The construction skills and training approach at King's Cross Central has been given the seal of approval and awarded National Skills Academy for Construction project status.

The National Skills Academy for Construction is a partnership between ConstructionSkills, employers, clients, colleges and funding providers, to deliver project-specific on-site training.

In addition to celebrating the National Skills Academy award, the main site contractors and King's Cross Central signed a Construction Employment Charter at the event on Wednesday 1 July. The four main contractors on the site, BAM Construction, BAM Nuttall, Carillion and Kier, are working in partnership with the developer to achieve ambitious targets for jobs and training.

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The Charter will play a pivotal role in providing a work force with the required level of skills for major development, matching skills to job opportunities and coordinating training and development plans across the site.

The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, said: "The construction sector is not only vital to helping London through the current downturn, it will also play a major role in its future economic prosperity, delivering the critical infrastructure improvements that will ensure the capital remains competitive.

"Over the coming years we are going to need many highly skilled workers as we deliver hugely important regeneration projects like Crossrail, the 2012 legacy and King's Cross Central - and these are just for starters. The outlook for London is very good, but we must maximise the benefits that come with these major development projects.

"So I applaud these contractors who are working together to set new standards in the delivery of skills and training, as well as ensuring that local people are benefiting too from the many opportunities that are being created."

(CD/JM)