Credit: GTB / PAR skills centres

The GTB / PAR skills centres have announced the opening of the new Krakelshaff Training Centre in Bettembourg, in southern Luxembourg.

At the end of January 2021, five years after its creation and two and a half years after the laying of the first stone, construction was completed on the Krakelshaff Training Centre of the GTB / PAR building technical engineering skills centres. Built on 2.45 hectares of land made available to Bettembourg by the Ministries of the Economy and Small and Medium-sized Enterprises, the new training centre offers craft businesses a space that specifically meets their needs.

Thanks to the "Bauteam" model, which is characterised by the collaboration of all the parties concerned (from the building manager to the architect, including the trades) from the planning and development phase, more than 30 different trades of craftsmanship worked together.

From 13 May 2019, when the first beams were installed in the halls, to 15 January 2021 for the finishes, including the installation of the wooden structure of the building in December 2019, the craftspeople worked tirelessly. They were thus able to deliver the building in time for 31 January 2021.

The result is an infrastructure entirely clad in light wood, with a signature wave roof, and which totals an area of ​​around 5,000 m2. The building houses in one place administrative premises and dedicated training spaces. Spread over two buildings of 768 m2 each, constructed identically and linked by a steel footbridge, the administrative premises and training rooms open onto the street. At the rear, a large covered courtyard opens onto the two huge training halls of over 900 m2 each.

Open to learners from February 2021, the workshops available at this centre offer several training courses, free of charge and adapted to the needs of craft businesses in Luxembourg. The catalogue has even expanded to include management, digital and soft skills, in addition to specialist technical engineering and finishing.

This sustainable construction, which favours energy efficiency and circular economy, is at the cutting edge of wood construction technology.