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8 unusual facts about Institution of Civil Engineers


Central Dredging Association

Its British section is a learned 'Associated Society' of the UK Institution of Civil Engineers.

Craigellachie Bridge

The bridge has been given Category A listed status by Historic Scotland and has been designated a civil engineering landmark by the Institution of Civil Engineers and American Society of Civil Engineers.

Francis Job Short

In 1883 he was elected an associate member of the Institution of Civil Engineers.

Henry Cadogan Rothery

He was assisted by the Chief inspector of Railways, William Yolland and William Henry Barlow, President of the Institution of Civil Engineers.

HMS Monck

By 1944 the establishment covered the Combined Operations Carrier Training, the naval barracks and the landing craft base at Port Glasgow, and the ICE school at Rosneath.

Institution of Civil Engineers

Mechanical engineer and tool-maker Henry Maudslay was an early member and Joseph Whitworth presented one of the earliest papers – it was not until 1847 that the Institution of Mechanical Engineers was established (with George Stephenson as its first President).

The Telford Medal is the highest prize that can be awarded by the ICE for a paper.

William Pedley

He joined the Royal Engineers and in 1877 became a member of the Institution of Civil Engineers.


Alexander Gibb

Gibb was born in Broughty Ferry, Dundee, the son of the civil engineer, Alexander Easton Gibb, and the great-grandson of John Gibb, an early member of the Institution of Civil Engineers.

Henry Wyndham Phillips

Phillips painted portraits of Charles Kean for the Garrick Club and Robert Stephenson for the Institution of Civil Engineers, and exhibited 89 pictures in London between 1838-68.

Mile End Park

The park has been awarded the London First Award, the Green bridge the Institution of Civil Engineers Award of Merit, a commendation at the British Construction Industry Awards and a special commendation from the Prime Minister's Award.


see also

Dorothy Buchanan

Dorothy Donaldson Buchanan (1899–1985), first woman to join the Institution of Civil Engineers

Max Wideman

To complete the qualifying requirements prior to taking the final exam for the Institution of Civil Engineers, Wideman moved to the British colony of Northern Rhodesia in 1951 to work for the Colonial Service in the Department of Water Development and Irrigation.

Mladen Savović

Dr. Savovich has published technical papers in international and Russian journals, has been a peer reviewer for the Institution of Civil Engineers, London, and has taught part-time at the Yugorsk State University, Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia.