EEI Corporation announced that it is building a new Training Center that will offer various construction-related sessions and skills designed to provide manpower upskilling for the firm's upcoming domestic and overseas projects. The facility is set to accommodate up to 500 trainees at any given time and offer trainings for various types of welding at different skill levels such as plate, pipe, tube, exotic material and mechanized welding as well as trainings for skills related to electro-mechanical and light industries such as those for structural fitters and steel workers, mechanical and pipe fitters, building and industrial electricians, sand blasters and painters, scaffolders, insulators and tinsmiths, riggers, crane operators and more. Trainings for building and infrastructure related sessions for mason, carpenter, rebar man, building painter and sealant applicator as well as for MEPF (mechanical, electrical, plumbing and fire protection) manpower will also be offered.

In addition to construction-related skills training, the facility will also offer training sessions for engineers and staff of EEI Corporation on Supervisory Development Program (SDP), Engineering Development Crash Course (EDCC), and Construction Project Management for Project Manager and Directors (CPM) to provide or improve their supervisorial or managerial skills. The EEI Training Center is expected to be completed in December 2024. Located in Tanza, Cavite, the new center will consist of a two-storey building for classroom sessions; welding booth and PWHT (Post Weld Heat Treatment) workshop; rebar, carpentry, mason and scaffolding workshop; plumbing, painting and SMPEI (structural mechanical piping electrical instrumentation) workshop; welding office and warehouse; cutting and beveling area; an indoor recreation facility; an office building for the staff; single layer barracks for trainees; and pipe rack, pipe sleeper, tankage and boiler modular structures.

The decision to build the facility is part of the company's recovery plans from the effects broughtabout by the pandemic.