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Development, planning and urban engineering

A laser survey device

Find out more about a range of areas including planning, streets, parks and public works, the reusing and processing of materials, and disposal of residual waste.

If you specialise in these areas, or simply wish to know more, explore our dedicated resources including case studies, best practice advice and recorded lectures.

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Global Engineering Congress

Global Engineering Congress

22-26 October, London

Take-away innovative solutions and best practices to develop infrastructure resilience and understand how engineers can progress the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Hear key speakers from the World Bank, UNESCO, Baidu, AECOM, LA Metro, CMS Energy and many more.

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  • Urban Design and Planning journal

    Proceedings of the ICE - Urban Design and Planning

    Urban Design and Planning is a bi-monthly journal that addresses the design and planning of the built environment, emphasising the interfaces between urban policy, design, construction and management.

    Discover more about this journal

Upcoming events

  • ICE HKA G&S One-Day Seminar 2021.

    G&S: One-Day Seminar 2021 – Shaping a sustainable eco-city, Hong Kong

    24 April 2021
    Lecture
  • city at night

    Challenges & opportunities of making cities sustainable, resilient & inclusive, webinar

    28 April 2021
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  • Rebuilding roads might create more CO2 than you think.
    Blog post

    How roadbuilding projects create CO2 emissions and what can be done to reduce them?

    • 15 April 2021
  • Image of Tanner Springs Park, Portland, Oregon, USA, courtesy of Kathleen Wolf
    Recorded Lecture

    Blue-Green Infrastructure: the theory and practice - Portland, Oregon, webinar

    • 15 April, 2021
  • sir harold harding
    Recorded Lecture

    Harding Prize Presentations, webinar

    • 15 April, 2021
  • Post Covid - The new world webinar
    Recorded Lecture

    Post Covid - The new world: How the pandemic has affected behaviour, webinar

    • 14 April, 2021
  • Ground anchors
    Recorded Lecture

    Yorkshire Geotechnical Group - April evening talk, online

    • 13 April, 2021
  • Is the way the UK plans its infrastructure effective enough to adapt to changes such as increased cycling after the pandemic? Image credit: Shutterstock
    Blog post

    Demystifying the strategic infrastructure planning process in the UK

    • 12 April 2021
  • ALARM 2021
    Recorded Lecture

    ALARM 2021: Road funding & condition trends in Wales and England, webinar

    • 12 April, 2021
  • Policy

    A post-National Infrastructure Strategy review: ICE discussion paper and consultation

    • 09 April 2021
  • How to 'level up' a region like Yorkshire, where this Drax Power Station is located, with the net-zero agenda? Image credit: Shutterstock
    Blog post

    E-mission Impossible? Aligning net zero with the levelling-up agenda

    • 08 April 2021

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Our expert panels are responsible for helping to generate the civil engineering knowledge and information that we produce. Find out more about the panels and meet the members who contribute.

  • Geospatial Engineering Panel

    Geospatial Engineering Panel

    Geospatial engineering is all about multi-dimensional mapping and organisation. It's applied in many sectors, and is a particularly important area for asset managers such as local authorities.

  • International Development Expert Panel

    International Development Expert Panel

    The International Development Expert Panel provides the knowledge that supports our activity on infrastructure delivery in developing countries.

  • Municipal Engineering Expert Panel

    Municipal Engineering Expert Panel

    The aim of the Municipal Engineering Panel is to create promote the sharing, coordinating and transferring of knowledge for the development and management of urban infrastructure, specifically towns and cities.

  • Resource Management Panel

    Resource Management Panel

    Whether related to waste, energy or building capacity and skills – our grouped expertise cuts across this vast sector.

  • Sustainability Leadership Team

    Sustainability Leadership Team

    How to design, engineer and manage projects in tune with environmental, social and economic factors.

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