View all topics
Find ICE near you
7 FEBRUARY 2013
The Government has announced £294 million will be spent on flood defences this year and a large slice of it is coming to the East of England. A total of 93 schemes have been given the go ahead including 15 in the Eastern region due to commence this year. These include £28.6 million for Great Yarmouth protecting over 2000 homes.
Show tags
Environment & Sustainability , Water
East Of England
Commenting on the announcement by Defra that 93 regional flood defence schemes have been given the green light for construction, ICE Flooding Expert, David Balmforth, said:
Environment & Sustainability , Public affairs , Water
6 FEBRUARY 2013
A major water quality study at Jatiluhur Reservoir is informing decisions about the design of the water treatment process for a new 15 cubic metres per second water supply.
Water
The 6th ICE Asia Pacific Convention 'Natural Disasters: the Engineer's role in preparedness, mitigation and recovery' took place on 24-27 January 2013, in Mt Lavinia, Sri Lanka. Over 200 people attended the conference day on 25 January.
Indonesia is the world's largest exporter of thermal coal. Indonesia surpassed Australia for that 'title' in 2009 and has since moved further ahead as the leading exporter of thermal coal.
On 17th January, the British Tunnelling Society (BTS) hosted a celebratory lunch for winners of the James Clark Medal in the Council Room at ICE.
Associated Societies , Ground engineering
During 2013 London Underground is celebrating the 150th anniversary of the first underground journey which took place between Paddington and Farringdon on the Metropolitan Railway.
Associated Societies , Transport
5 FEBRUARY 2013
Civil engineering firms that worked on the Olympic Park and other venues are now free to advertise their achievement after stringent marketing rules were lifted.
Law and Contracts , Learning Legacy
4 FEBRUARY 2013
ICE NI Graduates and Students are launching the first Photography Competition in the region.
Awards & competitions
Northern Ireland
Jonathon Backus, a PhD student at Queen’s University Belfast and ICE Graduate member is the winner of the ICE NI Papers Competition 2013. Members of the ICE Regional Executive Board judged the event and Jonathon’s paper on ‘Monitoring the Interaction of Combined Mechanisms in the Deterioration of Concrete’ was deemed successful.
1 FEBRUARY 2013
The ICE West Indies Local Association (ICEWILA) held its first seminar for 2013 entitled: “Risk Management”. The Seminar was held at the President’s Box, Queen’s Park Cricket Club (The Oval) in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago on January 31st, 2013 from 6pm to 8pm.
Twenty students from the School of Civil Engineering and Geosciences at Newcastle University planning and taking part in a project to improve clean water supplies to communities in rural Borneo have been taking advice from one of the UK’s top industry experts.
Associated society member , Member , Non-member
Education , Professional development , Water
North East
Commenting on OFWAT’s plans to plans to introduce greater incentives for companies to transfer water from areas where it is plentiful, to areas of shortage, Michael Norton, Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) Water Expert, said:
31 JANUARY 2013
ICE recognises that professional development is a great way to build on your skills, experience and CPD, and to further your career as an engineer. So we’re offering you the opportunity to get a helping hand through our QUEST award.
Awards & competitions , Membership information
On 29 January, ICE and the Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management (CIWEM) hosted an event to mark the 60th anniversary of the 1953 East Coast Floods and to look at how this has informed the approach to current flooding issues.
Maritime , Water
Visit our information resources section for reports, policy documents and briefing sheets