Heriot-Watt University

Using robots to make offshore infrastructure inspection and repair safer is moving a step closer following the injection of £2.5 million of further funding from UK Research & Innovation (UKRI). Founded in 2017 and led by Heriot-Watt and the University of Edinburgh, the ORCA Hub, which incl

The Houses of Parliament Restoration and Renewal Programme has partnered with experts at Heriot-Watt University to help protect those working on the essential and complex restoration and renewal of the Palace of Westminster.

Heriot-Watt University has received £20 million from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) to develop a high-impact research and innovation centre to act as the national focal point and international gateway for UK industrial decarbonisation.

Kenoteq, a clean-tech spin-out from Heriot-Watt University, has been awarded £1 million in funding by Zero Waste Scotland to commercialise production of its revolutionary brick made of recycled construction waste to more than two million bricks per year. The unique K-Briq is made from over 90%

Robertson has commenced construction work at Heriot-Watt University’s Edinburgh Campus to deliver a £22.4 million National Robotarium.

Heriot-Watt University has joined forces with Brewster Bros to create new materials from the residual waste left over during the recycling process.   Recycled clay can account for up to 25% of the output produced when excavation waste is recycled via a washing process. This by-product comm

A recycled brick conceived by Heriot-Watt academics has scooped the coveted STEM Research Project of the Year at this year’s Times Higher Education (THE) awards.  Widely referred to as the ‘Oscars of higher education’, the awards are the biggest celebration in the UK HE calend

Scientists at the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) have successfully pinpointed fragments of coronavirus’ ribonucleic acid (RNA) in local waste water samples across the country.

Heriot-Watt University (HWU) has appointed Dr Anas Bataw as director of its visionary Centre of Excellence in Smart Construction (CESC) in Dubai. Dr Bataw joins CESC with a wealth of experience and a proven track record in academia and industry collaboration in the Architecture, Engineering and

Research from Heriot-Watt University has been shortlisted in the prestigious Times Higher Education Awards 2020 - the Oscars of higher education - in recognition of its innovative STEM project. Project ‘The K-Briq’ is the world’s first recycled brick made from 90% construction and

Some of Scotland’s most historic civil engineering memorabilia can now be viewed online, thanks to the work of the Institution of Civil Engineers Scotland Museum in Edinburgh.

Innovative new technology which could transform how Scotland’s historic buildings are managed, maintained and repaired has been launched. Rubble masonry wall at Linlithgow Palace showing automatically extracted individual stones for its right section

Researchers are developing a 5G-powered digital twinning system that will map out the Orkney Islands’ energy system. The demonstrator will be used to engage members of the public on Orkney and support their understanding of what can be achieved through new energy networks and the digital contr

Actively managing sun exposure and providing nudging messages via text message are a few ways in which organisations can better protect outdoor workers from harmful UV radiation, a new study led by Heriot-Watt University has suggested.

A building brick made from 90% recycled construction and demolition waste has been launched by a spin-out company from Heriot-Watt University. The K-Briq produces just a tenth of the CO2 emissions of a traditional fired brick, uses less than a tenth of the energy in its manufacture and can be made i