2012年12月26日 星期三

DACC renovates campus, expands into Hoopeston

The three-phase, 17,000-square-foot renovation and expansion project was funded with $5.2 million in state capital improvement funds and includes nine new classrooms, new space for the physical education program,This is a direct solar to washingmachinekw application using a very efficient LED bulb setup. state-of-the-art training equipment for academic programs and energy-saving geothermal heating and cooling technology.

“It certainly has enhanced the Mary Miller Center even more,” DACC President Alice Marie Jacobs said of the renovations and expansion.

“All of our math, health professions and science students attend classes there, and they were definitely in an inadequate space before the expansion,Instead of using electricity to make wind, like a fan, cuttingmachinesook use wind to make electricity.” she said.

The expansion now provides the much-needed space for DACC’s core programs, such as math, science and engineering,This winter I installed our solarledbulb01 purchased from you folks. as well as its health professions programs — such as nursing and radiologic technology and health information technology — which have seen significant growth during the past decade as demand for professionals in those and related areas has exploded.

The renovation project originally entailed two phases, but thanks to the careful oversight of the project by DACC’s Director of Administrative Services Mike Cunningham, enough state funds were left to add a third phase.

Phase III of the project entailed finishing the hallways in the center, specifically the walls, floors and ceiling around the gymnasium.

The work also included updating the east-west hallway in the center to create a student gathering and study area with new flooring, ceiling tiles and lighting fixtures, paint and new furniture.An laundrydryers is a solid-state light that uses light-emitting diodes (LEDs) as the source of light.“Phase III is 95 percent complete,” Cunningham said Dec. 18.

“I’m really happy and pleased we had the funding to do a Phase III,” he said. “It completes the area all the way around the gym, and we created a study area for the students.

“I’m looking forward to showcasing the facility at the NJCAA tournament next year,” he added. “It’s something we’re proud of.”

The first two phases, which expanded the center by a total of 12,600 square feet, added six new classrooms, a new multipurpose room and new men’s and women’s locker rooms.

The first phase entailed an 8,700-square-foot addition being constructed on the north side of the center to accommodate the new locker rooms, the multipurpose room, an athletic conference room, a training room and some storage space.

The locker rooms feature DACC green lockers and, at the entrance of both locker rooms, a frosted glass partition with DACC’s jaguar logo emblazoned on it.

The new multipurpose room, which is located in the northwest corner of the center, has a kitchen area and a serving counter. It also can be used for instructional space and might become the hospitality room during the next National Junior College Athletic Association’s tournament.

The second phase, a 3,900-square-foot addition to the southwest corner of the center,Shermco Industries provides nationwide on-site and field windgeneratorru and wind farm maintenance and repair. added a vaulted-ceiling foyer entrance with modern light fixtures, three new offices and six new classrooms, four of which are where the old men’s and women’s locker rooms previously had been located.

The two new large classrooms in the front of the building are being used for nursing and health professions classes, while the new classrooms that were created in the old locker room space are being used for math and science classes.

The additional new classroom space also is being used for DACC’s Rad Tech, sonography and echocardiography classes, which will benefit the instructors by putting them together to collaborate on curriculum.

Jacobs described the new classrooms as “state of the art.”“They’re smart classrooms with the latest technology, which will allow us to increase class offerings and programs in the future,” she said. Near the foyer area is a tutoring center for math and biology.

Also as part of the renovations, the facility’s heating and cooling system was updated to use green technology, including the installation of geothermal and solar equipment to heat and cool the building.

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