The event explores the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs) and their relationship to the built environment.
ICE will showcase what industry is doing to help achieve the goals in five areas where civil engineers can make the most impact –clean water, sanitation, energy, infrastructure and climate. Its programme will explore themes related to drainage, digital infrastructure, productivity performance, climate action and more. Highlights include:
Launch of Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDs) - following severe flooding incidents in the UK in recent years there is a drive to improve drainage. ICE and ACO, a leader in drainage technology, will launch the Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDs) routemaps. This follows work by the ICE SuDs Task Group which showed several barriers to implementation of SuDs. ACO will present these routemaps to offer guidance on effective surface water management in an effort to relieve mounting pressure on sewerage systems.
Floodwater management - take a closer look at smart water management with a focus on how to develop systems that optimise water management with PyTerra - one of the leading authorities on water-related challenges facing communities and organisations.
Productivity performance in the construction industry - the 'Get It Right Initiative' (GIRI) is aimed at reducing errors in the UK construction industry by improving processes, planning and changing attitudes. Discover the importance of the initiative and share their success stories.
Infrastructure modelling - the UK Infrastructure Transitions Research Consortium (ITRC) is a collaboration of 7 UK universities whose goal is to inform infrastructure planning with the use of simulation models.
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The Ecobuild programme will act as an introduction to the week-long Global Engineering Congress hosted by ICE and the World Federation of Engineering Organisations (WFEO) in October (for more information).