New Facility Features

This new building provides a collaborative space with improved functionality. The spaces inside the building are as follows:

• Student Makerspace
• Plaster Room
• Storage/Delivery Room
• Machine Room
• Staging Room
• CAD - Mechatronics Room
• Outdoor Workspace

Construction site work included the following:

• Demolition of existing asphalt and concrete
• Relocation of existing utilities away from the building footprint. Existing utilities included electrical, domestic water, fire water, storm drain, sanitary sewer, fiber optic and copper telecommunications, and fire alarm. This work occurred while minimizing disruption to the nearby College of Continuing and Professional Education complex.
• New underground utilities to support the new building, as well as hardscape and landscaping.

Building construction consisted of the following:

• Over excavation and compaction for new building pad,
• Steel reinforcement and concrete foundations
• Cement masonry unit (CMU) walls
• Structural steel columns, joists
• Metal decking, roof insulation and PVC membrane roofing.
• Exterior finishes consisting of exposed CMU, stucco at select exterior walls, and storefront, glazing and hollow metal door openings.听

The interior work consisted of:

• Electrical and plumbing utilities,
• Light gauge metal stud framing, drywall,
• Polished concrete floor
• Mechanical systems include a variable refrigerant flow (VRF) with outdoor condensing units, indoor VRF fan coil units, supply air valves, dedicated outside air (DOAS) unit, and a new dust collection system.

• $4,000,000 CCPE
• $1,907,000 CCPE
• $400,000 CHSSN
• $3.0M Parking Services
• $1.6M NSM Reallocation
• $500,000 Grant