ICE Tech Talks
ICE Tech Talks is the new podcast series from the Institution of Civil Engineers. This series explores how engineers can help solve some of the world’s greatest challenges – from heading off threats of climate change to ensuring safe, clean and sustainable water supplies for all. Episodes aim to inspire and equip engineers, and their collaborators, with the tools they need to face these challenges, today and in the future.
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Episodes

Aug 2, 2023
Aug 2, 2023
25 min
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.

Aug 2, 2023
Aug 2, 2023
6 min
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.

Jun 19, 2023
Jun 19, 2023
9 min
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.

Jun 19, 2023
Jun 19, 2023
10 min
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.

Jun 19, 2023
Jun 19, 2023
11 min
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.

Jun 19, 2023
Jun 19, 2023
29 min
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.

Jun 2, 2023
Jun 2, 2023
28 min
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.

Mar 24, 2023
Mar 24, 2023
4 min
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.

Dec 19, 2022
Dec 19, 2022
23 min
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.

Dec 19, 2022
Dec 19, 2022
4 min
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.


