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Muir Construction welcomed BE-ST (Built Environment – Smarter Transformation) to its Quarterly Senior Management Meeting at the company’s ongoing retrofit of the former Younger Building in Edinburgh.

BE-ST has delivered an intensive programme of specialist training to over 140 apprentices and pre-apprentices this week in Glasgow and Dumfries & Galloway to mark Scottish Apprenticeship Week 2026 and build the skills needed for Scotland’s low carbon future.

A major disruptor in the UK construction sector, based in the South of Scotland, is benefitting from a £330,000 grant to propel its pioneering recycled‑glass building technology. Vaso by Eco takes waste glass and converts it into high‑performance structural panels capable of delivering rap

The retrofit of Scotland's National Retrofit Centre has won the Public Sector Project of the Year at the 2025 Energy Saving Awards.

The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) has awarded £430k from its flagship Industry Impact Fund to develop a comprehensive industry training programme to accelerate timber construction in the UK.

The Alliance for Sustainable Building Products (ASBP) and Built Environment – Smarter Transformation (BE-ST) have unveiled a strategic partnership to drive sustainable transformation in the built environment across the UK.

BE-ST celebrated the Accelerate to Zero Awards last night with over 200 stakeholders from across the built environment and construction sectors.

Scottish Enterprise has appointed BE-ST to undertake work that develops its role as a Cluster Management Organisation for the built environment.

Ahead of joining other industry leaders at this year’s International Retrofit Conference next week to explore how retrofit can move beyond isolated pilots to become financeable, scalable programmes, Tara Schmidt, executive director at Transition Finance Scotland, has outlined how to overcome s

Mark Farmer, founder at Cast Consultancy and keynote speaker at last month's Scottish Construction Summit, will be sharing his insights on the future of construction skills at this year’s BE-ST Fest Summit. Speaking ahead of November’s event, a two-day industry conference focused on net

The deep retrofit of Scotland’s National Retrofit Centre has been shortlisted for The Glasgow Institute of Architects (GIA) Awards in the Sustainability category.

BE-ST (Built Environment – Smarter Transformation) has welcomed eight key figures in the built environment and construction sectors onto its board.

BE-ST (Built Environment – Smarter Transformation) officially relaunched its Innovation Campus last week by welcoming stakeholders to see the newly equipped Mass Timber Centre of Excellence and Scotland’s newly retrofitted National Retrofit Centre.

A new course is being launched to train for the current and future skills and competencies needed to deliver high-quality, low carbon, efficient buildings across Scotland.

Clark Contracts has completed the major retrofit of Scotland’s National Retrofit Centre (SNRC) for Built Environment – Smarter Transformation (BE-ST).