The Institution of Civil Engineers has a long history stretching back nearly 200 years. From its beginnings with informal meetings in coffee houses, it has grown into a global organisation with over 80,000 members.

Beep were invited to present proposals for its headquarters at 20 Great George Street, Whitehall. The client had become aware that the old world mood projected by the building was in line with the westminster establishment, but at odds with current needs.

Beep's proposals aimed to:
- Reflect the ICE's online image of youthfulness, equality and openness.
- Express the joy in material, structure and scale that draws people to engineering.

This was done by inserting large scale objects into the existing structure, creating amazement (and a good story) from the engineering challenge of the installation process.

Large chunks of material dropped into the atrium create a 'wow' moment and serve to draw people into a repurposed museum space at the heart of the building.

For the gallery, Beep proposed a sequence of large scale objects - life size sections of Bazalgette sewers, tunneling equipment, core samples, and large scale models; inspiring people with real and amazing objects.