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Jo da Silva to deliver 9th Brunel International Lecture series

21 MAY 2012

Jo da Silva, Director of Arup’s International Development team, has been chosen as the lecturer for the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE)’s 9th Brunel International Lecture series.

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  • Environment & Sustainability , Innovation and research , Structures and buildings

Call for papers on innovative building and civil engineering projects

30 APRIL 2012

The Chairman of ICE Member journal Civil Engineering, Tony Caccavone, invites you to recommend interesting and well-illustrated case-study papers on innovative building and civil engineering projects from your region. Projects do not necessarily need to be large in size, innovation is the key!

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  • Environment & Sustainability , Innovation and research , Structures and buildings

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  • Scotland , South West

Review: Infra-MANC exhibition, CUBE gallery

12 MARCH 2012

On a wave of post-war optimism, Manchester's planners dreamt of visionary infrastructure projects to modernise the city. This exhibition showcases four of the proposed projects' drawings, videos, promotional materials and contemporary newspaper cut-outs. Two of the projects went ahead and two never made it from the draughtsman's drawing board, and have been gathering dust until now.

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  • Structures and buildings , Transport

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  • North West

Civil engineers reveal top London projects of 2012

6 MARCH 2012

Thames Water Lee Tunnel Project receives Greatest Contribution to London Award

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  • Awards & competitions , Environment & Sustainability , Ground engineering , Innovation and research , Municipal engineering , Structures and buildings , Transport , Water

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  • London

Paddington Station roof wins HBIA

29 FEBRUARY 2012

Winners
A £45 million project to refurbish the roof of Paddington Station has emerged as one of the winners at the 2011 Historic Bridge and Infrastructure Awards.

The restoration of Newport Iron Bridge and the repair of Telpyn Bridge in Denbighshire also won awards, and projects on the Kennet and Avon Canal and the Ricker Gill Bridge in Cumbria were commended. The reconstruction of the Welsh Highland Railway won a special mention.

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  • Awards & competitions , Structures and buildings

2012 Budget must translate infrastructure plan into action

23 FEBRUARY 2012

The Institution of Civil Engineers has used its 2012 Budget submission to urge the Government to realise the full potential of the National Infrastructure Plan.

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  • Energy , Public affairs , Structures and buildings , Transport , Waste management , Water

New Workington bridge highly commended in NW civil engineering awards

3 FEBRUARY 2012

A footbridge built to reconnect Workington’s communities following the devastating 2009 floods has been highly commended in the prestigious North West Civil Engineering Community Award.

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  • Awards & competitions , Structures and buildings

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  • North West

Burscough bridge named NW Civil Engineering Small Project of the Year

3 FEBRUARY 2012

The imaginative £434k reconstruction of Burscough’s Flax Lane Bridge spanning Abbey Brook has secured a prestigious North West Institution of Civil Engineers award for the project.

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  • Awards & competitions , Structures and buildings

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  • North West

Media City footbridge NW Civil Engineering Large Project of the Year

3 FEBRUARY 2012

The iconic Media City UK Footbridge has won this year’s prestigious North West Institution of Civil Engineers large project award.

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  • Awards & competitions , Structures and buildings

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  • North West

Useful information for members: lessons learned and case studies

2 FEBRUARY 2012

During a series of regional workshops last summer, learned society staff received frequent requests from members for more case studies and lessons learned from failures.

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  • Health and safety , Structures and buildings

Building Control Survey - your chance to input

5 JANUARY 2012

ICE and IStructE have jointly established Structural Engineers Registration Ltd (SER), which provides registration services for chartered engineers licensed to carry out buildings regulations compliance.

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  • Structures and buildings

EEFIT Tohoku Mission Slides Available

20 DECEMBER 2011

The slides from the joint IET and ICE event on 5 December are now available online.

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  • Structures and buildings

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  • South West

Scotland’s engineers welcome infrastructure investment

6 DECEMBER 2011

The Institution of Civil Engineers in Scotland has welcomed the announcement by the Cabinet Secretary for Infrastructure and Capital Investment to invest billions in more than 80 major capital projects and programmes to revitalise Scotland's economy.

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  • Education , Health and safety , Public affairs , Structures and buildings , Transport

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  • Scotland

ICE calls met in autumn statement: National Infrastructure Plan provides clear pipeline

30 NOVEMBER 2011

The Chancellor’s autumn statement and the launch of the second National Infrastructure Plan on 29 November has provided a clear framework for infrastructure investment.

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  • Energy , Environment & Sustainability , Ground engineering , Maritime , Structures and buildings , Transport , Water

ICE responds to second National Infrastructure Plan

29 NOVEMBER 2011

ICE Director General Tom Foulkes has given his response to the 2nd National Infrastruture Plan announced today.

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  • Energy , Environment & Sustainability , Municipal engineering , Structures and buildings , Transport , Waste management , Water

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