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Engineers can deliver on net-zero but only if they bring communities with them
- Author: Mark Hansford
- Date: 14 October, 2020
ICE-commissioned evidence has proven that the infrastructure sector is already falling behind in the race to net zero. Passionate civil engineers who truly engage with communities can make it happen.
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Never let a good crisis go to waste: enabling more walking and cycling in a post-Covid world
- Author: Phil Jones
- Date: 12 October, 2020
While the global pandemic has brought much misery it also affords a unique opportunity to enable more active travel, writes Phil Jones CEng MICE, founder and chairman of transport and planning consultancy, PJA.
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How has UK infrastructure performed on carbon emissions since the Infrastructure Carbon Review?
- Author: Dr Jannik Giesekam
- Date: 05 October, 2020
New ICE research on the UK’s carbon emissions from infrastructure will be launched at this week's Unwin Lecture. Dr Jannik Giesekam, lead researcher and Carbon Project member, provides a sneak preview....
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Why infrastructure transparency matters
- Author: Hamish Goldie-Scot
- Date: 28 September, 2020
ICE Fellow and CoST Technical Adviser Hamish Goldie-Scot describes how CoST’s focus on transparency, participation and accountability in pursuit of a shared vision of “better lives from better infrastructure” serves to prote...
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Transport mobility and the magic map
- Author: Andrew Loveless
- Date: 21 September, 2020
The success of our transport revolution hinges on one key ingredient – fresh data.
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Preparing the profession to meet the challenge of delivering the UK’s infrastructure strategy
- Author: Mark Hansford
- Date: 17 September, 2020
Much anticipated and long-delayed, the UK’s National Infrastructure Strategy is finally set to be unveiled and is likely to bring huge opportunity for the civil engineering profession to shine.
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Gearing up for Active Travel
- Author: Dame Sarah Storey
- Date: 14 September, 2020
Ahead of her appearance at the next ICE Strategy Session, Paralympian Dame Sarah Storey examines why changing both attitudes and infrastructure is essential in increasing active travel.
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Data-driven decision-making for smart sustainability
- Author: Dr Jennifer Schooling Obe
- Date: 01 September, 2020
Dr Jennifer Schooling OBE, Director of the Cambridge Centre for Smart Infrastructure and Construction (CSIC), calls for collaborative sector action to build a data-driven, low-carbon and low-waste future.
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A systems approach to net-zero
- Author: Tim Chapman
- Date: 24 August, 2020
In order to reach our ambitious net-zero targets by 2050, we need to balance a complex system of infrastructure networks. Tim Chapman, chair of our Carbon Project’s Workstream on Systems-level Red...
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We can’t wait – the future is now
- Author: Jim Young
- Date: 20 August, 2020
Jim Young, Chair of ICE Scotland's Public Voice Committee, asks what can be done by civil engineers to mitigate the effects of extreme weather in light of the recent Stonehaven rail crash in Scotland.
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