Students from City College in Norwich got the chance to take a closer look at a working construction site, thanks to Lovell.

The company, which has local offices in Thorpe Road, Norwich, invited a group of the college's carpentry and bricklaying students to visit its site at All Saints Green where it is creating the new state-of-the-art YMCA facility - a £2.5 million, 34-bedroom hostel which is set to be completed this summer - for Flagship Housing Group.


Accompanied by the college's programme manager of construction crafts Mick Procner, the students were given a guided tour of the site by the Lovell construction team to help give them a better understanding of the construction process and of working on a live site.

The site visit forms part of City College's partnership with Lovell which sees its construction students receiving expert tutelage and guidance in their studies from the company's skilled craftsmen and women. Earlier this year, Lovell regional training advisor Shirley Palmer attended City College to talk to the bricklaying and carpentry students about careers in the construction industry and some of the opportunities available to them with Lovell under the company's apprenticeship scheme.

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