The South Lab
SEARCH is based in the historic Royal College Building in the heart of our campus in Glasgow City Centre.
Pictured here in 1971, the laboratory was a power engineering research facility referred to as "The South Lab"
SEARCH is based in the historic Royal College Building in the heart of our campus in Glasgow City Centre.
Pictured here in 1971, the laboratory was a power engineering research facility referred to as "The South Lab"
Royal College Building
The University Estates team transformed this historic space into the hi-technology facility we see today with an ambitious £2.5M renovation program.
The new laboratory is dedicated to manufacturing and in-process NDE inspection...
...and includes dedicated Class 4 laser facilities for non-contact measurements
Technology Innovation Centre
SEARCH Asset Inspection activities, mobile robotics and 3D metrology are housed in the Technology Innovation Centre
Mobile crawler and UAV robots are used to deliver measurements to fixed assets undergoing inspection
Precise 3D location measurements are made using photogrammetry and laser based location