ICE Tech Talks

Collaborative Reporting on Safer Structures (CROSS)

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.

Construction Logistics and Community Safety (CLOCS) standard

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. 

Collaborative and technical challenges on Humber 2100+

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. 

Port of San Francisco Waterfront Resilience Programme

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 engineers can respond to more extreme and challenging weather

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. 

Designing for adaptation, resilience and decarbonisation

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. 

Rethinking freight infrastructure

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.

Explainer: The five-minute design risk management overview

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.

The civil engineer’s role in tackling climate change

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.

Explainer: the four-minute carbon literacy overview

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.