June 2026 - STEM University Visit - Amey in Collaboration with SmartSTEMs

10 June 2026

Amey Bridges Presentation & Bridge Building Exercise for P6 & P7 Students from four different Glasgow Primary Schools.

On Wednesday 10 June 2026, Amey staff from the M8 Contract in collaboration with SmartSTEMs visited Caledonian University, City Centre, Glasgow to take part in a STEM Hub Event for 500 pupils (P7 to S2) from various schools in Glasgow. SmartSTEMs (Registered Charity & Educational Management in Glasgow) arranged a classroom with four different primary schools (Garnetbank; Garnethill; Burnside & Bearsden Primary Schools) given a one hour input from Amey’s Martin Cochrane (Comms/Liaison); Adam Brown (Bridges) & Ashley Doherty (Apprentice). Martin provided a short introduction to Amey as a business around the UK and Adam presented a PowerPoint on the different types of bridges that have been constructed around the world over the last 200 years. They then invited the P6 & P7 students to take part in a ‘Bridge Building Exercise’ using 5x sets of K’Nex playsets for building their own bridge design ideas. The bridge designs were then judged, with the students with the winning structure receiving some Amey notebooks; pencils and sweets.

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