£15 Million investment by Building College in Leeds
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Leeds College of Building is investing circa £15 million to create a new state of the art 8,000 m2 facility on land purchased from Yorkshire Design Group at Hunslet Lane and Black Bull Street in Leeds City Centre.
The deal will enable the College to build an exciting new education and training facility that will serve a large proportion of its 7,500 students. Ian Billyard, Principal at Leeds College of Building says: “This is extremely good news for our students, staff and the construction industry as a whole. This is the start of our consolidation of the six sites we currently operate from into this new purpose built development, along with our North Street and Millwright Street sites.
“The deal has been many years in the making and we feel that the location, which is just a 10 minute walk from Leeds City Bus Station and Leeds Train Station, is ideal for our needs. Planning will be submitted this month and work is programmed to start on-site in October 2013 with a view to opening the new facility in January 2015.
“We will be offering a wide range of the traditional courses at the new site including mechanical and electrical, roofing and brickwork programmes, as well as being able to provide more courses in the ever expanding area of renewable and sustainability technologies.”
The College has appointed architects Fuse Studios to design the scheme, Davis Langdon as project managers and engineers Buro Happold. Ian adds: “Leeds College of Building was established in 1960 and we are still the only specialist further education construction college in the UK. We have built a sound reputation with employers, students, schools and the community and we look forward to this exciting chapter in our very successful story.”
Leeds College of Building currently offers a wide range of Apprenticeships in courses including brickwork, carpentry & joinery, electrical, painting & decorating, plastering, plumbing, surveying and wall & floor tiling. In addition the College offers 22 Advanced Apprenticeship routes, in the above, and technical routes such as Civil Engineering together with two Higher Level Apprenticeships in Construction and Built Environment (Sustainability) and Facilities Management which offer university equivalent, work based education at an affordable price.
The College also works with over 1,500 employers across the region providing on-site training and development for their staff.
For more information visit www.lcb.ac.uk or call 0845 129 7857.