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 

Project Costs: Measure J=$25,167,636, State Capital Outlay Funds =$27,014,000

Architect of Records: TBD

Project Manager: John Erickson

General Contractor: TBD

Construction Manager: TBD

Program Management: MAAS Companies

Design Start: January 2025

Anticipated Design Completion: August 2025

New Horticulture/Lab School/STEM Lab - Project Site

Q2 2025 Project Update 

April

The Campus Project Team has received approval to start initial planning. The Building User Group (BUG) is being assembled and MAAS is providing assistance in project coordination. Once the BUG is established and their feedback is received, the Request for Proposals for architectural firms will be released. The selected firm will provide direction for FPP validation, swing space needs, and a probable cost of construction estimate.

May

The Campus Project Team, MAAS Companies, Inc., and Fullerton Leadership coordinated the set up of the Building User Group in late April. A Request for Proposals for architectural firms for project planning, programming, and swing space purposes was released on May 5 to the existing pool of prequalified architectural firms. Responses from the interested firms were due by May 23. Once a selection is made and approved; verification of the original Final Project Proposal (FPP) will begin in coordination with the Campus Project Team, Planning Architect, MAAS, and the finalized Building User Group.