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New Model Institute for Technology and Engineering (NMITE) has signed a formal agreement with Built Environment – Smarter Transformation (BE-ST) to catalyse a nationwide network of advanced engineering, manufacturing, and learning hubs.

Scotland’s national innovation centre for construction and the built environment, BE-ST (Built Environment – Smarter Transformation) has welcomed 13 leading figures from across the sector onto its board to steer the delivery of its mission to accelerate the built environment’s tran

Built Environment – Smarter Transformation (BE-ST), in collaboration with Coaction Training CIC (formerly known as Carbonlite), has announced a new training initiative aimed at revolutionising the construction industry's approach to sustainable building.

Two national organisations have joined forces to build skills that meet construction’s critical role in Scotland’s drive to net zero. Scotland’s skills agency, Skills Development Scotland (SDS) and the national innovation centre for the built environment, Built Environment –

Built Environment – Smarter Transformation (BE-ST) has appointed Danielle Miller and Kirsty Duncan as co-heads of a newly-formed stakeholder engagement team. The team will bring marketing, communications, events and skills infrastructure together to create a function that will foster

Built Environment – Smarter Transformation (BE-ST), Scottish Forestry and Zero Waste Scotland have published a first-of-its-kind report exploring timber cascading in Scotland.

Built Environment – Smarter Transformation (BE-ST) has launched an e-learning module on sustainable construction that can be accessed online for free at any time.

Transforming Timber - a knowledge library designed to promote the use of homegrown timber in the UK built environment - launched earlier this month.

Scotland’s Just Transition Commission is to meet with construction workers in Glasgow and the Lanarkshire area this week to hear directly about the changes ahead for the building industry as part of the national effort to tackle the climate emergency. The independent expert advisory group advi

The University of Strathclyde’s Advanced Nuclear Research Centre has developed a one-of-a-kind platform for the remote detection and classification of faults in concrete structures that it hopes could lead to increased inspection speed, accuracy, and safety, allowing major asset owners to

SMEs working across manufacturing and construction in the Highlands and Islands are being invited to get hands-on experience with newly purchased, cutting-edge technology. With the goal of strengthening the advanced manufacturing capabilities of SMEs in the Highlands and Islands, Make it Smart Hub,

Built Environment – Smarter Transformation (BE-ST) is looking for companies with a sustainable building material product that reduces embodied carbon to join its newly launched Accelerator programme.

A pioneering new initiative has been launched to accelerate the drive towards building a low carbon future for the North of Scotland. The unique partnership between public and private sector organisations will pave the way to using low carbon construction solutions to tackle critical issues such as

Several new members have been added to Scotland’s Just Transition Commission bringing expert knowledge of the big changes underway to reduce carbon emissions in Scotland’s transport system, buildings, construction industry, land use, and farming. The independent expert advisory grou

A new report published by the Construction Leadership Forum (CLF) has identified and analysed the five highest-value and highest-growth low carbon energy supply chains in Scotland.