This new building next to the central tower block at Cauldwell Street offers employers great new space for electrical and engineering training in conjunction with the college to raise skills and boost productivity in the town.
Funding Stream: Local Growth Fund (LGF)
LGF Awarded: £2.5m
Total Project Cost: £5.8m
Delivery Partner: Bedford College
Project Status: Opened October 2018
Projected Outputs: 12 new jobs, 150 additional learners and a further 150 apprenticeships by 2021/22
The official opening of the Advanced Engineering and Construction Centre at Bedford College took place on Tuesday, October 16th.
Named the Buchanan Centre after the first woman member of the Institution of Civil Engineers Dorothy Donaldson Buchanan (1895 – 1957), the centre was declared open by Professor Helen Atkinson of Cranfield University.