Tomorrow’s Engineers Week runs from 4 to 8 November and the ICE will be organising activities and events across the UK. Now in its seventh year, the UK-wide cross-sector campaign provides an opportunity for engineers, employers, universities and schools to showcase engineering as a career. Registered ICE STEM ambassadors can volunteer…
An online exhibition about civil engineering during the Second World War has been launched, marking the 80th anniversary of its outbreak.The exhibition is a partnership between the ICE, the Institution of Mechanical Engineers and the Institution of Engineering & Technology. It traces developments including civil engineering options for air raid…
When my office was on Regent Street, a neighbour had a big sign on their door saying “Mad Idea”, an anagram for their company name, AdMedia. It always made me smile as I walked past. We could do with more mad ideas in our line of work. For many years,the…
The review of the High Speed 2 (HS2) project started in August 2019 and is being led by Douglas Oakervee, an ICE Fellow. With considerable knowledge of a wide-range of major projects, over the course of his 60-year career, he will lead the review, working with Lord Berkeley as his…
East Midlands 8 Oct: Innovation from within: disruptors for positive change – A presentation on overcoming innovation barriers by major Matthew James, Nottingham. 6pm to 8pm. Nottingham Trent University, Newton Building, South Sherwood Street, Nottingham NG1 4FQ. Contact fiona.turner@ice.org.uk North West 3 Oct: Health and safety panel talk. 6.30pm, University of…
London 30 Sept: Five week course: health and safety. 6.30pm, One Great George Street, London, SW1P 3AA. Contact james.gregory@ice.org.uk or 0207 665 2108 Northern Ireland 26 Sept: Lunch and learn webinar. North West 30 Sept: Continuing development of the digital community in the nuclear industry lecture. 6.30pm, Liverpool John Moores University, James Parsons Building,…
Drones to keep drains flowing and cytometric control of impurities to replace chemicals in water treatment. Who says the water industry is failing to innovate to reduce its carbon footprint? Certainly not David Riley, who speaks and acts on carbon neutrality mainly for his employer Anglian Water. Carbon review input…
With a growing population, a need to meet net zero carbon targets, and rapid advances on technological fronts, delivery of infrastructure to enable and support quality housing development is crucial. The ICE published its annual State of the Nation report in September, focusing on the steps required to better join…
A free ICE online learning programme has been accredited for US Professional Development Hours (PDHs). The “Tunnelling under metro systems” programme looks at designing, planning and monitoring tunnelling projects appropriately to build new underground infrastructure, without impacting on existing infrastructure or the urban environments above them. It uses the London…
Regional infrastructure strategies across England could help to better integrate infrastructure and housing planning across boundaries and at local, regional and national levels, according to the ICE’s 2019 flagship policy report. The recommendation is one of 10 made in the State of the Nation 2019: Connecting Infrastructure with Housing report…
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