consulting, Balfour Beatty, Binnies, GHD, Heathrow, Joseph Gallagher, Mott MacDonald and…
The UK’s infrastructure industry might be forgiven for being downhearted as we come into the New Year. Confidence in major project and programme delivery is at, what feels like, an all time low. The cancellation of Phase 2 of High Speed 2 (HS2) is a recent – and very public…
It has been an eventful few months for UK infrastructure policy, even by recent standards. Industry warnings about offshore wind incentives were ignored, net zero policies were scaled back, and the northern leg of High Speed 2 was cancelled. Within this whirlwind policy environment, the second National Infrastructure Assessment (NIA2)…
Aecom decarbonisation technical director Chris Landsburgh (above) has been awarded the new title of Chartered Infrastructure Engineer.
The protected title is the first to have been created in 100 years. Landsburgh was a President’s Future Leader under ICE past president Paul Sheffield. The Chartered Infrastructure Engineer title was introduced in response…
New ICE President Anusha Shah delivered her Presidential Address on 7 November.
She outlined her vision for civil engineers, urging them to work in harmony with nature to reach net zero. The focus of her presidential year will be to make civil engineering a nature and people-positive profession. She believes adopting…
ICE/IStructE initiative to register competence of engineers working on tall buildings to reassure public about the safety of these structures
The ICE and the Institution of Structural Engineers (IStructE) are to run a joint registration process for a new competency register of members who work on tall buildings. The register aims…
A few days after this column is published, the ICE will publish new, updated advice on ethical conduct for its members. The new guidance encompasses many key topics for the ICE’s membership including clarity of communications with clients, declaring conflicts of interest, respecting boundaries (specifically related to the provision of…
Over the past two decades or so, we have witnessed more extreme storm events, involving unprecedented rainfall. Resulting floods have severely damaged properties, caused energy and transport disruption, contributed to mental health issues and sadly resulted in loss of life. In the UK, we have also seen combined stormwater overflows…
Nineteen engineers have been awarded Carbon Champion status by the ICE for their work decarbonising infrastructure.
The title of ICE Carbon Champion was awarded to the engineers from three initiatives in recognition of their efforts to quantifiably reduce carbon emissions. The initiatives are Geobear’s geopolymer injections; the Cross Tay Link Road…
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