While Cop29 faced difficulty with international commitments on areas like climate finance and adaptation, relying on dramatic late decisions, it will make a positive impact on the UK’s infrastructure sector and engineering profession over the next decade.
The annual TechFest Awards, from New Civil Engineer and Construction News, were held in central London last night (27 November) to honour the people and projects pushing the envelope in modern construction.
“We are trying to achieve a hell of a lot in this industry at the moment. If you thought the time-cost-quality equation was tough, we’ve now got this real sense of urgency around sustainability,” says Mace managing director for infrastructure, consultancy, UK & Europe Andy Beard.
The civil engineering sector is poised for significant recovery and growth over the next few years, according to the latest forecast from construction industry intelligence firm Glenigan.
Civil engineering’s rising stars have been crowned at the NCE Graduate and Apprentice Awards, held at the Institution of Civil Engineers’ (ICE’s) headquarters on 22 November.
The UK is at a strategic crossroad as a new government draws up long term plans to deliver its key missions. Incoming ICE President Professor Jim Hall wants the engineering profession to be at the heart of that process.
In 2019, the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) identified the need to work with governments to strengthen how they strategically plan infrastructure at the country level.
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has released a tender document seeking contractors for a £71.2M framework to deliver underwater engineering services inside and outside of the UK.
Emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) and exoskeletons could halve injuries relating to musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) in Britain, a report has found.
New technologies are a double-edged sword. Innovations like generative design, digital twins, OpenUSD (Universal Screen Description) and augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) tools offer organisations a fresh competitive edge, but also bring rising demands on IT systems and management. Increasing file sizes, growth of unstructured data, and IT…
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