Accrington and Rossendale College has been working closely alongside HTL tech, COBOD and Building for Humanity in an exciting partnership that is certain to have a hugely positive impact on the local and, in time, global community. HTL tech have been working alongside COBOD, to develop an exciting, innovative new technology which will streamline and make more efficient, cost effective and sustainable the construction of modern housing. This technology will be unleashed commercially for the first time in the UK as it is being used to build a proposed £6 million eco-estate for homeless veterans and low-income families right here in Accrington. The partnership and technological developments being made at the Hyndburn based college have gathered national media attention from various news outlets. Last night, our Assistant Principal for Adult Learning at Nelson and Colne College Group, Andy Parkin, featured alongside HTL's Justin Kinsella and Building for Humanities' Scott Moon, on BBC's North West Tonight broadcast. Although already in use in Germany and the United States, the use of 3D printing within the construction of housing is a first in the UK. The importance of this technology amid a cost-of-living crisis, a housing shortage and the earth's environmental issues is ...
