Professional competency is at the heart of the final review into building regulations, putting pressure on industry bodies and individual engineers alike to make sure workers have the right skills – or face serious consequences.
Hundreds of civil engineers have been denied visas to work in the UK over the last few months, a leading engineering organisation has revealed.
A new centre has been set up to bolster the UK’s defence against flooding.
Women need to be put forward for more promotions in the rail industry, which has barely seen an increase in the number of female workers in 100 years, according to top rail executives.
Salaries across the engineering sector vary by £14,407, with electronics engineers topping the scale at £47,394 and environment professionals earning the least at £32,987, a new report has revealed.
There are many theories about what caused the spectacular demise of Carillion. Ultimately, it all comes back to skills.
Employer engagement with university technical colleges (UTCs) must improve to transform the training of a new generation of engineers and close the skills gap, a report has found.
Countries such as Japan, France and Spain, have become known for an expertise in high speed rail projects while the UK has to some extent slipped behind.
I refer to your Infrastructure Insight report and the “Brexit could worsen skills shortages in construction” article (New Civil Engineer, last month). Over 30 years ago apprenticeships in construction trades and the numbers of students studying civil engineering in the UK were far higher than today. Contractors believed they had…
The industrial strategy is only viable if the skills gap is closed, a survey of engineering employers has found.
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