Briefing: Engineering Council's guidance on risk

Risk permeates the work of all engineers. This briefing describes the Engineering Council's new guidance for engineers on risk and the thinking behind its development. The guidance on risk was published in March 2011. It comprises a set of six principles, each with supporting statements and exemplars to guide and motivate professional engineers and technicians in identifying, assessing, managing and communicating about risk. The material is generic and profession-wide, and was developed by bringing together expert thinking from across the profession, including civil engineering. It has been welcomed as a milestone in the development of the profession.