Category: Events
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ICE Carol Service 2026
Members and friends are invited to join the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) Carol Service on Monday 7 December 2026, from 17:00 to 20:00, at Central Hall Westminster. More details are on the ICE events page. The IESF is also looking into whether a parallel IESF event can be arranged. Details will be added here…
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Rémi Fromont – Notre-Dame de Paris: The Roof Survey Behind its Rebirth
A lecture and dinner with Rémi Fromont, Chief Architect of Historic Monuments for the French Ministry of Culture, on Monday 25 January 2027 at the Institution of Civil Engineers.
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The Bridgemasters of London – 850 Years of Engineering, Ceremony and Scandal
A lecture and dinner with Sue Threader, one of the two current Bridgemasters of the City of London, on Monday 16 November 2026 at the Royal Thames Yacht Club.
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Driving Ahead – The Future of the Car
A look beyond electrification. The future of the car as it undergoes its most significant transition in response to an increasingly complex world.
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President’s Day to Bristol
Based around the local legacy of Brunel with visits including the Clifton Suspension Bridge, the SS Great Britain and the British Aerospace Museum at Filton. One overnight stay at a hotel. Report: read about the day in Newsletter 44 (November 2026): St Pierre and the Clifton Suspension Bridge and the SS Great Britain – impressions.
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Spring Voyage to Liverpool and Manchester Area
Including visits to the two Liverpool Cathedrals, Historic Liverpool Dock Area and Waterfront, Mersey Tunnel and Ferry, Bridgewater Canal, Anderton Boat Lift, Jodrell Bank, Styal Mill and Manchester Museum of Science and Industry. Report: read about the voyage in Newsletter 43 (June 2026): Spring Voyage to the North West, day 1: Liverpool, the Bridgewater Canal…
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A Metallurgist’s Role in Structural Engineering – Centre Pompidou, Bush Lane House, Offshore and the Rest
The lecture illustrates how interesting and varied the role of the Metallurgist can be. How in the 1970s castings with water filled cavities for fire protection were developed for use in buildings. Report: read the write-up of this lecture, A Metallurgist’s Role in Structural Engineering, from Newsletter 43 (June 2026).
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The Grenfell Tower: Key Outcomes from the Inquiry and Further Change on the Horizon
The presentation will summarize actions and conclusions setting the stage to what could be expected to be the future of fire safety within the construction industry. Report: read the write-up of this lecture, The Grenfell Tower fire: key outcomes from the Inquiry and further changes on the horizon, from Newsletter 44 (November 2026).
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“What is Truth?” Do Engineers, Scientists and Lawyers answer that question the same way?
Where do Courts/Lawyers depart from Engineers/Scientists in determining truth? “The truth is never pure and rarely simple” Oscar Wilde Report: read the write-up of this lecture, What is the Truth? Do engineers, scientists and lawyers answer that question the same way?, from Newsletter 43 (June 2026).
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Tidal Power from the Bristol Channel
Professor Chris Binnie on the West Somerset Lagoon, a 2,500 MW tidal power scheme in the Bristol Channel, which has the second highest tidal range in the world.