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About Us

Our vision is to be the Institute of Choice for Highway Engineers. Our mission is to provide professional development opportunities, support and leadership for individuals to achieve and maintain professional recognition.

  • Learn about the IHE. IHE membership formally recognises your qualifications and industry experience.

  • We believe we have an outstanding team dedicated to prioritising our members’ interests. If you’re seeking a rewarding and engaging career in a fantastic environment, consider starting your journey with us!

  • We’ve been registering engineers and technicians with the Engineering Council since 1972 and accrediting academic courses since 1989. We’re proud of our long history and provide our members with 50 plus years of highways experience.

IHE Membership

Join us and demonstrate your technical skills, qualifications and expertise to clients and employers. We offer membership types for highways professionals at every stage of their career.

Professional Registration

Becoming a professionally registered engineer demonstrates your high standard of competence and commitment. By choosing to register, you set yourself apart as an engineer with high standards and also demonstrate your commitment to maintain that competence in the future.

Academy Training

The IHE Highway Engineering Academy offers industry-led training in highway engineering. Through one of our specialist training courses leading to an industry-recognised Professional Certificate or Diploma, the HEA delivers the qualifications, skills and knowledge demanded by the highways industry which are in short supply today.

Work with us

Professional Development Partnerships are open to Highways Sector businesses, Local Government Authorities, Academic Institutions, Professional Engineering Institutes and other Highways interest based organisations.

IHE Resources

The Institute is committed to sharing knowledge and promoting best practice across the profession, helping members and the wider highways community develop their skills, broaden their understanding and stay informed on key industry developments.

Events

Industry Event

Highways Live Sustainable and Resilient Highways, Scotland

  • CPD Value: This event is awarded 6 CPD hours.
Dates Location Cost (ex VAT)
Thu 04 Jun 2026 Perth Racecourse, Scotland FREE Book now

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Regional Event Series

In partnership with the RSTA, this national roadshow workshop from the Hemming Group will examine sustainable, resilient, and cost-effective highway maintenance.

On the Agenda

09:00 | Registration & Refreshments

Tea, coffees and light bites

10:00 | Keynote Address
Amanda Richards, Assistant Director for Highways, Asset Management, Surrey County Council

10:15 | Rethinking Maintenance for a Net-Zero Future
Expert panellists will discuss how the highways sector can balance performance, productivity, funding pressures and carbon reduction through innovation and best practice delivery.

11:00 | Refreshment break

11:25 | Optimising Highway Maintenance Funding
This audience-led session will explore data-driven investment, lifecycle decision-making, and the value of preventative maintenance in reducing cost and carbon.

11:55 | Adaptation and Resilience Update
A strategic update on the Code of Practice, climate adaptation in asset management, and building resilience to extreme weather events.

12:25 | Networking Lunch

13:40 | Technical Sessions – Preventative treatments
This session will cover a range of preventative techniques including crack repair, surface dressing, microsurfacing and asphalt preservation.

14:20 | Permanent Patching
Delegates will explore permanent patching solutions such as thermal methods, spray injection, mastic asphalt and ironwork repairs.

15:00 | End-of-Life Solutions
In-situ recycling
Ex-situ recycling
Geosynthetics

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IHE membership formally recognises your qualifications and industry experience. Join us and demonstrate your technical skills, qualifications and expertise to clients and employers.