06 Feb 2025
Serious concerns are emerging about the condition of critical infrastructure – particularly ageing highways assets – both in the UK and around the world. Photo credit: Altaf Shah That is the core theme of the ICE’s State of the Nation 2025 report. Informed by technical experts from across the UK, the report takes a […]
18 Sep 2024
The Royal Academy of Engineering has launched its new Green Future Fellowships. It will award £150 million over the next five years to 50 of the best ideas and scalable technologies essential for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and for adapting to the impacts of climate change. The Green Future Fellowships will provide innovators, scientists, researchers […]
14 Feb 2024
The ICE Handbook of Urban Drainage Practice. Written and edited by leading experts in the field, Urban Drainage Practice provides an overview of current key challenges, opportunities and future directions of urban drainage in a practical and accessible way. Written and edited by leading experts in the field, Urban Drainage Practice provides an overview of current key challenges, opportunities […]
15 Nov 2023
Professor Anusha Shah outlined her presidential theme at her inaugural address. Working in harmony with nature in rural and urban areas is vital if we’re to reach our net zero goals, according to the new president of the ICE (Institution of Civil Engineers). Professor Anusha Shah, the institution’s 159th President, shared the theme for her presidential year […]
23 Jun 2020
Dorset County Council ‘The Dorset Coastal Engineering Partnership will provide an effective and co-ordinated approach in the delivery of schemes to help protect residents and communities from coastal flooding and erosion. As well as designing and delivering large government funded projects, the main functions of the new partnership will be to set long term strategies […]
18 Nov 2019
British Engineers Use “9 Box Matrix” As Flood Design Guide Today the British Institute of Mechanical Engineers, “IMechE”, issued guidelines for their 130,000 members to use when engineering for rising sea level. I am delighted that it is based upon a tool that I created a few years ago, the “9 Box Matrix.” The announcement […]