The £8m campus is being developed by the Peel Group to provide training and education in construction and the built environment courses to support the long-term Wirral Waters scheme.
Peel Group has a 30-year plan to transform 500 acres of Birkenhead dockland. Called Wirral Waters, it is one half of the Mersey Waters Enterprise Zone. When completed in September 2015, the Wirral Met College will be the first key landmark in the Wirral Waters scheme.
Peel project director Richard Mawdsley said: "This is the first of a number of building projects we are progressing under the Wirral Waters umbrella.”
The Morgan Sindall team will be led by area director Barry Roberts, who said: “This is my home town and the college has enhanced the prospects of Wirralians for generations and it is gratifying to help them continue their work. We hope to leave a long-term legacy by introducing local economic benefits and opportunities for local people at the college.
“That the new campus will become the first new building on what is the UK’s biggest regeneration project at Wirral Waters makes it even more important to me personally and Morgan Sindall as a company.”
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