Institution of Civil Engineers

Syllabus
ICE Exam
 Contents
1 Introduction ...................................................................................................................... 3
2 Objectives ........................................................................................................................ 3
3 Learning Resources......................................................................................................... 3
4 Learning advice ............................................................................................................... 4
5 Curriculum Specification .................................................................................................. 4

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 1 Introduction
This ICE exam will be available to members who are required to demonstrate non-technical
further learning before they can apply for ICE’s Chartered Professional Review (CPR) or
Chartered Professional Review Progressive (CPRP), and who do not have the required
academic qualifications to do so. The ICE Exam targets: -

(i) Those with BEng(Hons) degrees accredited for CEng with further learning.
(ii) Those who graduate after June 2019 with a Washington Accord accredited Bachelor
degree.
(iii) Those with academic qualifications assessed by the ICE Academic Qualifications
Panel to be at a similar level to those in (i).

The exam allows candidates with BEng (Hons) degree or equivalent to demonstrate the
CEng educational base without needing to undertake conventional further learning such as a
master’s degree. It is not a standalone qualification, merely a way for applicants to
demonstrate their further learning to progress to Professional Review. The exam will be
based on a case study scenario. It will be a single assessment event over the course of one
day. There is no coursework element.
The examination will be a written examination. Plagiarism is unacceptable.

2 Objectives
The directed programme of study given in the Curriculum Specification below will enable
candidates with a partial CEng accredited degree (usually a BEng (Hons) or qualification
assessed as equivalent) to achieve the further learning top up required by the ICE for a
Chartered level Professional Review. Success in the ICE Exam will enable successful
candidates, once they have attained enough professional experience, to proceed to the ICE
Professional Review.
The programme of study will enable candidates to develop in-depth understanding of the
management, contractual, commercial, health and safety, sustainability and ethical issues
relevant to the role of the Chartered Civil Engineer. It will also broaden topics to develop an
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understanding of international policy, standards and legislation.

3 Learning Resources
All recommended texts are available as free downloads through the ICE library’s digital
resources to ICE members. Candidates are advised to keep themselves up to date with
current journals and attend local events to ensure currency of learning. Candidates may
wish to take advantage of courses offered by ICE Training.
 4 Learning advice
Candidates may wish to organise themselves into study groups, possibly through their local
ICE Representative.
Candidates can prepare for this exam whilst undertaking initial professional development.

5 Curriculum Specification
Throughout all modules you should demonstrate an awareness of the need for a high level
of professional and ethical conduct in engineering, recognising obligations to society, the
profession and the environment. Your work should also be informed by current issues and
leading-edge practice, e.g. artificial intelligence and Building Information Modelling.

Module 1: Procurement, Contracts and Project Management

Aims
The learning specified in this module will provide you with the theoretical knowledge to
enable you to achieve an in-depth understanding of the issues to address when setting up
and managing a project.

Specific topics
• Defining the system boundaries and project scope - feasibility, design, build, operate,
maintenance, decommissioning asset management
• Nature of international construction projects
• Procurement methods
• Effects of contractual risk allocation on the procurement process
• International construction law
• The common construction contracts including NEC, FIDIC and JCT16
• Contractual procedures
• Insurance and indemnity
• Processes involved in supply chain set-up
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• Project planning/scheduling techniques and project performance management
• Lean construction and process mapping
• Building Information Modelling and management and security of data
• Managing quality
• Negotiation techniques
• Commercialism, liability, change, risk attitudes
• Dispute management and resolution
 Module 2: Management and Leadership
Aims
The learning specified in this module will provide you with theoretical knowledge in the area
of management and leadership.

Specific topics
• The internal and external organisational environments
• Effects of culture on organisations
• Motivation and leadership of project teams
• Diversity and multi-cultural appreciation and management
• Stakeholder management
• Contractual relationships
• Supply chain management
• Nature of professionalism
• Morality, negligence, integrity, responsibility

Module 3: Project Appraisal and Financial Management

Aims
The learning specified in this module will provide you with the theoretical knowledge to
enable you to achieve an in-depth understanding of project funding, project appraisal,
commercial/ financial management, and the assessment of value for money.

Specific Topics
• Corporate governance
• Construction economics
• Project finance and infrastructure funding
• Project Appraisal
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• Financial appraisal techniques
• Cost benefit and cost optimisation techniques
• Financial risk and uncertainty
• Performance measurement
• Value and risk management

Module 4: Health, Safety, Welfare and Risk Assessment

Aims
 The learning specified in this module will provide you with the theoretical knowledge to
enable you to achieve an in-depth understanding of risk analysis and the management of
health, safety and welfare.

Specific Topics
• Sources of hazards and risk
• Qualitative and quantitative risk and safety assessment techniques including, for
example:
• ALARP
• AFARP
• HAZOP
• Fault Tree Analysis
• Event Tree Analysis
• Failure Mode Event Analysis

• Probabilistic Risk Assessment

• Consequential risk
• Project risk management
• Lessons learnt from construction and operational failures
• International standards for health, safety, and welfare
• Defining and assessing safe systems of work including method statements
• Responsibilities to project team and public of employers, clients, designers, contractors,
and operators

Module 5: Sustainable Development

Aims
The learning specified in this module will provide you with the theoretical knowledge to
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the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs’.
It will enable you to achieve an in-depth understanding of how to make critical appraisals of
the environmental impact of engineering projects.

Specific Topics
• Sustainability: origins, drivers, concepts, definitions
• Recent developments at national and international levels
• Role of civil engineering in meeting the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals
(UN SDGs)
• Infrastructure resilience
• Triple bottom line reporting - economic, social, environmental
 • Carbon accounting
• Stakeholder involvement
• Environmental risk and the precautionary principle
• Life cycle environmental assessment and design principles
• Waste management plans
• Understanding the “hidden costs” of ethical decisions
• Evaluation of issues confronting practicing professionals

7 Examination Arrangements

7.1 The Examination

The examination is in English and is based on a Case Study scenario. It is open book and
will last for 6 hours. Candidates must answer all sections of the task.

7.2 Plagiarism

Plagiarism is presenting the work of others as your own. This means using words or ideas,
for example, without the permission of the original author or authors, and without
acknowledgement of the original author. Plagiarism should be avoided in your completion of
the exam. Here are some guidelines to help avoid plagiarism:

Don’t copy material from others. Where you’ve directly quoted others, or the work of others,
attribute the source fully and, where appropriate, use quotation marks. As a rule of thumb,
material derived from others should be considered a quote, unless it’s assumed to be
common knowledge – for example, standard equations that are in the public domain.

Plagiarism is taken seriously by the ICE. Should there be concerns with the content of your
exam, ICE will investigate including using plagiarism detection software. If this shows
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