Webinar | Productivity Under Pressure: Practical Ways Engineers Can Use AI and Digital Tools Responsibly

Digital tools, including artificial intelligence (AI), are becoming an increasingly important part of engineering workflows, offering opportunities to improve productivity through automation, data analysis and enhanced decision-making. Join NEC Contracts and ICE Training on 22 October 2026 for a fist webinar in the series exploring their practical applications, benefits and limitations of AI and digital tools, and how engineers can use them responsibly while maintaining professional judgement, technical competence and accountability.

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Date: Thursday 22 October 2026

Time: 11.00am - 12:00pm (BST)

Join NEC Contracts and ICE Training on 22 October 2026 for the first webinar in the series, exploring how engineers can use AI and digital tools responsibly to improve productivity and support effective decision-making.

Engineering teams are under increasing pressure to deliver projects safely, efficiently, and with fewer resources, while managing growing volumes of data, documentation, and technical requirements. 

Digital tools, including artificial intelligence, are becoming embedded in engineering workflows and offer real opportunities to improve productivity — from automating repetitive tasks to supporting analysis and decision-making. 

This session will explore how these tools can be applied in practice, where they can genuinely add value, and where caution is required. Drawing on industry experience, it will examine how engineers can use digital tools responsibly while maintaining professional judgement, technical competence, and accountability. 

The webinar will provide a practical and balanced perspective, helping engineers understand how technology can support — but not replace — sound engineering decision-making. 

Why Attend?

By attending this session, delegates will: 

Learn about how digital tools, including AI, are used in engineering practice 
Identify opportunities to improve productivity using digital tools 
Assess the risks, limitations, and reliability of AI-generated outputs 
Evaluate how to integrate digital tools responsibly into engineering workflows

Event Speakers

Luciana Lightman CEng MICE, Chartered Civil Engineer, .

Luciana is a Chartered Civil Engineer with over 20 years of experience in the construction industry, specialising in temporary works. With dual professional memberships in the UK (Institution of Civil Engineers) and Brazil (Regional Council of Engineering and Agronomy - Crea), Luciana brings extensive expertise in temporary works design, management, and consultancy.

Her career includes key roles in major projects, such as the refurbishment of the Old War Office and Tottenham Court Road Station, stabilisation work for several London Underground stations, the Olympic Park construction, and significant rail projects under Control Period 7 (CP7). Luciana’s contributions range from designing complex scaffolding and bespoke steel structures to developing temporary works procedures, implementing effective processes, and appointing key personnel, demonstrating her ability to address a wide range of temporary works challenges.

Since 2023, Luciana has been a member of the British Standard Institution (BSI) Committee for temporary works and the Temporary Works Forum (TWF), showing her commitment to supporting industry standards.

Luciana’s approach combines practical project experience with a focus on temporary works safety, process efficiency, and effective solutions, making her a valuable resource in temporary works training and consultancy.