PROJECT OVERVIEW

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Memorial and Plaza Halls Demolition and Renovation
Rochester Community and Technical College, Rochester, Minnesota

This project provides for the demolition of the existing Memorial and Plaza Halls and related facilities. The two halls that will be demolished house a large number of faculty offices, Anatomy and Physiology labs with lab preparation spaces, flexible classrooms, and support spaces. The project also includes renovation and replacement spaces to relocate building occupants to improved facilities. Major campus infrastructure improvements will replace an obsolete grounds building, fuel storage and a new central chiller plant for the east campus.

Project Scope:

• Demolition of 38,000 square feet – Memorial and Plaza Halls,
  ​maintenance garage, daycare center
• Renovate 11,000 square feet of east campus Main Building
• Addition of 21,000 square feet onto east campus Main Building

​Project Goals and Objectives:

• Reduce campus size by 18,000 square feet.
• Remove 38,000 square feet of substandard space, eliminating $1.55 million from backlog of required maintenance and asset preservation.
• Increase space utilization of classrooms in Main Building from 47 percent to 74 percent.
• Optimize existing space by updating finishes, improving lighting, improving technology, increasing classroom size and flexibility (lecture, collaborative, seminar, active learning, on-line courses)
• Construct Central Chiller Plant to increase energy efficiency, reduce greenhouse gases and achieve compliance with 2009 revisions to B3 and SB203 MN Sustainable Building Design Guidelines.
• Site improvements to support academic programs in science, biology and art. Landscaping that demonstrates storm water management best practices.

Budget
$22,853,000

Square Footage
- demolition: 38,000 sf 
- addition: 21,000 sf
- renovation: 11,000 sf

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