Limen Construction Ltd
Limen House
Sir Thomas Longley Road
Medway City Estate
Rochester
Kent ME2 4DU

Telephone 01634 717380

The official opening was preceded by an open debate on the perceived skills shortages and the current state of construction skills training in Kent. The debate was attended by representatives from local and regional training bodies including Mid-Kent College, the University of Kent, Carillion Construction Training, the Royal School of Military Engineering, the Construction Industry Council, the South East Construction Forum and Accelerating Change in Built Environment Education.

The opportunity to share knowledge with the military both in terms of ideology and methodology was particularly interesting and identified the high standard of their courses. However the need for clear benchmarking and transferability of military-specific training would be advantageous, especially as the military have embraced the full remit of NVQ training.

Carillion Construction Training identified that applications for training courses far outweighed the number of industry placements, which begs the question why are employers not willing to commit to taking on trainees?

Limen Construction currently has five trade apprentices and one undergraduate trainee and have found Carillion Construction Training and Mid-Kent College, via their foundation degree programme, have provided candidates who quickly integrated to become valued staff members. With Carillion undertaking all of the administration work this has enabled Limen Construction to tailor the on-site training to suit their particular needs.

Following the debate Limen House was officially opened by Major (Retd) Robin Alexander of the Royal School of Military Engineering.

Here are some of the press articles reporting the opening: