The event gave S1 and S2 pupils from Cumnock, Girvan, Grange, Kilmarnock, Kyle, Largs, Loudoun and Stewarton Academies the chance to experience workshops in brickwork, carpentry and joinery, civil engineering, construction management, electrical engineering, land surveying, painting and decorating, plumbing, and quantity surveying. Survey Connection, Rowan Timber and Dekors donated materials for the workshops.
Before pupils broke off into groups, they heard from inspirational women working in construction and civil engineering: Laura Love, project manager at Ashleigh Building; Jill Fisher, electrical engineering lecturer at Ayrshire College; Janice Steel, capital projects manager at Ayrshire College who is moving to the University of the West of Scotland; Claire Hyslop, a civil engineer who spoke about working on major infrastructure projects in South Korea and Australia; and Hannah Simpson, graduate engineer at GRAHAM Group.