Fareham College up for prestigious award

The Civil Engineering Training Centre (CETC) at Fareham College has been selected as a finalist in the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Social Impact Awards.

The awards are in recognition of how the ‘built environment can have a direct positive social and environmental impact on society’.

The new £4.1 million state-of-the-art facility provides IT suites and an outdoor construction-site training space.

After opening in the autumn of 2019, the College will be training more than 1,600 groundwork and civil engineering apprentices over the next five years.

Principal, Andrew Kaye, commented: ‘Our ground-breaking Civil Engineering Training Centre is creating a new generation of civil engineering in the South East region.

‘This state-of-the-art facility is pioneering a change in education for the construction industry, allowing us to provide long-term support to this important sector. To achieve industry recognition in the RICS Social Impact Awards is a great testimony to the hard work in accomplishing this project.’

Judges will assesses the positive human, social and environmental impact of the project including how it has benefited, improved and changed lives in the local community. The winner will be announced in June.