After receiving a record-breaking number of entries, the judges for the Inspiring Women in Construction and Engineering Awards have carefully reviewed them all and today revealed the shortlist.
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INWED | NCE’s most read interviews and opinion pieces from female contributors
To celebrate this year’s International Women in Engineering Day, the NCE editorial team has looked back over news, interviews and opinions from the last year to create a list of the most popular article either written by women or featuring female industry leaders.
Female industry specialists invited to join NCE’s New Voices list
Putting female role models in the spotlight is a key part of today’s International Women in Engineering Day, which is now an annual event, and NCE is relaunching an initiative to ensure women remain in that spotlight throughout the year.
Digital tools speed complex Texas interstate motorway upgrade
Slotting new road infrastructure above an existing route required a digital solution to overcome design challenges and move the work onto site more quickly.
Editor’s Comment | Grenfell should galvanise us to deliver change
Although this issue of NCE claims to be the July one, it will land with readers just before International Women in Engineering Day (Inwed) on 23 June. While there are many initiatives to support and promote female engineers, Inwed is one of the few where every type of engineering profession…
Aecom secures Ukraine infrastructure reconstruction advisory role
Ukraine’s Ministry for Communities, Territories and Infrastructure Development has formalised a partnership with Aecom to undertake infrastructure reconstruction following damage caused by the invasion of Russia.
HS2 board bolstered with financial specialist and technology expert non-exec appointments
Transport secretary Mark Harper has announced the appointment of Keith Smithson and Joanna Davinson as new non-executive directors of the HS2 Ltd board, which he has said strengthen its leadership and expertise to successfully deliver the High Speed 2 (HS2) project.
Cowi and Arup challenged to halve carbon footprint on Copenhagen’s planned M5 metro line
Copenhagen metro operator Metroselskabet has awarded a joint venture of Arup and Cowi to advise on the development of the city’s new M5 metro with string targets set to cut carbon on the project too.
Why circular water management is the next logical step
It’s time to change how we think about water within housing developments, towns and cities, reversing our dependence on using water only once.
Lord Hendy’s reappointment as Network Rail chair ‘vital’ to GBR transition and delivery of CP7 efficiencies
Lord Peter Hendy looks set to mark a decade with Network Rail following the Department for Transport’s (DfT’s) confirmation of his appointment for another two year tenure as chair of the rail infrastructure operator.