Moving Forward

New Library/Classroom Building (approximately 134,000 sf)

The first new building project recommended by the master planning team in the 2022 update is a new Library and Classroom building. The existing Learning Resource Center (LRC) building on campus no longer meets the functional requirements necessary for the growing campus and upgrades and deferred maintenance costs required to renovate and bring up the existing LRC to those standards would be greater than the current need for the space as well as additional classroom space for new academic programs that the college is bringing online. The new facility is proposed to be a 4-story building that is approximately 134,000 gross square feet and will include additional classrooms and faculty office space for the new programs as well as replacement space for the classrooms and offices that were built into the shell space of the Industrial Careers Building, allowing that space to be considered for the growth of the programs within the Industrial Careers Building. The new Library and Classroom building will also incorporate a tiered auditorium with a larger stage to be utilized for lectures, presentations, and musical performances. By locating the new Library and Classroom Building to the north of Parking lot D, where the Technical Vocation Building was originally, the building and public spaces within are now more accessible to the community and the public without having to walk through the main academic areas of campus.

Public Services Center (approximately 50,000 sf)

In an effort to free up space on the main campus and expand the college’s footprint, it is recommended to build a new Public Services Center on the college’s property on the South side of Monticello Drive. This facility would relocate and expand the training abilities and much-needed storage beyond the current space on Amburn Road while also giving indoor parking for the college’s emergency response vehicles to protect them from in-climate weather. The new facility would also allow for all Public Service training to occur at the same facility by incorporating a new firing range so that the existing one can be demolished to free up space on the main campus and due to the renovation and HVAC infrastructure upgrades that would be required with the existing firing range. The new Public Safety Center would also have a training tower and ample outdoor space for physical training.

New Corporate and Continuing Education Center (approximately 20,000 sf)

The College of the Mainland is in need of a new facility for corporate and continuing education. It is recommended by the master planning team that this facility be located on the college’s property on the South side of Monticello Drive due to users for this facility not being students, but workers seeking continuing education training. This would allow for the main student population and the non-students to not share space and mix at the academic heart of the campus.

New 3-Story Classroom Building (approximately 65,000 sf)

The new 65,000 gross square foot 3-story Classroom building allows for classroom and program expansion to occur at the heart of the campus between the Student Center and the STEAM building giving access to the central plaza as well as an outdoor amphitheater style classroom to the north along the lake. The building will consist of common spaces as well as state-of-the-art general education classrooms and faculty offices to be primarily utilized by the College of the Mainland students and faculty.

Welding Building Addition/Renovation (approximately 5,000 sf addition; 8,400 sf renovation)

Due to this existing 8,400-square-foot building being primarily open bay lab spaces and the major cost of a facility of this type is the structure and utility infrastructure, which is already in place, it is the recommendation of the master planning team to keep this existing building with a small 5,000 gross square foot addition. The scope would also include code and life safety upgrades as well as adding new materials to the existing facades to aesthetically blend better with the new buildings on campus, possibly including replacing the metal overhead doors with glass overhead doors.

Industrial Education Building Renovation (approximately 22,250 sf)

Due to this approximately 22,250 square foot building being primarily open bay lab spaces and the major cost of a facility of this type is the structure and utility infrastructure, which is already in place, it is the recommendation of the master planning team to keep this existing building upgrades for mechanical, electrical, and plumbing infrastructure as well as code and life safety upgrades as well as adding new materials to the existing facades to aesthetically blend better with the new buildings on campus, possibly including replacing the metal overhead doors with glass overhead doors.

Public Services Center Addition/Renovation — Conversion to College Services

(approximately 5,750 sf addition; 9,246 sf renovation; 3,300 sf storage building relocation)

To allow for future growth at the heart of the campus, the master planning team recommends renovating the existing 9,250 square foot Public Services Center in the new College Services Building with a 5,750 gross square foot addition as well as relocating the existing 3,300 square foot pre-engineered metal storage building to this site. This renovation would include necessary infrastructure upgrades to the building’s mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems, new interior finishes, and new exterior finishes to blend with the aesthetics of the buildings that have been constructed on the campus.