The man responsible for revolutionising Glasgow’s water supply has been honoured with a new plaque at Mugdock Reservoir. Following his work on Manchester’s water supply, John Bateman was asked by Glasgow City Council in 1852 to find a new source of water for the Greater Glasgow area. He
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The creation of a pioneering drainage system to mitigate flood risk has been chosen as making the ‘Greatest Contribution to Scotland’ at the Scottish Civil Engineering Awards.
One year on from the devastating explosion which rocked Beirut, Arcadis engineer Joe Bilan is still trying to process what happened and his experiences in the city. On 4 August 2020, 2700 tonnes of ammonium nitrate exploded in Beirut, causing the deaths of over 200 people, injuring over 6000 an
Industry body Homes for Scotland (HFS) has welcomed the Scottish Government's commitment to increased levels of affordable housing whilst warning of deliverability concerns across homes of all tenures in light of material shortages and cost pressures. Plans to deliver 110,000 affordable homes by 203
A video tour of some of Scotland’s most iconic bridges to showcase their design and construction has led to Lauryn Steel from Annan winning bronze in an international award scheme. Lauryn Steel, who works as an economic development officer with Dumfries and Galloway Council, came third in the
A new report has been commissioned into how best to support the delivery of Net Zero and decarbonise Scotland’s infrastructure. The Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) in Scotland has appointed globally renowned consultancy group Mott MacDonald to set out what policy, legislative, regula
A Scottish civil engineer has made it through to the final of an international competition, which challenges contestants to explain an aspect of civil engineering in just 200 seconds. Lauryn Steel, a principal technician with Dumfries and Galloway Council’s Engineering Design Service, produced
‘The Influence of Top-Hat Strengthening Solutions on Shear Stresses in a Railway Bridge Girder using Finite Element Analysis’ was the topic which saw Alice Butler named as Scotland’s Emerging Engineer 2021. Naming Alice, a graduate at MHB Consultant, as the winner, the judges said
A major environmental conference this month will hear how the space sector is contributing to tackling the global climate emergency. The ‘Engineering Climate Conference’ is a virtual two-day event organised by the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) Scotland, Engineering Scotland and th
The best opportunity to stimulate the economy and aid post-Covid recovery is to focus on the nation’s multi-billion pound infrastructure, the Institution of Civil Engineers in Scotland (ICE Scotland) has said. The engineering body has called on the newly-elected Scottish Government to ens
The search is on for Scotland’s top engineering and construction projects with the launch of the 2020/21 Scottish Civil Engineering Awards. The Awards celebrate outstanding civil engineering achievement, innovation and ingenuity in Scotland. Organised jointly by CECA Scotland and the Instituti
Scotland's built environment professional bodies have issued a joint statement calling on new ways of working that embed resilience into how our places function and develop over time.
The rail line between Montrose and Stonehaven will be closed for at least a week after a bridge wall collapsed near the scene of last year's fatal train crash.
Extreme weather will continue to have an increasingly devastating impact on Scotland’s infrastructure without urgent mitigation measures, according to a new report from the Institution of Civil Engineers Scotland (ICE Scotland).
A Scotland-based engineer’s heroic efforts to help his compatriots in the aftermath of August’s explosion in Lebanon are set to be shared at an event organised by the Institution of Civil Engineers Scotland.