Construction Update

Truax Campus

New Entrance
There’s a new entrance for students and visitors during construction at Truax Campus. And it’s easy to find! Simply follow Wolfie and his pawprints along the walkways from the parking lots.
Truax Walkway Map (PDF, 651KB)

Health Education Building

Construction of the three-story Health Education Center is a month ahead of schedule. Crews are roofing the building, framing doors and windows, creating stairwells, and partitioning off the interior rooms. The L-shaped classroom building is going up at Anderson and Wright streets and will house medical programming and a community clinic when it opens in 2013.

Workers are also installing pipes to connect the building to the geothermal field that will provide ground-sourced heating and cooling. The College’s first geothermal field is located across Anderson Street at the Truax soccer field. Drilling rigs are boring 300-feet deep wells to create an underground network of pipes to channel geothermal heating and cooling to the Health Education and Protective Services buildings. Geothermal energy, a key sustainability initiative in the College’s Smart Future Building Plan, is expected to result in significant fuel savings. Drilling will continue through the spring, which means the WolfPack soccer team will use other facilities for the upcoming season. But the short-term inconvenience will pay off in the long run because a smooth, new soccer field will be built right on top of the subterranean heating and cooling system.

Highlights:

• 170,000 square foot building
• Virtual Hospital Training Center with 6 Simulation Labs
• Community Health Clinic
• Dental Clinic
• Therapeutic Massage Clinic

Protective Services Building

Steelwork continues this month at the Protective Services Center. Workers are also building the exterior block walls and pouring concrete floors for the two-story classroom building. Protective Services will become the hub of the College’s first-responder program and will house the criminal justice, fire service and emergency medical technician programs. This is the first of the new Truax Campus buildings scheduled to be completed. It’s due to open at the start of the 2013 Winter Term.

Highlights:

• 81,400 square foot building
• Apparatus & Training Bays
• Simulation and Scenario Rooms
• CSI & Cyber Security Labs
• Defense Tactics Training

Gateway Entrance

The College’s main entrance is taking shape. Steelwork on Gateway is 80 percent complete and roofing work continues. The building will be the ‘gateway’ to student-centered services and will include a new Student Achievement Center, expanded library, and second-story coffeehouse. Gateway will feature a three-story atrium at the entrance and a gallery to showcase student achievements. The construction should be completed by late summer 2013.

Highlights:

• 88,000 square foot building
• 3 Story Atrium
• Library
• Welcome Center
• Student Success Services

Ingenuity Center

Roofing continues at the Ingenuity Center, the rectangular addition that connects to the school’s existing J-wing. Ingenuity will also attach to the new Gateway Entrance and house the Advanced Manufacturing program. Steelwork is completed on the structure and crews are roofing the expansion, erecting walls and pouring concrete floors. Completion is expected late summer 2013.

Highlights:

• 62,000 square foot addition
• Hands-on CNC Training Center
• Manufacturing Labs

Regional Campuses

Fort Atkinson

Brick masonry and roofing begin this month on the two additions to the buildings—one will house a new library and the second will become an advanced manufacturing lab. Besides the expansions, renovation is underway inside the existing building. The project started at the end of December and will be finished in time for the 2012 Fall Semester.

Highlights:

• 6,000 square foot addition
• Advanced Manufacturing Lab
• Library
• Student Achievement Center
• 3,000 square foot renovation
• Administrative Spaces
• New Restrooms

Portage

Structural steelwork is underway at the Portage campus. The building is being expanded to include two new science labs. Much of this project will focus on repurposing and renovating the existing building. Modifications include creating an open-space student lounge, an additional video conferencing classroom and updated restrooms. Work should wrap up by the end of this summer.

• 2,200 square foot addition
• 2 Science Labs
• 3,400 square foot renovation
• New Telepresence Classroom
• Open-space Student Lounge
• Conference Rooms
• Updated and Expanded Restrooms
• Administrative Spaces

Reedsburg

Dramatic progress can be seen at the Reedsburg campus where three additions are being attached to the main building. Floor installation is underway and fire inspection was completed this month. The renovations will include new classrooms, restrooms and expanded student space. The project will almost double the campus and be completed by August 2012.

Highlights:

• 8,500 square foot addition
• 2 Classrooms
• 1 TelePresence Room
• Student Achievement Center
• Library
• 6,100 square foot renovation
• New Commons Area
• Administrative Spaces
• New Restrooms

Watertown

The transformation of the Watertown campus is now underway. The centerpiece of the project is the addition of two new science labs along and a new science prep area. The expanded facilities will allow the college to accommodate more classes and more students. The project also includes new classrooms, two community rooms, and a Student Achievement Center. Construction is set to be finished next summer.

Highlights:

• 10,000 square foot addition
• 2 Science Labs
• 1 Active Learning Classroom
• 2 Standard Classrooms
• Student Achievement Center
• 2 Community Rooms
• 3,800 square foot renovation
• Administrative Spaces
• Updated and Expanded Restrooms

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For project-specific details, contact Mike Stark, Facilities Director, at (608) 246-6737 or Cary Heyer, Public Relations Manager at (608) 246-6443.