Artificial intelligence is moving from pilot to practice across UK infrastructure, with applications that are offering opportunities to carry out engineering work faster, synthesise larger and larger datasets and provide cheaper solutions.
The publication of the ICE's Code of Professional Conduct in April 2026 marks a moment when the profession can no longer defer a central question: how AI will reshape the skill and role of civil engineers in infrastructure delivery.
Convened by the ICE London AI Working Group, this 90-minute in-person panel brings together practitioners and institutional leaders to assess that question across our industry. It opens with a short provocation on the gap between AI ambition and reality, followed by three perspectives from across the sector: what the launch of the GBRX AI Advisory Council means for the role of the civil engineer, how Network Rail is approaching AI and its strategy, and how AI is reshaping skills and capability across infrastructure delivery.
A facilitated panel and audience discussion then follow.
The discussion will examine what AI adoption means for professional competence, chartership, and assurance, and what the profession should be doing now to shape its own future.
The event is open to all ICE members, aspiring members, and professionals in infrastructure delivery.
