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Updated guidance published for timber building structures

Published: 02/12/2019

Updated guidance has been published on the structural design of timber buildings within the UK. The Institution of Structural Engineers (IStructE), along with the Timber Research and Development Association (TRADA) have co-published a second edition of the Manual for the design of timber building structures to Eurocode 5. The Manual for the design of timber building structures to Eurocode 5 gives guidance on timber structures within the UK from single-storey to medium-rise multi-storey buildings …

Engineering Season at the Victoria and Albert Museum

Engineering Season at the Victoria and Albert Museum

Published: 14/07/2016

The Victoria and Albert Museum has launched an Engineering Season featuring a series of exhibitions to celebrate the ‘unsung heroes’ of design that create and shape the built world. …

2016 MacRobert Award winner announced

2016 MacRobert Award winner announced

Published: 12/07/2016

Blatchford, a global leader in prosthetics, took home the £50,000 prize as winners of the MacRobert Award, for the development of the world’s most advanced prosthetic limb …

Engineers Without Borders: Challenge Finals

Engineers Without Borders: Challenge Finals

Published: 11/07/2016

Four Engineering Council representatives joined a panel of 19 judges for the 2016 Engineers Without Borders (EWB) Challenge Finals, held at the Siemens Crystal in London in June …

Your Journey to Professional Registration

Your Journey to Professional Registration

Published: 08/07/2016

Find out more about the journey to professional registration. …

Iconic venues sign up for the 2016 Engineering Open House Day

Iconic venues sign up for the 2016 Engineering Open House Day

Published: 06/07/2016

Families can visit a host of iconic venues across the country for the second Engineering Open House Day, on 29 July 2016. …

Inaugural top 50 Women in Engineering list

Inaugural top 50 Women in Engineering list

Published: 04/07/2016

Almost half of The Daily Telegraph’s inaugural list of 50 influential women in engineering are Chartered Engineers (CEng) on the Engineering Council’s national Register …

Engineering Council statement following the EU referendum

Engineering Council statement following the EU referendum

Published: 28/06/2016

A statement from Engineering Council CEO Jon Prichard following the EU referendum …

Engineering Council supports #NWED2016 with new Women in Engineering page

Engineering Council supports #NWED2016 with new Women in Engineering page

Published: 23/06/2016

The Engineering Council has launched a temporary new web page in support of National Women in Engineering Day (NWED), on 23 June 2016. …

Institutions to join forces in UK and Asia

Institutions to join forces in UK and Asia

Published: 17/06/2016

The Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE), the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) and the Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology (IMarEST) have announced plans for closer collaboration, with shared office facilities in London and South East Asia. …

Royal Academy of Engineering states action on diversity and inclusion is imperative

Royal Academy of Engineering states action on diversity and inclusion is imperative

Published: 09/06/2016

According to a report by the Royal Academy of Engineering, the scale of the UK skills shortage in engineering, coupled with a current engineering workforce that is 92% male and 94% white, creates a need for action to improve diversity and inclusion within the profession at all levels. …