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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).

A roadshow demonstrating to young people the importance of sustainable construction is among the projects to be supported by a new climate change engagement fund from the Scottish Government.

The Accelerate to Zero Awards are back for their third year to recognise the businesses, organisations, and individuals making the most significant contributions to decarbonising the built environment and supporting the just transition to a zero carbon built environment.

After a decade of challenging misperceptions around the quality, safety, and potential of Scottish timber, BE-ST has launched the Mass Timber Centre of Excellence - a milestone in the journey to making UK-grown mass timber a mainstream, high-value construction solution. Sam Hart, associate dire

A major initiative to lower carbon emissions generated by Scotland’s most densely populated urban buildings was officially launched last week at a sold-out event hosted at the Edinburgh Futures Institute. The Centre for Net-Zero High Density Buildings, based at the University of Edinburgh and

A centre of excellence for mass timber research, innovation and manufacturing was launched this week by Built Environment – Smarter Transformation (BE-ST).

A key tool to support decision-making in Scotland’s construction sector has been relaunched with an updated interface, improved functionality, and new data insights. 

Clark Contracts has opened its doors to over 60 guests for a look Behind the Build of their current project at Scotland’s National Retrofit Centre.

The Construction Leadership Forum (CLF) has published a new report assessing the quality, usefulness, and validity of data currently held by building owners across Scotland.

Students from Edinburgh Napier University (ENU) have been learning first hand from the deep retrofit of Built Environment – Smarter Transformation (BE-ST)’s National Retrofit Centre.