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Engineers back strategic Cheshire bridge link repair plan

17 JUNE 2010

The Institution of Civil Engineers North West has thrown its weight behind plans to secure the long term future of an arterial Cheshire road route as part of its hard hitting ‘State of the Nation’ assessment of the region’s infrastructure.

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  • Structures and buildings , Transport

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  • North West

Water meters cut demand and save supplies, say engineers

Water meters cut demand and save supplies, say engineers

17 JUNE 2010

The Institution of Civil Engineers North West is calling for water meters to be installed in every North West home, coinciding with today’s publication of its hard hitting annual ‘State of the Nation’ assessment of the region’s infrastructure.

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  • Water

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  • North West

Manchester rail hub must not be victim of cuts says ICE

Manchester rail hub must not be victim of cuts says ICE

17 JUNE 2010

The ambitious vision to forge a Northern Rail Hub converging on Manchester must go ahead if our region is to prosper, the Institution of Civil Engineers says in its ‘State of the Nation’ report launched today.

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  • Transport

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  • North West

ICE features on BBC news - Queen's speech coverage

26 MAY 2010

The media relations team recently had the opportunity to work with the BBC TV news channel to create a news package in response to the Queen’s speech focusing on immigration caps and the possible impact on the civil engineering sector, as well as others.

ICE responds to Queen’s speech

25 MAY 2010

Commenting on the Queen’s speech delivered this morning, ICE director general Tom Foulkes called for Government to install confidence in industry by providing further clarity around the proposed Green Bank and new planning regime.

Doran Consulting win Communications Competition in Birmingham

20 MAY 2010

The national final of the ICE Communications Competition took place on Wednesday 19th May at Birmingham University where four competing teams battled to be crowned the winners.

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  • West Midlands

ICE Council elections 2010

18 MAY 2010

The ICE Council election will run from 1 June to 13 July (midday). This will give ICE members the opportunity to vote for candidates to join the ICE Council.

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Graduate Member is ICE NW top golfer

18 MAY 2010

ICE NW Golf Day

Co-determination by employee committees in running German companies

12 MAY 2010

In Germany, co-determination by employees committees ("Betriebsrat") in the running of companies has been established in industrial law for over 90 years.

Arup Amsterdam - Bridge Renovation Project

12 MAY 2010

The Dutch directorate of public works (Rijkswaterstaat) will be strengthening eight steel bridges in the Netherlands to extend their lives with a minimum of 30 years.

Malta Lecture: Automatic Summarisation of Neonatal Intensive Care Data

12 MAY 2010

There was a fascinating presentation given by Dr Albert Gatt, on 'Automatic Summarisation of Neonatal Intensive Care Data' to The Malta Group of Professional Engineering Institutions on 10th December 2009.

Douro Interior Concession – Section 6, Portugal

12 MAY 2010

Located in the interior north part of Portugal, the poorest region of Portugal, DI Concession was launched in November 2007 as a response by the Portuguese government to the plan of promoting the territorial cohesion, reduce accident rates, enhance job creation and also economical and social development of the region.

Connecting the Baltic Sea with the Balkans via Poland

12 MAY 2010

The Polish part of the E65 Trans-European Network Transport (TEN-T) corridor connecting the Baltic Sea with the Balkans, is being upgraded in accordance with the Master Plan including fundamental modernization of existing connections between main Polish cities and construction of the new Polish High Speed Railway (KDP) by 2030.

Annual Site Visit to Blanka Tunnel, Prague, Czech Republic

12 MAY 2010

On 15 April 2010, the Czech Republic representative, Martin Duris, with help and support from Helena Kolarova, organised the annual site visit to the Blanka Tunnel in Prague.

Quarrying under central Paris, buttressing and back filling from 12th to 19th century

12 MAY 2010

During two Saturday morning visits about 30 members and friends visited a Parisian underground quarry now partially buttressed and back filled.

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