{"id":853714,"date":"2025-06-06T09:11:44","date_gmt":"2025-06-06T14:11:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/06\/citb-commits-39m-to-national-construction-college-upgrades\/"},"modified":"2025-06-06T09:11:44","modified_gmt":"2025-06-06T14:11:44","slug":"citb-commits-39m-to-national-construction-college-upgrades","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/06\/citb-commits-39m-to-national-construction-college-upgrades\/","title":{"rendered":"CITB commits \u00a339m to National Construction College upgrades"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"wrapper_sleeve\">\n<p><img width=\"620\" height=\"414\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ca.emap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/05\/CITB-training-centre.jpg\"  decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  alt=\"CITB-training-centre.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>CITB&#8217;s National Construction College in Erith, Kent. Credit: Google Maps<\/p>\n<div>\n<p data-start=\"183\" data-end=\"399\">The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) has confirmed a \u00a339m investment over three years into its National Construction College (NCC) estate, including major upgrades at sites in Erith, Bircham and Inchinnan.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"401\" data-end=\"604\">Work at the Erith campus in south-east London is already under way following board-level approval for an \u00a311m capital spend in 2025. A total of \u00a330m has been earmarked for the site between 2025 and 2028.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"606\" data-end=\"837\">Contractors appointed through the Crown Commercial Services framework demolished obsolete buildings at Erith in April. New training blocks and technology installations will support the college&#8217;s expansion and environmental targets.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"839\" data-end=\"1066\">The wider investment programme will increase the range and volume of apprenticeship and commercial training across all three campuses. In 2025\u201326, CITB expects to spend over \u00a315m on the estate, with sustainability a core focus.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1068\" data-end=\"1282\">CITB said the NCC would enhance its role in large-scale infrastructure by offering new programmes aligned with evolving industry needs. Redevelopment works have been phased to avoid disruption to existing training.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1284\" data-end=\"1637\">Kirsty Evans, executive principal for NCC, said the college was &#8220;firmly focused on achieving great outcomes&#8221; for students and employers. She added: \u201cOur vision is to support the construction industry by expanding our training offer, delivering high-quality teaching and learner support, and collaborating with the wider industry to maximise our impact.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1639\" data-end=\"1744\" data-is-last-node data-is-only-node>The NCC forms part of CITB\u2019s strategy to tackle skills shortages and improve retention across the sector.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1760\" data-end=\"1868\" data-is-last-node data-is-only-node><em>Source: CITB press release<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.constructionnews.co.uk\/contracts\/citb-commits-39m-to-national-construction-college-upgrades-05-06-2025\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><br \/>\n Ben Vogel<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CITB&#8217;s National Construction College in Erith, Kent. Credit: Google Maps The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) has confirmed a \u00a339m investment over three years into its National Construction College (NCC) estate, including major upgrades at sites in Erith, Bircham and Inchinnan. Work at the Erith campus in south-east London is already under way following board-level<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":853715,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32272,3574],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-853714","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-commits","8":"category-national"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/853714","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=853714"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/853714\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/853715"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=853714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=853714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=853714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}