Derek Elder

Chartered Engineer, STEM Ambassador, Scottish perspective. Follows, RTs & Likes no endorsement.

[Derek Elder @derekelder]

@PHEWScotland This looks like an interesting talk, but I'll be away and won't be able to join. Hope there is a good online attendance.

[PHEWScotland @PHEWScotland]

PHEW Scotland in ICE SCotland Highlands and Islands Branch are hosting an online talk on 1st September 2025 about Sir John Fowler's Auchindrean Bridge near Ullapool. Fowler was Chief Engineer for the Forth Bridge. Full details in link: https://t.co/ode3XRWD3m

[Derek Elder @derekelder]

A boat trip on the Forth And Clyde Canal this weekend, to celebrate designer, and self-proclaimed 'Civil Engineer', John Smeaton's 300th annniversary. Organised by @PHEWScotland
https://t.co/agYp9q3kwq

[Derek Elder @derekelder]

History of the Glasgow Motorway network - One hour online talk on 20 March. Registration details - https://t.co/H1VvQYvz1h
I'll be joining this because I was working in the city's Roads Department when much of the network was built. Let's see if my memory is accurate!

[Derek Elder @derekelder]

@hoolacambs Wasn't it called Strathclyde Regional Council?

[Derek Elder @derekelder]

@ScotRoadArchive Part of my journey to work in the early 1970s, the days of wacky races and weaving from one side of the carriageway to the other to be in line for the correct off-ramp!

[Derek Elder @derekelder]

@ninabake2 Best wishes for your recovery, Nina.

[Derek Elder @derekelder]

This looks like an interesting talk. One of Thomas Telford's biggest projects.

[PHEWScotland @PHEWScotland]

@ICEScotlandOnline talk on the Caledonian Canal on Thu 29 June 2023. Open to non-ICE members - just book without registering: https://t.co/Ovx1eCxh3z (Pic from Canal wikipedia article)

[Derek Elder @derekelder]

Still time to book for the @iesis1857 James Watt Dinner in Glasgow on Friday 7 September. https://t.co/yzl09ai8M7

[Estructurando @Estructurando]

El Forth Bridge en 1000 piezas de Lego. Creado por el Ingeniero Civil escocés, Michael Dineen, está siendo estudiado seriamente por la compañía de piezas de plástico para incorporarlo en sus estantes. ¿Lo comprarías? Mini🧵

[Derek Elder @derekelder]

The Scottish branch of @ICE_engineers Panel for Historical Engineering Works has this visit to the Falkirk Wheel via the Union Canal next week. A few places still available: https://t.co/N0e0dLK4JZ

[Derek Elder @derekelder]

@GVVTGlasgow @ScotRoadArchive Thanks.

[reNEWS @reNEWS_]

Five fixed-bottom offshore wind farms have secured a £37.35 per megawatt-hour clearing price in the UK’s fourth Contracts for Difference allocation round, a new low on previous auctions https://t.co/uW5c8h1YnC

[Derek Elder @derekelder]

@curro_lucas This happened to me on a job in the 1970s. A digger broke one of four 36 inch/1 metre high-pressure water mains, cut off water supply over a wide area, and sent a huge column of water into the air. Who would be an Engineer? 🙂

[Derek Elder @derekelder]

@ImmortalSynn @TheonlyEricS @ilove_aviation Have landed at all three. Kai Tak was...memorable!

[Latest in space @latestinspace]

Margaret Hamilton, NASA's lead developer for Apollo program, stands next to all the code she wrote by hand that took humanity to the moon in 1969

[Derek Elder @derekelder]

@curro_lucas Yes, a fractured, high pressure water main will do that. Lucky escape for the vehicle.

[Manolo Gª Gallegos @manologallegos]

Buenos días, un catálogo de conexiones metálicas en una sola foto. Algunas veces, la realidad supera la imaginación. #ingeniería #metálica

[Derek Elder @derekelder]

Grace's Guide has a brief profile of Walter Brock here: https://t.co/Npt1dpE2Qw

[WDC Arts & Heritage @WDCHeritage]

OFF THE SHELF - WILLIAM BROCK BY WILLIAM EWART LOCKHART
Walter Brock (1836-1907), an engineer who was a partner in William Denny and Brothers, a shipbuilding firm in Dumbarton. He lived in Levenford House, Dumbarton.
@WDCouncil #Dumbarton #ScottishArt