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The average age of UK reservoirs is circa 125 years, and this also generally applies to the associated pipework systems.

Join the ICE and British Dam Society at this lecture which will look at innovative techniques to isolate and facilitate valves replacement on a large raised reservoir without the need for drawing the water level down or installing coffer dams.

Build the UK's first commercial pressurised water reactor power station Sizewell B is one of two nuclear power stations near the village of Sizewell on the coast of Suffolk. Its predecessor Sizewell A is currently being decommissioned. Sizewell B was first announced as a gas-cooled reactor in 1969 a…

Create dams and reservoirs that can provide water to key East Midlands conurbations The Derwent Valley dams and reservoirs provide water for the UK cities of Sheffield, Derby, Nottingham and Leicester. Victorian engineers identified the valley as being ideal for the needs of the local population and…

Construct a complex of dry docks for building and repairing huge ships Dubai dry docks is the only large dry docks facility in the Persian Gulf. Opening in 1983, it's the largest ship repair facility in the Middle East and one of the world's leading shipyards. Spread over 200 hectares, the yard has…

Energy efficient engineering for today and tomorrow Tower of Light is a combined heat and power plant (CHP) in Manchester city centre. It was unveiled by structural engineers Arup and architects Tonkin Liu in February 2022, after winning the project in autumn 2017. The extraordinary nine-storey, 40-…

ICE QUEST scholar Lewis Acott shares what it’s like to study civil engineering and how it’s different from site work.

Join landscape architects 2B Landscape Consultancy Ltd, to explore a local case study showcasing how SuDS would have resulted in lower project costs compared to conventional piped drainage, and why it’s important to get landscape architects involved early on in the design brief. 

Yorkshire Water‘s Ja…

#BDSMonday - within session 3 there are 3 papers that show new ways of working, new applications, unique problems

New detailed rules for sustainable drainage systems in Wales favour surface solutions such as permeable paving. Nick Gorst of British Precast says new guidance from Interpave should help.