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What industry can do to boost civil engineering apprenticeships
- Author: Will Wood
- Date: 14 January, 2021
Former apprentice Will Wood discusses the opportunities that his apprenticeship brought him and why more needs to be done to encourage young people into civil engineering.
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Developing a career development pathway for leaders of complex infrastructure projects
- Author: Mark Hansford,
- Date: 14 January, 2021
Recommendations to radically change the way infrastructure is delivered call on ICE to develop a pipeline of leaders with the “breadth and adaptability” to thrive in a complex and technology-driven project environment.
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WFEO Climate Stories: Professor Jianping Wu
- Author: Professor Jianping Wu
- Date: 24 December, 2020
ICE is hosting the World Federation of Engineering Organisations’ (WFEO) Committee on Engineering and the Environment from 2019 to 2023. As part of a new blog series, members of the committee give us a snapshot of climate change impacts...
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What every child wants for Christmas: support designs for an official 'Basement & Sewerage' LEGO set
- Author: Mocingbird
- Date: 15 December, 2020
Over decades LEGO has released thousands of sets covering an innumerable amount of themes - but there’s never been a realistic sewerage-themed set. A fan designer is aiming to change that now.
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Using satellite imagery to monitor movements in megaprojects
- Author: Tom Ingleby
- Date: 07 December, 2020
Tom Ingleby, SatSense’s Earth Observation Specialist explores how satellite imagery can be used to monitor ground movements in megaprojects.
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A game-changing opportunity for civil engineers as government backs Design Champions for infrastructure
- Author: Mark Hansford
- Date: 03 December, 2020
The Government has given real hope for the future of infrastructure with the UK’s first ever 30- year strategy that includes the bold requirement that all projects have a board-level Design Champion in place by the end of 2021.
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Updated seismic hazard maps for the UK
- Author: Brian Baptie, Edmund Booth, Ilaria Mosca and Susanne Sargeant
- Date: 30 November, 2020
A recently published report presents new national seismic hazard maps for the UK that have been developed to update the advice given to engineers about designing structures for earthquake resistance.
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Analysing the impact of Artificial Intelligence on civil engineering
- Author: Hayley Jackson
- Date: 26 November, 2020
Former President’s Future Leader and Site Engineer with Taylor Woodrow, Hayley Jackson, discusses the future of civil engineering in relation to Professor Richard Susskind’s 2015 book, The Future of Professions, ahead of their ICE...
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Launching a global discussion about the contribution of engineering to all our futures
- Author: Seth Schultz
- Date: 23 November, 2020
Over the next 15 years, the OECD has estimated that around $103 trillion investment is needed to support our ageing critical infrastructure systems globally. This will require the civil engineering community to be ready to deliver this invest...
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Is it time to deliver more with sustainable drainage?
- Author: Paul Shaffer, Bridget Woods
- Date: 16 November, 2020
Paul Shaffer and Bridget Woods-Ballard share the latest thinking on the value of sustainable drainage systems (SuDS) in England, encouraging industry contributions to Defra research recommending updates to national SuDS standards.
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