ICE Tech Talks

This podcast features Lewis Barlow, ICE trustee for carbon and climate, in conversation with Mark Hansford, the institution’s director of engineering knowledge, about the PAS 2080 standard.

This podcast features Paul Sheffield, chair of the recent ICE review of safety risk management in civil engineering, in conversation with Mark Hansford, the institution’s director of engineering knowledge.

This roundtable discussion, chaired by ICE President Anusha Shah, explores how nature-positive infrastructure projects can attract enough funding from an institutional investment community that has largely yet to be convinced that these can offer attractive long-term returns.

This roundtable discussion, chaired by ICE President Anusha Shah, focuses on the new regulations, standards, tools and techniques required by tomorrow’s senior engineers if their work is to stand a chance of benefiting the natural world.

Abstract submission deadline 30 September 2024 – submit now. Our coastal systems are changing. As we learn to adapt, is sustainable coastal management still achievable? That’s just one of the key questions to be addressed at the Coastal Management 2025 conference, which the ICE is holding at the historic UK port city of Bristol next September. Anyone wishing to be considered as a speaker can submit an abstract for the organising committee to review. Abstracts should be submitted by midnight on 30 September 2024 via this submission platform . Listen as committee member Jonathan Hird, vice president at Moffat & Nichol, outlines the event’s key themes and explains what he and his colleagues are seeking in a successful application. The conference will take place on 16-18 September 2025. Visit ice.org.uk/events/latest-events/coastal-management-2025 for further information.

James Crumly, ICE knowledge research lead, discusses Glasgow's Stockingfield Bridge project with Richard Millar, chief operating officer at Scottish Canals, and Alison Ramsey, social value and performance manager at public-sector procurement organisation Scape. They describe how social value was central to the planning, design and delivery of the project, the role that engineers can play in driving outcomes, and what value looks like to stakeholders over the life of an asset.

Driving change, productivity and a lean mindset requires a strong culture, engaged staff and a focus on raising quality throughout all processes. Especially if margins are to be improved and waste reduced. These core principles are central to Toyota and its manufacturing of cars. And it’s what members of the ICE’s Community Advisory Boards (CABs) explored during a recent visit to Toyota’s Lean Management Centre (LMC) , in Deeside, North Wales. The visit was designed to draw out ideas, lessons and best practice to apply to the infrastructure sector and drive productivity in design and operations.

Mark Hansford, ICE director of engineering knowledge, talks with Julie Bregulla, director of innovation partnerships and projects at TEDI London, and Andy Alder, vice president and head of major programmes at Jacobs, about the ways in which people who work in infrastructure can share lessons learnt from when something goes wrong on a project – and also when things go well.

Every engineer working on the design or construction of a project has a legal responsibility to make sure work is completed as safely as possible. This audio explainer focuses on the Construction Logistics and Community Safety (CLOCS) standard , which was developed by the construction and fleet industry in 2013 to address the challenge of safe construction-vehicle journeys.

How is the civil engineering sector building resilience, adaptation and carbon reduction into its projects? What are the implications for assets in the future? In this podcast, an expert will discuss how engineers can put resilience and adaptation at the heart of their designs. They also highlight the importance of close collaboration with stakeholders to make complex plans workable, and how the sector is driving decarbonisation while meeting the needs of communities.

How is the civil engineering sector building resilience, adaptation and carbon reduction into its projects? What are the implications for assets in the future? In this podcast, an expert will discuss how engineers can put resilience and adaptation at the heart of their designs. They also highlight the importance of close collaboration with stakeholders to make complex plans workable, and how the sector is driving decarbonisation while meeting the needs of communities.

How is the civil engineering sector building resilience, adaptation and carbon reduction into its projects? What are the implications for assets in the future? In this podcast, an expert will discuss how engineers can put resilience and adaptation at the heart of their designs. They also highlight the importance of close collaboration with stakeholders to make complex plans workable, and how the sector is driving decarbonisation while meeting the needs of communities.

How is the civil engineering sector building resilience, adaptation and carbon reduction into its projects? What are the implications for assets in the future? In this podcast, experts discuss how engineers can put resilience and adaptation at the heart of their designs. They also highlight the importance of close collaboration with stakeholders to make complex plans workable, and how the sector is driving decarbonisation while meeting the needs of communities.

Civil engineers face multiple challenges in decarbonising infrastructure. Dealing with the emissions resulting from freight infrastructure is one such area of focus, particularly for the highways sector. This episode features Justin Moss, head of business development at Siemens Mobility, and Andrew Watson, director for central government advisory at Costain Group, talking to ICE director of engineering knowledge Mark Hansford about the potential for electric road systems to provide some of the answers to the decarbonisation problem.

Design risk management (DRM) should be part of a holistic approach to design on all projects, and those involved in any construction project should understand their duties relating to DRM under the Construction Design and Management Regulations 2015. This audio explainer explores what design risk management is and how it can be adequately and appropriately considered across all project stages.

As we strive to reach net zero, carbon literacy is fundamental for ICE members as well as for the future of civil engineering. Which skills will engineers need to develop to reduce carbon emissions in their practice? How can we move fast enough to tackle carbon targets effectively? In this ICE podcast, ICE director of engineering knowledge Mark Hansford and ICE knowledge content director Alex Wynne are joined by Costain's group climate change director Lara Young to examine how meeting carbon targets is a rapidly expanding field of work, offering new opportunities for career development and personal growth for those who are carbon literate. Episode produced by Dr Joe Jackson and Amanda Rice.

To avert the worst impacts of climate change and preserve a habitable planet, we must stop temperature rise. Civil engineers have a key role to play in doing this. This ICE audio explainer explores the relevant targets, the global commitments to tackling climate change, and how the way in which the construction industry designs, builds and manages infrastructure needs to change. Episode produced by Steph Fairbairn.