Work to extend a West Cumbrian college has been completed.
Pupils at Energy Coast UTC, at Lillyhall, will arrive for the autumn term and be greeted by new technical and engineering workshops, meeting rooms, an SEN resource base, replacement sports pitch and a new changing pavilion.
Eric Wright Construction was appointed by the Department for Education in 2021 to carry out the work.
Designed by architects Cassidy + Ashton and civil and structural engineers Curtins, the work also included a new pedestrian crossing to connect the college’s two primary sites.
James Eager, director for Eric Wright Construction, said: “It is great to have delivered these superb new facilities on time, allowing the college and its staff to obtain the necessary training in advance of the new autumn term. We have enjoyed a long relationship with the college, having originally built the facility in 2013, and it is good to see continued investment and improvement in such an important local education establishment.
“The UTC provides students with academic, practical and technical education and we were able to offer them the opportunity to provide design input during the client engagement stage and support them with mock interviews and other practical experiences during the course of the works.”
Energy Coast UTC principal Cherry Tingle said: “We are absolutely delighted that our long awaited, world-class, workshop and sports facilities will be open and available for students to use from September.
“Young people in West Cumbria will now have access to a truly stunning range of engineering, civil engineering and digital and cyber facilities, as well as a new sports pitch and changing rooms.
“We always work closely with employers to give students real work experiences and it has been a pleasure to see our students work with Eric Wright Construction throughout the design and build process, even witnessing some of our own students laying the first course of bricks.”
