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 - Preliminary Drawings
Project Costs: Measure J=$25,167,636, State Capital Outlay Funds =$27,496,000
Architect of Records: M. Arthur Gensler Jr. & Associates, Inc.
Project Manager: Joel Gonzalez
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
Q3 2026 Project Update
September
Over the majority of this reporting period, the preliminary plan drawings remained under review with the California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office. Previously, Architect of Record (AOR), Gensler, with input from the Building User Group, developed and finalized the preliminary plans package, consisting of an exploratory design, including broad sketches of spaces, logistics, and site plans.
The package was submitted and reviewed by CCCCO in July and then forwarded to the Department of Finance for the disbursement of funding to support the remaining phases of design.
On September 2, the Department of Finance approved $845K in state design funding, matching Measure J’s contribution of $846K for a combined total of about $1.6M. This approval gives Gensler the authorization to initiate the process for drafting the Working Drawings. This drawings set will consist of a detailed technical plan or set of diagrams that will give the future general contractor and supporting firms the roadmap to construct the New Horticulture/Lab School/STEM Lab. The final set will be reviewed by the Campus Project Team and finalized before it is sent to DSA for plan-check review in the coming months.