Dedication of F. Marie Hall Academic Building (more) ...
Thank You Midland!
Thanks to the generosity and support of our community, Midland College continues to grow. Besides the $41.8 million bond passed in May 2005, and its associated new buildings and renovations, there are other improvements also ongoing. Below is an update of those renovations.
When Voters approved the bond for expansions and renovations at Midland College May 7, 2005, it was by one of the largest margins of victory for an elective tax increase in the last decade (70% voting for).
The expansion and renovation projects are scheduled to take place in phases between 2005 and 2010. A list of projects, description, and status is listed below. Pictures will be provided when available.
Construction crews are installing a raised crosswalk at the Dollye Neal Chapel, during which this part of the Chapparal Circle (on the south side of the campus, between the Al G. Langford Chapparal Center and the Allison Fine Arts Center) will be closed. Please plan your visits to our campus accordingly.
Status
Academic Building
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The 79,072 square feet, two-story classroom building will include 36 classrooms, a 102-seat lecture hall similar to the one at the Advanced Technology Center, offices for adjunct University Center faculty, a student lounge on the second floor overlooking the campus, a landscaped plaza with a water feature, faculty offices and a large atrium with small kitchen for lecture hall functions. It will also add 88 parking spaces to the campus
Construction is virtually complete on this facility. Exterior brick and stone are complete. Interior walls and cabinets, and doors are complete. Floor tile, carpet and terrazzo flooring are complete. Landscape finishing is under way. Furniture has arrived and is mostly installed. Building inspections, preparatory to substantial completion have been performed. Faculty, staff and administration are moving into the building. Classes begin in this building on August 25, and the official dedication is scheduled for August 27.
Data/Telephone System Network Upgrade
This project has begun as a component of the Academic Building project and preparations for the Student Services staff relocation required for the remodel of the Scharbauer Student Center.
Statewide Research Network: Lonestar Educational and Research Network (LEARN)Efforts to form a West Texas consortium are under way. We have received permission from TxDOT to install fiber on the right-of-way for the SH 349 Bypass. (14 miles) LEARN has wrapped-up negotiations for an OC3 from Midland-Odessa to the NLR circuit interconnect near Del Rio. The University of Texas OTS is working on a plan to provide LEARN service to San Angelo, then to UTPB. They would like for MC and other community colleges share in the cost of this new infrastructure.
Fox Science Building -Phase II
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Close-in is nearly complete. Interior framing and sheetrock are complete. Anticipated completion date is mid-September.
Cogdell Learning CenterMidland College staff have moved back into the building. This project is complete.
Aviation Training CenterOngoing solution search is in progress.
Technology Center• Expansion of classrooms
• Conversion of office and lab space into new classrooms
• Renovations and expansion for Veterinary Technology program
• Two
offices
Helen L. Greathouse Children's Center
This new, 10,838 square-foot facility will increase the number of children served from 52 to 125, increase the age range of children served and improve the basis for MC's Childcare Development program. Child Development Center is closed-in. The new child development center will come on-line in January.Fasken LRC
Lower floor walls will be moved out to provide just under 3,000 sq. ft. of additional space for book shelves and seating.The LRC remodel, which began at the end of the spring semester, is moving along. The second floor has been re-occupied by administrative offices. First floor carpeting has begun. Moving contractor will begin returning books soon. The LRC should be re-opened in early September.
Physical Education BuildingThe process of programming and design analysis is complete. The project is in the schematic design phase. Bid documents will be released soon. This project will be combined with the Scharbauer Student Center addition/remodel.
Scharbauer Student CenterThis project has been combined with the PE building addition/remodel. Mid-Tex of Midland was awarded the contract and received a notice-to-proceed dated 28 July 2008. Site preparation has begun.
Earth-moving equipment will be on site (in the southeast quarter of the campus). Be careful in the construction zones!
Allison Fine Arts Building • A “Smart” classroom for Digital ArtsMost of project is complete.
Fourth Residence HallProgramming for this project will begin soon
Hydronic Water Lines Replacement
Underground heating/cooling pipes have exceeded their 30-year life expectancy:
• install four major 10-inch pipe systems
• balance our HVAC systems efficiency
• provide increased capacity
• replace inoperative supply valves
• Boiler and chiller
replacement
and more ...
Project is complete except for engineering punch-list.
Drainage ProjectThe first of the major bond projects, the Drainage Project, has been completed except for some irrigation repair. This project was completed in a very timely fashion and slightly under budget. This project will provide improved drainage from the parking lots north and east of Chap Circle.
This project has been completed.The project has been completed.
Vehicle Purchases• Personnel lift
• Two service vehicles (pickups)
• Two minivans
• Three 24-passenger buses
• 38-passenger bus
Two pickup trucks, two minivans, two 15 passenger busses and three 24 passenger busses and the 38 passenger bus have been delivered. All of the busses have been painted and are in service now.
Water Well Field and Reservoir • Campus irrigation/drainage efficiency improvements, reservoir/pumping stationWe have met with City officials regarding our options for water sourcing. Negotiations are in progress. We have also drilled a 100 gpm well in the far north corner of the college property. Options for providing electricity to the well are being considered.
Maintenance Facility
• Warehouse spaceThis project has been completed. Staff have moved into the facility.
Electronic Marquees
• 3 marquees:Marquees have been installed. New stone has been installed at the “I” Street/Wadley marquee. In order to place additional signage, the sign structure must be strengthened. This project will be added to the Cooper Construction contract for the Academic Building.
Re-keying the campus The campus is moving toward a new keying system. The current system is 20+ years old , the master pattern is depleted, and many locks are worn and difficult to operate. We will focus on exterior doors first.Control Technologies and Midland College have developed the installation schedule. Crews have been involved in controls installation on the Mechanical Infrastructure Project and door security on the Academic Building Project. New lock installs on Administration Building exterior doors and Locknetic systems replacement at O’Shaughnessy Hall have been completed.
ProjectStatus
Chaparral Center Remodel MidTex of Midland has been selected as Construction Manager At-risk for this project. Elevator site has been selected and elevator package has been ordered. The masonry for the shaft walls is scheduled to arrive soon. Plans and cost estimates for the rest of the remodel are being developed.This project has been completed.
Science Faculty BuildingThis project has been completed.
PPDCThis project has been completed.
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