Melhuish and Saunders, the Glastonbury building contractor, has started work on a major project at Strode College in Street.

The firm is turning old offices into state-of-the-art T-levels learning facilities for Strode nursing students.

It will be altering the building to create a simulated healthcare facility, which will include a small ward of four beds with a supporting dispensary, nurses station, changing area, staff room and a new science laboratory will also be added.

This £300,000 project is being hailed as being of great benefit to local students now, and in the future, and Melhuish and Saunders is working with NVB Architects and surveyor CGS Consultants to complete the work in August.

A spokesperson for Melhuish and Saunders said: "We feel privileged to be undertaking another project within our local community, especially such an important project for one of our education establishments, that will make a huge impact on our local young adults' educational experience.

"We are working with Strode College and NVB Architects to adapt E block into state-of-the-art T-levels learning facilities for health and science students.

"This simulated healthcare environment will include a four-bed ward, nurses call station, dispensary, changing area and staff room on the ground floor, while on the first floor we will be remodelling the area to provide a new science laboratory."

For more information, visit the Melhuish and Saunders or Strode College websites.