£5m centre set to plug skills gap
A £5M Advanced Skills and Innovation Centre has been launched by Bardsley Construction and Wakefield College.
The three-storey complex, Bardsley’s second for the college, is due to be handed over in spring 2017.
It will provide young people with higher-level education and employment opportunities in the Wakefield area.
Manchester-based Bardsley had previously secured a £3m contract to provide Wakefield College with a refurbished Radcliffe Building in 2014.
Adrian Rooney, Yorkshire regional director for Bardsley Construction at the firm’s office in Leeds, said: “Bardsley Construction operates an extensive apprenticeship scheme in both Yorkshire and the North West of England to provide staff with the skills and training required for current and future requirements of the firm and the wider construction industry.
“As the Centre for Wakefield College will focus on the provision of innovation and enterprise to build the Yorkshire of tomorrow by promoting economic growth in and around the town it was a natural fit for us as a business.”
Architects on the scheme are IBI Group with Goodson’s appointed as civil engineers and Grontmij acting as mechanical and electrical (M&E) consultants. Mace will provide the College with project management and cost services support.
