Midas to Build £6.3m Stem Centre

Midas Construction has been appointed to build a new STEM and Health Skills Centre in Cornwall.The new £6.3m STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) and Health Skills Centre is being built in Bodmin on behalf of Truro and Penwith College. It is being supported by the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP), which is meeting £3.78m of the costs after successfully bidding for funds through the Government’s Getting Building Fund.Midas Construction, part of the Midas Group, will begin work on the project in the coming weeks on land adjacent to the A30 in Bodmin, with completion due in March 2022.Once open, the centre will offer engineering, manufacturing and digital skills for the aerospace, space, creative, energy and mining sectors, in line with the LEP’s Local Industrial Strategy.It will also provide a range of locally delivered nursing and care apprentices up to and including registered nurse, extending the College’s current work with the Royal Cornwall Hospital Trust to other health providers across the county. In total, the centre will offer 120 apprenticeships per year and is expected to help 300 people annually into further learning, as well as creating 15 new jobs and supporting 150 businesses.