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Event organised by ICE
Welcome, students, to the sustainability bite-size lecture!
In this informative session, we will explore the crucial concepts of sustainability and its significance to the job of a civil engineer. With the help of a group of graduates from Arup, we will give you a succinct overview of what, in practice, a civil engineer uses in terms of the principles of sustainable development and how the impact can be modelled using software. Two case studies will be explored, so that students can quickly understand how sustainability is embraces in current practice.
By the end of this brief conversation, you will have a good grounding in sustainability principles, some examples of how they can be applied, and suggestions for further reading to deepen your knowledge. For anyone who wished to deepen their knowledge further, after this initial “bitesize”, ICE recommends the series “5 weeks course/sustainability“, starting in September 2024, over a period of five weeks.
Sustainability is one of the attributes required by the Institution of Civil Engineers, at professional level.
Institution of Civil Engineers
academic partnerships manager
Elena has over twenty years' experience as a consultant civil engineer in Europe and Australasia. She has been based in London working for the ICE in various roles over the past fifteen years.
Arup
civil and sustainability engineer
Suzanne is a civil and sustainability engineer within the Bridges and Tunnels team in Arup London. She has experience in life cycle assessments and decarbonisation of infrastructure assets.
Arup
structural engineer
Grace studied civil engineering at University of Nottingham before pursuing a career as a structural engineer at Arup in Nottingham. She now specialises in embodied carbon and life cycle assessments for buildings.
Arup
Consultant in the buildings sustainability team
Matthew Munro works as a consultant in Arup's Buildings Sustainability Team, with a focus on embodied carbon. His background is in civil engineering and he is currently working towards ICE chartership.
Charlotte Chevalier
