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Join the ICE East Midlands North Nottinghamshire and North Derbyshire Branch for a site visit to the Claymills Victorian Pumping Station in Burton upon Trent.

The bi-annual ICE geotechnical lecture showcases groundbreaking geotechnical engineering innovation. This year’s lecture is no exception, which will not only highlight an improved basis for design but provide an important frame of reference for future monitoring projects.

Protecting people, property and the environment from flooding In the face of rapidly changing conditions produced by climate change, the Environment Agency’s Thames Estuary 2100 plan, published in 2012, manages flood risk along 350 km of the River Thames. It has a mission to protect 1.42 million peo…

Learn about the innovative carbon management solutions used in the development of the ICE Yorkshire and Humber Net Zero Award winning Esholt STW from one of the project's key civil engineers. 

Create a sewerage system that channels it away from central London By the 1850s there were 2.5 million people living in London. That meant 2.5 million people flushing their toilet waste into the city's storm sewers every day. From there it flowed straight into the river Thames. The Thames was…

Send drinking water along the longest ever pipe to towns in Western Australia The discovery of gold in Western Australia in the 1880s and 1890s brought a succession of gold rushes with thousands of prospectors hoping to make their fortunes. This led to a population explosion in a dry and barren dese…

Devise a scheme that provides water and generates power for eastern Australia The Snowy Mountains hydro scheme is a hydroelectricity and irrigation complex in south east Australia. Sometimes known as the Snowy, it’s Australia’s largest engineering project. Built between 1949 and 1974, the project co…

Provide clean water for Birmingham by collecting water from the Welsh hills Birmingham grew rapidly as an industrial city in the late 19th century. A lack of clean water led to numerous outbreaks of disease. Birmingham Corporation Water Department built a chain of reservoirs in the Elan Valley in Wa…

Turn boggy marshlands into farmland by removing the water The Fens – also known as the Fenlands – are a natural marshy region in eastern England. Now largely drained, the land is used for homes and agriculture. The Fens are mostly located around the coast of the Wash. The area includes Lincolnshire,…

Nick Mills explains Southern Water’s plan to create a more sustainable future.

Don’t miss the last opportunity to visit the ICE’s touring exhibition empowering young people to engineer a net zero world.