The Design and Engineering Department organised a recent visit to the Forth Replacement Crossing Education Centre for all 32 National 5 Engineering Science students. This was designed to help broaden their depth of learning for the context and challenges unit.
The trip started at the Contact and Education Centre which serves as a focal point for community engagement and education during the Queensferry Crossing’s construction. Former Boroughmuir pupil Tommy Reynolds, currently a 4th year mechanical engineering student on placement with JACOBS, gave a presentation to our students, explaining the background of the Forth bridges, the requirement for a new crossing and the unique issues that this development presented to the various engineers on the project.
The group were then fortunate enough to be taken on a guided tour of the works. This started on the South side of the bridge where the students were able to witness the huge development of the new road network that allows access to the bridge. The tour then progressed to the Fife side of the Forth, where the students witnessed the giant steel sections for the carriageway and the facilities where concrete is applied to them at the port of Rosyth. Finally we drove down to the construction site at North Queensferry where the students were able to see cranes in operation on the north pillar.
This was a highly informative and worthwhile tour. It brought the engineering context and challenges part of the National 5 course to life and helped make it more relevant and accessible to the students.
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