Lindum has started construction of a new training centre at the College of West Anglia (CWA) to support developing skills needs for ‘green’ industries and technologies.
The Green Skills Academy will expand provision of learning and teaching facilities at CWA’s Wisbech campus.
Once complete this Autumn, the two-storey building will feature three workshops, a multi-use studio, an office, staff facilities and storage.
Principal David Pomfret said: “Having recently opened a smaller Green Skills Centre at our King’s Lynn Campus, this £4m centre really shows our commitment to meeting the carbon net zero needs of our region.
“With a major focus on renewable energies training, this centre itself will feature an air source heat pump and solar photovoltaics/battery storage, all of which will support teaching and learning within the academy.
“I am extremely grateful to the Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority and Anglian Water @One Alliance, who are investing £2m each in the centre.
“It’s rare to have such direct private sector investment in further education college facilities. We will be working closely with the alliance to help shape the curriculum in response to current and future green skills needs.”
Darren King, Managing Director of Lindum Peterborough, said: “It is fantastic news that the construction of this exciting new facility for the College of West Anglia has begun.
“Demand for ‘green’ skills training is already high in the local area as businesses move towards net zero carbon.
“The building will offer local people greater opportunities to access high quality net zero skills training for many years to come.
“Lindum has had a strong, business partnership with the college for more than 15 years, and it is great to be delivering another project in line with the client’s vision.”
Nine hundred students will have trained at the new Green Skills Academy, and an extra 30 teaching and course support jobs created, by 2045.
The project was directly awarded to Lindum in a compliant manner via Medium Works Framework which PAGABO manages on behalf of The Education Alliance.
