ICE’s Women in Fellowship 2026 award: implications for infrastructure project teams
Reviewed by Tom Sullivan

First reported on New Civil Engineer
30 Second Briefing
ICE Connects: Women in Fellowship has been named Women’s Network of the Year at the 2026 Inspiring Women in Construction and Engineering Awards, recognising its structured pathway supporting female civil engineers towards ICE Fellowship status. The programme focuses on senior women working towards FICE, pairing them with existing Fellows for targeted mentoring, application review and leadership development. For employers and project leaders, the award signals growing external scrutiny of gender balance at chartered and Fellow level, particularly on major infrastructure schemes where ICE accreditation remains a key benchmark.
Technical Brief
- Award was made at the 2026 Inspiring Women in Construction and Engineering Awards event.
Our Take
The earlier 11 March ICE Connects: Women in Fellowship panel flagged in our database suggests this 2026 award recognises not a one-off initiative but a maturing programme with at least a year of visible activity behind it.
Across the 935 Infrastructure stories in our coverage, very few focus on professional accreditation pathways, so ICE Connects: Women in Fellowship stands out as one of the more structured attempts to link diversity aims directly to senior membership grades.
Because New Civil Engineer is listed as a company in both the fellowship event and the 2026 Inspiring Women in Construction and Engineering Awards coverage, the award effectively gives ICE’s programme a platform within the same professional readership it is trying to move into Fellowship.
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