Past Events
IStructE - Building for impact: lessons from the Rwanda Institute for Conservation Agriculture campus
21st May 2026 5:00 pm
This lecture explores the delivery of an award‑winning, earthquake‑resistant project in rural Rwanda, examining context‑specific challenges of working with local materials in a seismic zone while building skills, supply chains, and…
BCS - Misread Signals. How History Overlooked Women Codebreakers - Computer Conservation Society
21st May 2026 2:30 pm
Bletchley Park is remembered as a land of male intellectuals who were supported by a staff of women in menial roles, with figures such as Alan Turing, William Tutte and John Tiltman taking centre stage. These are the men who helped sway…
CeeD - AI for business: how it works
21st May 2026 10:00 am
This session provides a clear, jargon-free introduction to the world of artificial intelligence (AI). It’s perfect for those exploring AI for the first time and for anyone who previously attended our AI mini-series and now wants an…
Managing delay claims in construction projects
20th May 2026 2:00 pm
Join Haris Katostaras, senior director at A&M and an experienced delay expert, as he presents a session on managing loss and expense claims in construction with a specific focus on delay.
This event explores why delays occur,…
IMarEST - Protecting Shipwrecks in English Waters
20th May 2026 12:00 pm
The Protection of Wrecks Act was brought into effect in order to prevent damage and destruction of historic shipwrecks as a result of indiscriminate salvage that was causing public outcry. There are currently 57 shipwrecks in England…
CIBSE - Emergency Preparedness for Facilities Managers
20th May 2026 12:00 pm
This webinar will focus principally upon Emergency preparedness and why it is essential for organisational resilience. It will focus on anticipating, planning for, and responding effectively to unexpected or disruptive events, whether…
Glasgow Science Centre - Special Events Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon
16th May 2026 6:00 pm
Pink Floyd’s influential album, The Dark Side of the Moon has sold 50 million copies since the first press launch in 1973, which was held beneath the twinkling stars of the London Planetarium. The Planetarium at Glasgow Science Centre…
IMechE - Clansman Dynamics’ Fast Acting Forge Robot; Learning under pressure!
14th May 2026 7:00 pm
In the Summer of 2020 Chris and his colleagues found themselves in a situation they had never previously experienced. They had built a machine which didn’t perform in they expected it to. Where had they gone wrong?
With the project…
IMareEST - Britain's biggest warship HMS Queen Elizabeth
14th May 2026 12:30 pm
The Queen Elizabeth Class (QEC) of ships, the Royal Navy’s new aircraft carriers, have received widespread commendation on both their innovative design and the collaborative approach taken between government and industry to deliver this…
CABE - Basic Structural Design for Non-Structural Engineers
14th May 2026 9:30 am
Structural design is a complex field and many professionals require a good appreciation of the structural considerations that are required during design, construction and refurbishment, but do not necessarily require a full detailed…
WIP - Site Visit & Walking Tour – The Avenues, Glasgow
13th May 2026 12:44 pm
Join Women in Property Central Scotland and CIVIC for a guided walking tour of key public realm projects within Glasgow city centre, delivered as part of the Glasgow Avenues programme for Glasgow City…
BCS - Latest updates on Cyber Essentials - Information Security SG
12th May 2026 6:00 pm
The event is to provide background to the new developments in the Cyber Essentials scheme.
CABE - Basic Structural Design for Non-Structural Engineers
7th May 2026 9:30 am
Structural design is a complex field and many professionals require a good appreciation of the structural considerations that are required during design, construction and refurbishment, but do not necessarily require a full detailed…
IMarEST - Managing Risks during Monopile Installation
7th May 2026 9:00 am
Monopiles are the preferred foundation type for offshore wind farms due to their ease of fabrication and installation. As water depths increase to 60m+ and wind turbines increase in power beyond 14MW, the size and weight of monopiles…
ICE - Short-term cash injections fail to deliver improvements to local roads.
6th May 2026 2:07 pm
Our ageing local roads are under pressure from rising traffic volumes, more frequent extreme weather events, but most of all, from long-term underinvestment.
More than £900 million has been spent on carriageway maintenance in…
CABE - Principles of Fire Safety
28th April 2026 9:30 am
The CABE Principles of Fire Safety course covers the first principles of fire safety and gives an introduction to fire safety design. The course is aimed at those new to fire safety design working in the design, construction and…
RSSA - Do we have the infrastructure we need or the infrastructure we deserve?
27th April 2026 7:00 pm
Edinburgh and its hinterland is supported by iconic infrastructure that has contributed to its success as a global centre of excellence. Our Georgian and Victorian predecessors connected the city to the wider world with canals, ports,…
IOR - High temperature heat pumps and new technology
23rd April 2026 4:00 pm
This paper presentation will explore the growing potential of high-temperature heat pumps, with a focus on the technologies that make them possible. It will consider the latest developments and touch on the role of refrigerants in…
IMarEST - Wood, Worms, and Warships: How Shipworms Shaped Maritime History and Modern Science
23rd April 2026 12:30 pm
Shipworms – so named because they riddled wooden vessels with worm-like burrows – are not worms at all, but highly specialised wood-eating bivalves. For centuries they represented one of the greatest threats to maritime safety. Their…
Glasgow Science Festival - Supernovae, Advanced Telescopes and the Search for Dark Energy
22nd April 2026 7:00 pm
Prof. Isobel Hook, University of Lancaster
Over 25 years ago, two teams of astronomers discovered that the expansion of the Universe is accelerating. This discovery was based on careful measurements of exploding stars, or…
ICE - Engineering properties of fine superficial deposits at Sellafield
22nd April 2026 6:00 pm
The Sellafield site is probably one of the most extensively investigated in the world and hundreds of historic ground investigation factual reports are available in the Sellafield Ltd archive.
A recent study by Sellafield…
IES - The Marlow Lecture - Achieving Net Zero by 2050: Taking an Engineering ‘Whole Energy Systems’ Approach to Delivery
21st April 2026 6:30 pm
The talk will cover the required actions to tackle climate change and create critical national infrastructure that realises a new 21st century, low-carbon energy system. It will also present a review of several …
Fairfeild Govan - Sea Launch Commander
21st April 2026 6:00 pm
David Millar will be making a presentation here at the Heritage Centre on Tuesday 21st April 2026 at 6pm.
The subject will be the Sea Launch project (The Sea Launch Commander Ship built at the Govan Yard) If you are…
IOM3 - Reuse Hubs in Construction
21st April 2026 11:00 am
As the construction industry accelerates its shift towards circular economy principles, reuse hubs are emerging as a practical and scalable solution to reduce waste, conserve resources and deliver social value. This event brings…