GLOSSARY TERM  
  Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE)  
 
  DESCRIPTION  
  An independent engineering institution that was established in 1818 and represents over 83,000 professionally qualified civil engineers worldwide. The principal objectives of ICE are:

(a) to provide/enhance facilities for learning;

(b) to provide professional status with responsibility for the ethics of the civil engineering profession;

(c) to provide a voice of the profession for lobbying government and promoting engineering generally; and

(d) to be a facilitator of best practice in the areas of training and recruitment.