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A collection of items owned by the Scotland Region of the Institution of Civil Engineers

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Donors

  • Anonymous
  • Alexander Kirkwood & Son, Edinburgh
  • Andrew Brooks
  • Andrew Carrie FICE, Livingston
  • Anne Blacklock, Newmilns
  • Blyth & Blyth CE, Glasgow
  • Borders Regional Council
  • British Rail Engineer’s Office, Waverley Station, Edinburgh
  • Carfrae & Morrison CE, Edinburgh
  • Carillion PLC
  • Central Regional Council
  • Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport
  • Chris Cartwright
  • Col GJL Coltart FICE, Edinburgh
  • Colin Buchanan and Partners Ltd
  • David Narro Associates, Edinburgh
  • David Watt, FCBC
  • DB Cargo (UK) Limited
  • Department of Water and Drainage, Lothian Regional Council
  • Derek Chambers CEng FICE
  • Director of Water and Drainage, Lothian Regional Council
  • Dr David McGuigan MICE, Edinburgh
  • Dr JW Galloway, Edinburgh
  • Dr Miles Oglethorpe
  • Dr Robert McWilliam MSc MBA PhD CEng MICE FIES FRSA, Berkshire
  • East Lothian Council
  • Edinburgh Corporation Water Works
  • Eric Michael Arrol Hunter, Richard Jackson Arrol Hunter and Hamish Arthur Arrol Hunter
  • Falkirk College of Further and Higher Education
  • Fife & Kinross Water Board
  • Forth Bridges Visitor Centre Trust
  • Forth Crossing Bridge Constructors
  • Forth Ports Authority
  • Frantzeska Nanopoulou
  • Glasgow City Council
  • Graeme Cruickshank, Edinburgh
  • Heriot-Watt University
  • Heriot-Watt University/Institution of Civil Engineers
  • In the ownership of the Local Association prior to 1971
  • Jake Maclean MICE, Dunkeld
  • James Young FICE, Alford, Aberdeenshire
  • Jenny Gilbertson
  • John Andrew FICE
  • John McLachlan McCall BSc CEng MICE FPWI, Sussex
  • Kenneth C McCrae CEng FICE
  • Laigh Milton Viaduct Conservation Project
  • Laing O’Rourke
  • Livingston Development Corporation
  • Lothian Regional Council, Department of Highways, Direct Labour Organisation
  • Lothian Regional Council, Transportation Department
  • Mark Watson, Historic Scotland
  • Mason Pittendrich CE, Edinburgh
  • Vernon Mesler and Nan Jackson, MI, USA
  • Michael Wood, Okehampton
  • Miss Grainger (daughter of Thomas Grainger)/Institution of Civil Engineers (1913)
  • Mr AA Woodhead BA FICE, Edinburgh
  • Mr Andy Watt, Edinburgh
  • Mr AW Turner, Edinburgh
  • Mr Bob Thompson MICE, Edinburgh
  • Mr Brian T Linfoot MICE
  • Mr Charles Fetherston, Glasgow
  • Mr Charles Roe FICE
  • Mr Douglas McBeth CEng MICE MIStructE, Edinburgh
  • Mr FR Dinnis MICE Edinburgh
  • Mr Jonathon Walton
  • Mr George Kenneth, Warwicks
  • Mr Ian Young MICE
  • Mr J M Mackintosh MBE MICE, Edinburgh
  • Mr James Beattie
  • Mr Jim Lyon, Peebles
  • Mr John Heron
  • Mr Jonathan Lang, Sheffield
  • Mr LM James MICE, Coventry
  • Mr Neil Griffiths
  • Mr Peter Rathbone
  • Mr Quentin Stevenson, Edinburgh
  • Mr R O Calder MICE, Edinburgh
  • Mr William Rintoul
  • Mr WR Easton, Edinburgh
  • Mrs Anne Loch, East Lothian
  • Mrs Heather Davis, Edinburgh
  • Mrs Margaret Brown, Ayr
  • Mrs Moira Newman
  • Network Rail Asset Protection Team
  • North Lanarkshire Council
  • Northumberland County Council
  • On loan from Live Borders Museums\, Galleries & Archives
  • On Loan from the National Museums Scotland (returned)
  • On loan from the National Railway Museum, York
  • Peter Alan McMahon
  • Professor Arthur Edwards (Head of the Heriot-Watt University Civil Engineering Department 1980-1990)
  • Professor Darrell Evans, Australia
  • Professor Gareth Pender
  • Professor John Archer CBE FREng FRSE
  • Professor John Swaffield FRSE BSc MPhil PhD CEng MRAeS FCIWEM FCIBSE
  • Professor Paul Jowitt
  • Professor Roland Paxton FMBE PhD DEng FRSE CEng FICE, Edinburgh
  • Purchased
  • Purchased from Julia Elton, Elton Engineering Books
  • Ray Bolton (ex NCB/British Coal Colliery Surveyor), Lancashire
  • Robert H Cuthbertson & Partners CE, Edinburgh
  • Rod Greenwell MICE MCIT, Edinburgh
  • ScotRail
  • Scottish Development Department
  • Scottish Executive
  • Steve Wallis BSc PhD, Edinburgh
  • Tayside Contracts
  • Tayside Regional Council
  • The City of Edinburgh Council
  • The Corporation of the City of Edinburgh
  • The Edinburgh Green Belt Trust
  • The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland
  • Transport Scotland
  • Travers Morgan
  • Tweed Bridges Trust
  • University of Portsmouth, Faculty of Technology, School of Civil Engineering & Surveying

Recent Acquisitions

For the museum’s ten most recent acquisitions click here.

User Surveys

The museum is interested to know your views on using the ICE Scotland Museum website. Please complete this short questionnaire to help us make it more useful to users. It should only take a minute. Please click here to take the survey.

If anyone has recently visited the museum and would wish to fill a short visitor questionnaire please click here to take the survey.

Celebrating 50 Years

The museum was founded over 50 years ago in 1971. This short video made in 2021 celebrates this achievemant in 20 objects. For more information on these and indeed on our entire collection click on the Collections tab above.

https://ice-museum-scotland.hw.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/50_years_v17.mp4

Visiting the Museum

The museum is currently open to the public between the hours of 07.00 and 18.00 on Mon – Fri. Members of the public are welcome to visit independently.  Items on display are located in and around the William Arrol Building.

If anyone would like a guided tour please email icescotmuseum@virginmedia.com with a request – we are always happy to help.

Find Us

Address
William Arrol Building
School of Energy, Geoscience, Infrastructure and Society (EGIS)
Heriot-Watt University
Edinburgh EH14 4AS

Hours
Monday—Friday: 08.00 - 18.00.

For travel information click here.
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