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Civil engineers need a range of skills to aid their practice, from understanding health and safety, the ability to lead teams, to the ability to understand detailed contracts.

Our professional practice area contains a range of resources relating to:

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How to gain a competitive edge with digital technologies

How to gain a competitive edge with digital technologies

What does "digital infrastructure" actually mean? To many it is a digital representation of physical objects and assets, but perhaps less people recognise that the digital model covers the entire project life cycle and the engineering process within it.

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  • ICE President Paul Sheffield.
    Blog post

    Understanding the global impact of ICE

    • 11 December 2019
  • Jagoda Egeland
    Blog post

    Reflections on the need for long-term and strategic approaches to infrastructure planning

    • 10 December 2019
  • To do list –   Wait for emails to arrive, then reply immediately
    Blog post

    A conversation a day can save 81,000 flights worth of carbon - and improve our wellbeing

    • 10 December 2019
  • Launching the new, global policy programme.
    Blog post

    Better infrastructure will lead us to a better future

    • 04 December 2019
  • Image credit: Foto Rabe/Pixabay
    Blog post

    ICE publishes civil engineering insights paper on the 2050 net-zero emissions target

    • 02 December 2019
  • Apprenticeships now offer a real alternative route to membership of the ICE
    Blog post

    Apprenticeships come of age

    • 02 December 2019
  • Gatwick Station project
    Recorded Lecture

    Gatwick Station project, London

    • 28 November, 2019
  • Siu Ng (centre), with Dr Behzadian (left) and Dr Zhang (right).
    Blog post

    ‘Unplanned CPD activities are the most exciting ones’ 

    • 27 November 2019
  • Image credit: iStock
    Blog post

    ICE prepares to launch its Enabling Better Infrastructure programme

    • 25 November 2019

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