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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.

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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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  • The Hyatt Regency - an example of how not implementing safety by design processes can have fatal results.

    Costain: Safety by Design, online

    19 January 2021
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    Routes to Fellowship, webinar

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  • What's your big idea?
    Blog post

    Better 'light' than never - A concrete solution?

    • 18 January 2021
  • Policy

    ICE response to the Union Connectivity Review

    • 14 January 2021
  • Attracting young people to civil engineering: industry should do more
    Blog post

    What industry can do to boost civil engineering apprenticeships

    • 14 January 2021
  • A Systems Approach to Infrastructure Delivery is an eight-step model which places emphasis on agile, adaptable leadership 
    Blog post

    Developing a career development pathway for leaders of complex infrastructure projects 

    • 14 January 2021
  • Truro Cathedral, Cornwall
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    Can lessons learned from Covid-19 engineer a way out of homelessness?

    • 13 January 2021
  • Aerial view of M42 bridge shortly before bridge deck installed
    Recorded Lecture

    HS2 modular bridges, webinar

    • 12 January, 2021
  • YGG.
    Recorded Lecture

    Yorkshire Geotechnical Group - January evening talk, online

    • 12 January, 2021
  • Dam
    Recorded Lecture

    The use of dam break risk curves to optimise an ALARP assessment, webinar

    • 11 January, 2021
  • View of the modern cable-stayed bridge across River Hooghly overlooking the James Princep memorial
    Blog post

    From Calcutta to Kolkata, lasting legacy and evolving modernisation

    • 06 January 2021

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    CDM 2015: The Importance of the Client in Leading the Project Team

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    The Comprehensive CDM2015 Overview

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    As part of ICE’s Learning Society role this CoP (Community of Practice) aims to be the leading source of expert civil engineering knowledge for practitioners with respect to safety, health and wellbeing.

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