North East Scotland Branch

Institute Branches 

Chair
Kevin Mottram

Vice Chair
Rob Hepburn

Honorary Treasurer
Neil Rose

Honorary Secretary
Ray Liversidge

Branch Representative to Council and Branch Welfare Officer
Cailean Forrester
Branch Social Convener
Ray Wilson 

To contact any of the above, email: nescotbranch@bindt.org

North East Scotland Branch Programme
August 2025 (date to be confirmed)
Golfing event

by Ray Wilson, Array Training.
In-person event.
Venue: To be confirmed.

Thursday 4 September 2025
Subterra, terahertz : Terahertz technology for CUI*

by Mike Sim.
Venue: To be confirmed (also available online).

Tuesday 9 September – Thursday 11 September 2025
62nd Annual British Conference on NDT (NDT 2025) co-located with the 21st International Conference on Condition Monitoring and Asset Management (CM 2025)*

Venue: Edinburgh International Conference Centre (EICC), Scotland.

Thursday 2 October 2025
Dakota: UT bolt tensioning technology*

by Ben Andrews, Dakota NDT
at 3.00 pm.
The meeting will be a webinar hosted via Zoom and registration is required in advance at:
https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_uwabU204QV2epls1cqXgrA

Thursday 6 November 2025
AUVs and remote inspection: Competence requirements for UAV inspections*
by Hector Layja.
Venue: To be confirmed.

Friday 28 November 2025
St Andrew’s dinner

Venue: To be confirmed.

Thursday 4 December 2025
ISO 9712 transition: Understanding the changes in the new ISO 9712 standard and how they affect industry*

by Alec Smith.
Venue: To be confirmed (also available online).

Thursday 5 February 2026
ECITB: Connected competence – an insight into training and competency within the field of NDT*

by the ECITB.
Venue: To be confirmed (also available online).
followed by:
Curry and quiz night
Venue: To be confirmed.

Thursday 5 March 2026
Cathodic protection monitoring systems*

Focusing on how monitoring solutions can support asset integrity through both intrusive (for example corrosion/erosion probes and coupons) and non-intrusive (for example ultrasonic wall thickness, acoustics and CUI monitors) technologies.
by Ben McGinnis, Altrad.
Venue: Altrad Integrity Services Facilities, Norfolk House, Pitmedden Road, Dyce, Aberdeen AB21 0DP (also available online).

Thursday 2 April 2026
Annual General Meeting*

Venue: To be confirmed (also available online).

May 2026 (date to be confirmed)
Golf event

Joint golf event with the Scottish Branch.
Venue: To be confirmed.

To view the full Branch meeting calendar for 2025-2026, click here.

*indicates CPD content

CPD Points from Branch meetings
Attending Branch meetings indicated as containing CPD content can earn valuable points towards PCN certificate renewals.

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