To support safety, new roadways have been implmented through the campus. Improved technology support, telecommunications and data networks have also been upgraded. A new SMCC Ahwatukee/Gila River Indian. Community area education center will be developed with classrooms and student support services.
South Mountain Community College
$ 42,527,000 (including the Guadalupe Learning Center)
- 53,000 Construct a new Library/Learning Resource Center to provide additional room for library collections and technical services, computer classrooms and open computer labs, study spaces, Teaching and Learning Center and technical support, staff office and support areas, and college learning assistance areas.
- 27,000 Remodel vacated space in the existing Library to create multi-purpose and technology enriched classrooms, faculty office and support spaces.
- 22,000 Construct a new science building (13,500 gsf) to include classrooms, physical and life science labs, and faculty office and support space. Remodel vacated space
- (8,500 gsf) in the Physical Science building into mathematics classrooms, faculty offices and support space
- 4,000 Expand the existing central plant to provide additional office space and receiving area
- 6,000 Expand the Guadalupe Learning Center with general education classrooms, student and academic support areas, and faculty offices.
- Complete the loop road through the campus
- Provide teaching and learning technology to support new construction, including student and staff technology support, media equipment, and telecommunications/ data equipment and networks
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Guadalupe Center
Construction started on the expansion on September 12, 2007. First phase of project includes stem wall and foundation concrete work. Construction should take nearly 9 months to complete. There will be 5 classrooms built, totaling 5,000 sq. ft. along the south perimeter of the property. A new courtyard will be created in between the existing building and the new one. This will offer a place for students to relax and study in an outdoor environment. Along with the expansion, a remodel of the existing building will take place. The administrative offices will expand to offer offices, work room, break room, and new cashier’s office all to improve the ability to serve the students.
Life Science Annex
Now that the construction is complete, the next phase of the project for the Life Science Annex is landscaping. Our plan is to introduce desert landscaping around the building. Currently, turf surrounds the building and is in need of attention. We will follow the college's desire to conserve enery and better utilize our natural resources by adding desert landscape. There will be the addition of two new Chinese Elm trees, small desert shrubs, Apache Pink gravel and a walkway that connects the building and surrounding area to the north parking lot. This work is scheduled to begin during the first week of December and will be completed by the time the students return from Winter Break.
NAU Building
Construction was completed for Fall semester and it is time to perform the landscaping phase of this project. Currently, the building is surrounded by desert landscaping. Our intent is to tie into that existing theme by adding a few Palo Verde trees, small desert shrub and various cacti with Apache Pink gravel to accentuate. This phase will begin the first week of December and will be complete by the first week of January 2008.
Ahwatukee
In January 2007, South Mountain Community College purchased a 5.8 acre site in Ahwatukee on the northeast corner of 40th Street and Cottonwood Lane. Development of a permanent campus building on this site is one of several key projects currently under review as the college works to maximize the funding allotted to it from General Obligation Bonds issued in 2004.
Ahwatukee Site Map
Desert Skies Telescope Observatory
Construction was complete in May of 2007. The name of it is Desert Sky Observatory. This project was funded by a grant thanks to the efforts of Marshall Logvin (SMCC RFP). It hosts an observatory with the capability of operating 4 separate telescopes and new desert landscaping. Facilities Services supplied all labor to provide electricity, lighting, irrigation, landscaping and built the observatory building. Way to go!
- Astronomy students will collect and analyze data from the observatory telescope and map and photograph planets, stars, galaxies, and nebulae
- Community members will be able to view extraordinary astronomical events at SMCC’s “Stargazing Nights"
- South Mountain Village Residents can mingle with SMCC’s enthusiastic Astronomy faculty.
Central Plant
As a result of future growth, SMCC is going to need a new, higher capacity Central Plant to provide cooling for the campus and its future buildings. The new central plant will be located north of the exisiting plant. The facility will include both the cool towers and new or reused central plant equipment.
Design development is under way at this time and an early selection of a mechanical contractor is in the process. The actual construction will begin in October of 2008 and will be operational by the summer of 2009. In preparation for this project, some field work will take place to identify existing utilities and routing for future infrastructure.
Questions - Comments
Your input and questions are welcomed. If you have questions or ideas, please share them with the College. You can do this by contacting Dr. Joyce Elsner. Questions and concerns will be addressed as expeditiously as possible, and where appropriate, shared with other readers in future Master Planning Updates.