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Author Ferguson, Hugh

Title The civil engineers : the story of the Institution of Civil Engineers and the people who made it / Hugh Ferguson and Mike Chrimes
Published London : ICE, ©2011

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 262 pages) : illustrations (some color), portraits (some color)
Contents Introduction -- An institution is born -- A learning society -- Education, training and membership -- Regional development -- Professional conduct -- Governance, influence and communication -- Fragmentation, unification and self-regulation -- Civil engineers at war -- The library -- The buildings -- Contracts and management -- The presidents -- Secretaries and staff
Summary The first history of the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) to be fully illustrated in colour looks at the development of the profession over nearly 200 years, charting the successes of construction from the great engineering advances of Victorian times to the Channel Tunnel Rail Link
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Institution of Civil Engineers (Great Britain) -- History
SUBJECT Institution of Civil Engineers (Great Britain) fast
Subject Civil engineering -- Great Britain -- History
Civil engineers -- Great Britain -- History
Civil engineering
Civil engineers
Great Britain
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
Author Chrimes, Mike
Institution of Civil Engineers (Great Britain)
ISBN 9780727741707
0727741705