2008 Woodie Awards
District's First Prop. A-Funded Building
LaGina Phillips
Issue date: 3/22/06 Section: News
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The late April ribbon cutting of Valley College's Maintenance and Operations Building will mark the first completed bond-funded building in the Los Angeles Community College District. The 26,000-square-foot Maintenance and Operations Building at the North-East end of campus will house the Sheriff's Station and Plant Facilities.
"The new facilities are a significant upgrade over our structures now - structures that were built in the 1950s," said Tom Lopez, director of college facilities. "It's probably the best maintenance and operations building in the district." The building brings all the plant facilities personnel together. Before, they were housed in several buildings throughout campus.
The $6.6-million building is the first new building on campus in more than 30 years and will be the first of four new buildings to spring up on campus by 2010. The campus' massive renovation project, dubbed ReVitalizing Valley, is the result of $286 million Valley College received from propositions A (passed in 2001) and AA (2003), which allotted more than $2 billion to the district's nine campuses for renovations.
"Anything's an improvement over these bungalows," said College Sheriff Deputy Tom Lynch. "I'm looking forward to it."
After the LACCD's Board of Trustees adopted a resolution to incorporate "green" features into new buildings bigger than 7,500 square feet, the Maintenance and Operations Building became the first LEED-accredited building to be built in the district. The building obtains 10 percent of its energy through solar panels installed on its roof and is equipped with motion-sensitive lights.
The Allied Health Building, construction on which will begin next month and finish by spring 2008, will also incorporate energy-saving features. The $46-million Allied Health Building will house the humanities, engineering, chemistry, physics, math and science departments, which are currently spread throughout several buildings.
The final two buildings will be up by 2010. The library will be moved to a temporary location for more than a year while its old structure is demolished and the new library is constructed its place. The physics and chemistry departments will move to the Allied Health Building and their old structures will be demolished to make room for the new Student Services Building.
The Campus Center's 1975 construction made it the youngest building on campus and it is undergoing only minor renovations, meanwhile Monarch Stadium is receiving a complete renovation, including the only 10-lane NCAA-approved Mondo Track in the county. Before the semester ends the first phase of the stadium construction will wrap up, with the second and final phase scheduled for completion before August, in time for football season.
Also scheduled for completion by the start of the fall semester is the "Courtyard Project," which includes renovations on the Art Building and Campus Center courtyards. Over summer, the Behavioral Science Building will be renovated, an electronic marquee will be installed at the corner of Oxnard Street and Fulton Avenue and "nearly half the bungalows will be demolished by the end of spring or early summer," said Valley President Dr. Tyree Wieder. "We're very excited for all the changes."
"The new facilities are a significant upgrade over our structures now - structures that were built in the 1950s," said Tom Lopez, director of college facilities. "It's probably the best maintenance and operations building in the district." The building brings all the plant facilities personnel together. Before, they were housed in several buildings throughout campus.
The $6.6-million building is the first new building on campus in more than 30 years and will be the first of four new buildings to spring up on campus by 2010. The campus' massive renovation project, dubbed ReVitalizing Valley, is the result of $286 million Valley College received from propositions A (passed in 2001) and AA (2003), which allotted more than $2 billion to the district's nine campuses for renovations.
"Anything's an improvement over these bungalows," said College Sheriff Deputy Tom Lynch. "I'm looking forward to it."
After the LACCD's Board of Trustees adopted a resolution to incorporate "green" features into new buildings bigger than 7,500 square feet, the Maintenance and Operations Building became the first LEED-accredited building to be built in the district. The building obtains 10 percent of its energy through solar panels installed on its roof and is equipped with motion-sensitive lights.
The Allied Health Building, construction on which will begin next month and finish by spring 2008, will also incorporate energy-saving features. The $46-million Allied Health Building will house the humanities, engineering, chemistry, physics, math and science departments, which are currently spread throughout several buildings.
The final two buildings will be up by 2010. The library will be moved to a temporary location for more than a year while its old structure is demolished and the new library is constructed its place. The physics and chemistry departments will move to the Allied Health Building and their old structures will be demolished to make room for the new Student Services Building.
The Campus Center's 1975 construction made it the youngest building on campus and it is undergoing only minor renovations, meanwhile Monarch Stadium is receiving a complete renovation, including the only 10-lane NCAA-approved Mondo Track in the county. Before the semester ends the first phase of the stadium construction will wrap up, with the second and final phase scheduled for completion before August, in time for football season.
Also scheduled for completion by the start of the fall semester is the "Courtyard Project," which includes renovations on the Art Building and Campus Center courtyards. Over summer, the Behavioral Science Building will be renovated, an electronic marquee will be installed at the corner of Oxnard Street and Fulton Avenue and "nearly half the bungalows will be demolished by the end of spring or early summer," said Valley President Dr. Tyree Wieder. "We're very excited for all the changes."
