Scottish Stone Liaison Group

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Selecting the right building stone

Edinburgh World Heritage Trust in association with the British Geological Survey held a seminar entitled "Selecting the right building stone" in February 2003 in Edinburgh.

The programme included:

• Welcoming address by Richard Griffith, Director, Edinburgh World Heritage Trust
• How sandstone walls weather - Brian Bluck, Professor of Geology, Glasgow University
• Stone matching on buildings - Ewan Hyslop, Mineralogist-Petrologist at the BGS
• Stones for repair in a World Heritage Site - Fiona MacDonald, EWHT Conservation Architect
• Performance requirements and sources of sandstones - Bob Heath, Architect and Stone Consultant
• The workability of stone - Duncan Strachan, Stonemason
• The stone contractors viewpoint - John McLeish, Hunter & Clark

NSI Seminars

In 2002-2003, the SSLG/NSI held a series of Seminars around the country with the title being "From Geology to Building - Set(t) in Stone". Details are on our Training pages.

SSLG mailing list

The SSLG mailing list is now around 2,000 with copies of its "Newsletter" being directed to a list of names that contains all Scottish Architect practices, all Chief Executives and Head of Planning Departments in Local Government, all MSPs and conservation bodies. If you would like to be added to the mailing list, then simply telephone, fax or email (see below) with the necessary details.

Contact details:
Email: Mr Alan McKinney at amckinney@support-services.fsbusiness.co.uk
Postal address: SSLG, Room 133, Pentlandfield Business Park, The Bush, Roslin, Midlothian EH25 9RE, UK.
Tel: +44 (0)131 448 0313. Fax: +44 (0)131 440 4032.