16 July 2026
Paisley Museum, High Street, Paisley PA1 2BA View on Google Maps
Free for attendees of the Young engineers conference 2026
25 attendees per session (Places are limited and will be allocated on a first‑come, first‑served basis.)
Join us the day before the conference for an exclusive guided site visit to the Paisley Museum. This world‑class refurbishment is the flagship project in Paisley’s wider regeneration and Scotland’s largest cultural heritage capital investment. Delivered by Kier Construction, the historic Listed museum complex showcases how a highly protected Victorian building can be transformed into a high‑performance, fully accessible, contemporary museum through the careful separation, strengthening and integration of historic and modern structural systems.
The session will begin with a project presentation, followed by a guided walk‑around the museum, highlighting key elements of the refurbishment and restoration.
Session start time
Morning session: 10:00 BST
Afternoon session: 14:00 BST
Duration: approximately 3 hours Meeting point: Paisley Campus, University of the West of Scotland (UWS)
Email - [email protected]
Emily joined Kier in 2021 and is a Board Member of Built Environment - Smarter Transformation (BE-ST). She is a highly respected Design Manager with a track record in complex, heritage projects, most notably her role on Paisley Museum Re Imagined, where her passion for design risk management within architectural conservation added value to the delivery team.
Kirsty has 30 years’ experience of content and interpretative development, audience advocacy and public programming within the cultural sector. She has worked on a range of museum capital projects including The Riverside Museum, Glasgow (winner, European Museum of the Year), National Museums of Scotland, The Royal Alberta Museum, Canada, Nanjing Museum, China and The D-Day Story, Portsmouth (shortlisted European Museum of the Year). Other heritage projects include the redevelopment of The Citizens Theatre, Glasgow and Durham Cathedral.
Alistair is a Senior Project Manager with 34 years’ industry experience and was the driving force behind the sensitive restoration, upgrade and new-build extension of the Category A listed Paisley Museum Re Imagined project. The project was logistically challenging and highly complex, and Alistair passionately championing the reuse and preservation of original features throughout. His reputation for excellence is reflected in multiple nominations by his peers at the 2026 Pride of Kier Awards, in the Above and Beyond (Chairman’s Award), Power Behind the Projects and Project of the Year categories.