Door Industry Journal - Spring 2018

Also online at: www.dijonline.co.uk 82 THE door industry journal spring 2018 Industrial Doors & Shutters Swift Doors Speed Opening of New Campuses at NCHSR National College for High Speed Rail (NCHSR) is now open to students following the installation Jewers’ Swift-SEW high speed, automatic bi- folding doors to complete the external structure of the workshops at both Birmingham and Doncaster campuses. NCHSR brings all skills development for the rail industry into one College based over two sites to address the national shortage of British students with world class skills that will be required when the High Speed Rail project commences construction. The College will provide a real work environment that is geared towards informing and preparing students new to the industry and existing workforce with the highly technical engineering skills required to build, operate and maintain HS2 and future rail projects. Designed by Bond Bryan Architects, both campuses include large-scale workshop areas that will incorporate machinery and scale model areas as well as the capacity for full size power cars and carriages. Access for rolling stock is by rail tracks, which extend from the external to the © Courtesy of Willmott-Dixon