New Horticulture/Lab School/STEM Lab
Consolidate all STEM programs into a two-floor building with updated laboratories and associated infrastructure, greenhouse spaces, tailored classrooms, tutoring spaces, and Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) improvements.
Status: Design - Schematic Design
Project Costs: Measure J=$25,167,636, State Capital Outlay Funds =$27,014,000
Architect of Records: M. Arthur Gensler Jr. & Associates, Inc.
Project Manager: John Erickson
General Contractor: TBD
Construction Manager: TBD
Program Management: MAAS Companies
Design Start: December 2025
Anticipated Design Completion: November 2026
New Horticulture/Lab School/STEM Lab - Project Site
Q4 2025 Project Update
October
In coordination with MAAS Companies, Inc., the Campus Project Team prepared and released a requests for proposals (RFPs) for Architect of Record services on September 8 to the District’s existing pool of prequalified architectural firms. Seven proposals were received by the October 3 deadline. The Campus Project Team reviewed the proposals, of which four firms were interviewed. A Board Agenda Item with the selected firm will be presented to the Board of Trustees for its consideration at the meeting in November. If approved, the District will begin the process of executing the contract.
November
The Campus Project Team reviewed the proposals, of which four firms were interviewed. The selected AOR firm, M. Arthur Gensler Jr. & Associates, Inc., was presented to the Board of Trustees in November, after which the District began the process of executing the contract. The design phase is expected to begin in mid-December.