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Welcome to ICE’s web pages for New Zealand – Current News:
- AGM 10th March + Australasian Tunnelling Society presentation
Read our latest newsletter on New Zealand ICE events.
- There will be another Brunel lecture series coming our way soon - see below.
- The ICE President-elect plans to visit New Zealand.
- There is ongoing information as a result of the Copenhagen Environment Summit.
Entering the Ecological Age - Post Copenhagen
The final 7th Brunel Lecture 'Entering the Ecological Age' took place at the beginning of February, marking the end of ICE's ground breaking international lecture series.
The 7th Brunel Lecture series, which began with a strategic lecture in London in June 2008, set out to review the major changes required in infrastructure development, policy and legislation - and the role of the engineer - in enabling climate change issues to be tackled on a global level.
Peter Head, ICE fellow and a Director of global engineering consultancy, ARUP, then embarked on an international lecture tour, visiting 24 cities and 17 countries. Head delivered lectures tailored to the issues faced in each place and engaged with local and national policy makers, planners, investors, infrastructure designers and members of the public. The outcomes of the lectures and discussions were presented at a conference at December's Copenhagen UN Summit on Climate Change.
The final lecture saw Peter Head conclude the 7th Brunel Lecture series in London to an audience of engineers and built environment professionals. He revisited the outcomes from his worldwide lectures, presented his conclusions on the Copenhagen climate change talks and outlined to the engineering community their role in helping to secure the future of a resource renewable world.
During the Lecture, Head said: "Over the last two years I have had the privilege of delivering the ICE's 7th Brunel International Lecture in 24 cities in 17 countries. They have been two years of significant global change and the learning has been two-way.
"I have gained a deeper understanding of different national perspectives, while my message about the role of engineers in supporting the transition to the ecological age resonated with every audience and indeed significant action has followed, for example in Malaysia, New Zealand and Hong Kong. It was a fitting reminder of the contribution and importance of engineers to every aspect of society."
Head was joined by ICE fellow and Chief Executive of WS Atkins, Keith Clarke, who was announced as the Lecturer for ICE's next Brunel Lecture series.
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On this site you will find information and details about New Zealand and the work of ICE’s local members, committee and other related engineering topics. We have included information on:
- The place, people and working here
- Immigration, settling and opportunities
- Engineering, education & qualifications and professional issues
The services we provide members and engineers:
- For those working through Training Agreements and Mentoring routes for IPD
- The Review Process
- International lecture tours, events and networking
- Newsletters and contact details
Presently we have around 600 members here in NZ and that number is growing. The well developed engineering sector and unrivalled life style opportunities have seen an increasing number of younger engineers make the move to this side of the world, either as a career move or as a life style choice.
Our objective for the New Zealand branch of ICE is to support and promote the international strategy of ICE within New Zealand. The international strategy is set out on the ICE web site.
Our strategy for the branch of ICE is to support those members of ICE who reside temporarily or permanently in New Zealand who wish to maintain links with ICE in the United Kingdom. ICE aims to undertake the strategy by:
- Providing services that are relevant and valued by members and employers
- Maintaining and promoting high professional standards
- Providing an international source of skills and knowledge for tomorrow's engineering
- Being broad and inclusive of all those engaged in civil engineering
- Partnering with, and respect for, local relevant bodies locally, to support the engineering community in influencing governments and industry.
Our Vision: We will be recognised as the leading source of international knowledge and skills required to create a sustainable natural and built environment for the benefit of future generations.
Our Core Values: Trust and honesty, ethical behaviour and integrity, high standards, quality and professionalism.
Our Core Purpose: To set standards for qualification and registration of all engaged in civil engineering; to provide a knowledge exchange for best practice and to promote the contribution that we make to society. | 
