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We belong to an Institution that has a noble purpose: to foster and promote the art and science of civil engineering.

Nominations for this year’s ICE Awards have opened. Awards will be presented at One Great George Street in October.

The new Infrastructure Commission for Scotland presents us with an opportunity to shape the country’s infrastructure to meet the needs of future generations, and we all have a role to play.

The ICE will host a special lecture at One Great George Street to celebrate the 300th anniversary of the birth of 18th century landscape architect Capability Brown on 25 February.

Booking has now opened for ICE’s ninth Coastal Management conference, which takes place from 24 to 26 September in La Rochelle, France.

East of England 13 Feb: Equality impact assessment in major projects: principles, practice and case studies. 6pm, National Centre for Deafblindness, Cygnet Business Park, Peterborough PE7 8FD. 19 Feb: Suffolk written exercise discussion group. 5.45pm, Jackson Civil Engineering, 30 Whitehouse Road, Ipswich IP1 5LT. London 13 Feb: Site visit -…

National 06 Feb: Joint ICE and Topcon Lecture: What are the barriers to change in the construction industry? 6pm to 8.15pm, ICE, One Great George Street, London. East Midlands 07 Feb: Graduates and students: NEC form of contract. 6pm to 8pm. Room C17, Pope Building, University Park Campus, University of…

Brazil iron mine owner Vale is to raise safety standards after ordering an evacuation of people living downstream of a second tailings dam at its Córrego do Feijão Mine site after a tailings dam collapsed on Friday killing at least 58 people.

North West 31 Jan: Plans for new Masonry arch viaduct at Bristol Downs talk. 5:30pm, University of Manchester, Renold Building Room F1, Altrincham Street, Manchester M1 7JA. Contact lauren.moczulski@ice.org.uk or 0161 457 7256 South West 30 Jan: Supervising civil engineers, Delegated engineers and mentors forum, Bournemouth. 8:30am, Hilton Bournemouth, Terrace Road,…

Most challenging aspect of High Speed 2’s (HS2’s)C1 Chilterns contract for 21.6km of railway infrastructure is undoubtedly the driving of a twin tube tunnel nearly 16km long.