Construction of Hereford’s new £10 million transport hub is being captured in pictures thanks to a group of Hereford photography students.
Contractor McPhillips has partnered with Hereford College of Arts to give a group of BA Photography students regular access to the site so that they can capture on camera the hub’s evolving progress.
The images will be used on social media to publicly showcase the ongoing work and will be used by the students to help build their portfolio of images.
Alison Tanner, a lecturer at the college’s School of Fine Art & Photography, said: “This is a wonderful opportunity for our students to get out and about with their photography skills to capture progress on a significant, live building site.
“There will be lots for them to photograph over the coming weeks as the development takes shape and it will be a chance for them to put both their technical and creative skills into practice.
“We’re really grateful to McPhillips and Hereford Council for accommodating the students and we’re all really excited to see the images that they come up with.”
Andrew Dunham, contracts director for McPhillips, said: “It’s absolutely fantastic that we have been able to engage local photography students in this project.”
“Once completed, the hub will transform how people move around the city, providing modern facilities that encourage a shift towards more sustainable transport options and having this journey documented in photographs by Hereford College of Arts students is fantastic.
“As a company we work extremely hard to give back to the local communities in which we work, and this is a great example.”
BA Photography students Grace Still, Joe Brookes and Leah Jackson are set to visit the site on a weekly or fortnightly basis to take photographs.
McPhillips started work on the multi-million transport hub last August. The hub will link buses, trains and taxis making it easier for people to navigate their way around the city.
The development forms part of the wider ‘Improving Transport in Hereford’ scheme and is being supported by government Levelling Up funding.
McPhillips employs 240 people and has delivered 140 projects with a value of £300 million in the last five years.