What BE-ST does #4: Connect the sector with academia

We help the sector tap into Scottish academic expertise to solve the most pressing challenges.

By linking into the leading expertise of universities, colleges, research and  other built environment experts, BE-ST provides the connections and culture to conceive and activate transformative ideas. 

Businesses big and small can work together with these institutions when you work on a project with us. 

We work with all of Scotland’s universities and colleges, who provide world-class expertise, and connect to them with businesses, organisations and individuals in the built environment ecosystem to bring these ideas to life. 

We support R&D projects between industry and academia and help find the financial backing to make them happen. 

Academia and industry can also work together to developing new ground-breaking materials. On this half a million project, BAM Ritchies is working together with University of Strathclyde and BE-ST to produce a low-carbon alternative to the use of cement in ground works, river embankments and coastal defences.

BE-ST works in different ways with different types of organisation.  Explore our website to get a full picture of all our different areas of work.