Digital transformation of the building standards system in Scotland has generated substantial interest from stakeholders within industry, and recent inclusion of building standards within the scope of the Digital Planning Programme has accelerated the need for discovery work around needs and requirements.

The Commercialisation of Mass Timber project required a group of mutually benefiting and experienced stakeholders to provide direction and guidance for the research and to enhance supply chain resilience, optimising long-term net zero investment in homegrown mass timber components.

BE-ST’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic - supporting the UK construction industry in challenging times.

Robotics is on the rise. And BE-ST's industrial robot is helping by bringing accelerated offsite assembly into reality as one of Scotland’s construction companies (unnamed) shortened a normally lengthy process to just a few minutes. 

Construction company Discovery Homes tried out our offsite manufacturing line to build 4 new homes in Dundee, their first time building offsite in a factory environment.

Balfour Beatty is one of the largest construction and infrastructure companies in the UK. They recognised that change needs to happen internally and across the whole sector. Balfour Beatty are currently on a D&I journey and looking to create impactful change, specifically around ethnic minorities.

Scottish SME invests in new machinery after Make it Smart and BE-ST support through the Advancing Manufacturing Challenge Fund (AMCF).

Based in Aberdeenshire, Ross and Clare founded Coldwells Build in 2016. Now six years later they are one of the few certified Passivhaus contractors in Scotland after gaining accreditation through BE-ST’s Low Carbon Learning programme.

BE-ST trained a number of key players – the contractor and operatives – on the flagship Scottish development. The Architect/Passivhaus Designer also joined in with the site team for the practical aspects of BE-ST’s training days.

HeatSource is a £300,000 programme funded by Scottish Enterprise that will better equip companies involved in manufacturing, installation, training and the wider supply chain to deliver zero emissions heating systems.

Forster Group’s Skills Academy programme addresses skills shortages in Scotland’s roofing industry.

The AIMCH project aimed to study the impact modern methods of construction (MMC) & offsite manufacture (OSM) has on housebuilding and deliver methods that are cost neutral, higher quality, faster, safer, robust and more productive than traditional masonry methods of construction. 

Low Carbon Learning initially began as Scotland’s first National Passivhaus training programme.

The development of East Whins ecovillage in Findhorn, Forres, was led by community from start to finish

The Scottish Government aims to cut Carbon emissions by 42% by 2020 with improved home energy efficiency moving towards Passivhaus standard, in line with Northern Europe forms a key part of this. 

Many Scottish dwellings are over 100 years old: 23% are pre-1919 tenement flats and most remain un-insulated, so a solution is needed for effectively retrofitting older dwellings.

£2,200 a year is lost in productivity per employee due to poor indoor environmental quality.