City of Wolverhampton Council has awarded McLaughlin & Harvey as its preferred construction partner for its City Learning Quarter.

The company will now develop the detailed designs and carry out some minor preparatory works ahead of construction starting in spring.

The City Learning Quarter scheme has been developed by the Council in partnership with City of Wolverhampton College and will deliver a purpose-built learning facility for young people and adults at the heart of the city centre to drive up skills levels.

Michael Kieran, McLaughlin & Harvey Construction Director, said: "We are delighted to have been appointed as City of Wolverhampton Council’s construction partner for their City Learning Quarter project. This is our thirteenth project under the Crown Commercial Service CWAS RM6088 Framework, having recently completed Darroch House, Edinburgh and UKAEA Material Research Facility. We look forward to continuing our collaboration with the Council on the design and preparatory works."


The City Learning Quarter will be situated around the Old Hall Street and St. George’s Parade area of the city centre, incorporating a site on the corner of Garrick Street and Bilston Street, where the former Faces nightclub building once stood.

The state-of-the-art education facility will be set over 10,000 square metres and will also see investment in the building and public realm around them. It will encompass City of Wolverhampton College’s Metro One Campus, the council's Adult Education Service and Central Library, creating an enhanced learning environment for everyone as well as significantly paving the way for City of Wolverhampton College to move from its out-dated Paget Road site, which has been identified as land to build much-needed housing.

In addition to the new facilities providing educational benefits for the city, the City Learning Quarter will generate and safeguard 750 jobs in the local economy.