CSIC Archive: Scotland's construction innovation centre, 2014–2022
From October 2014 to 2022, the Construction Scotland Innovation Centre (CSIC) linked construction businesses, university researchers and the public sector to turn ideas into new products, services and ways of working. In 2022 it became Built Environment – Smarter Transformation (BE-ST). This independent archive explains what it did, using the addresses its old website made known.
The innovation centreMission, Innovation Factory and how it worked.
Construction ScotlandThe industry leadership group that shared the website.
COVID-19 site guidanceThe 2020–21 guidance and re-start plan for Scottish sites.
Skills programmesBIM in Practice, the Masters Fund, Offsite Ready, Passivhaus.
Edinburgh Home DemonstratorAffordable net zero homes built with modern methods.
From CSIC to BE-STWhy the centre changed its name in 2022.
For anything current, from funding calls to Innovation Factory bookings, go to the official site: be-st.build.
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Everything in the archive
The innovation centre
- What the Construction Scotland Innovation Centre was
- From CSIC to BE-ST: why the innovation centre changed its name in 2022
- Skills programmes run by the innovation centre
- Be Covid Smart: the free COVID-19 training for construction
- BIM in Practice: the innovation centre's BIM programme
- Offsite Ready: training resources for offsite construction
- Passivhaus in Practice: low-carbon training for construction workers
- The Built Environment Innovation Masters Fund
- The Innovation Factory: CSIC's 35,000 sq ft test bed
- i-Con: the innovation centre's COVID-19 toolkit
- The i-Con challenge fund and matchmaking platform
- Solutions in practice: case studies for a greener recovery
- The Built Environment Innovation Podcast
- Edinburgh Home Demonstrator: affordable net zero homes
- Scottish Scenic Routes: the design competitions
Construction Scotland
- Construction Scotland: the industry leadership group
- COVID-19 and Scottish construction sites: the guidance archive
Library
- The Scottish construction re-start plan (2020)
- Increasing offsite housing construction in Scotland: the evidence study
- The K-Briq: a brick made from 90% recycled material
- Working on site during the COVID-19 pandemic: what the Scottish construction guidance covered