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Design Phase Now Underway for First Two Measure MM Bond Program Projects The MiraCosta Community College District, along with Kitchell Capital Expenditure Managers (CEM), the program management firm for Measure MM, is pleased to announce the design phase is underway for the first two projects to be modernized under the $455 million general obligation bond, approved by voters in November 2016. Both modernization projects support facility upgrades at the district’s San Elijo Campus, a nearly 30-year-old campus situated on 42 acres facing the San Elijo Lagoon in Carlsbad. The modernizations involve Building 600 (B-600), which currently houses a wide-range of English, humanities, and social science classes for students to complete university transfer requirements and fulfill requirement certification. Building 300 (B-300), an eight-classroom building, supports instruction for a variety of courses from international languages to microeconomics. Both modernizations, designed by architects Mosher Drew, will include full classroom modernizations, upgrades to the electrical, mechanical, plumbing, and technology systems, and improvements to exterior finishes. The projects are being implemented via the traditional design-bid-build delivery method, allowing the district to contract separate entities for the design and construction of a project, and are scheduled to be fully constructed within two years. The overall project budget for the B-600 is $2.2 million; B-300’s modernization is also budgeted at $2.2 million. Prior to the Measure MM passage, it had been more than 50 years since voters approved a bond to repair or improve facilities at the MiraCosta College campuses. Measure MM is expected to fund the construction of nearly a dozen new, state-of-the-art academic, student support, and career training facilities; more than 30 building renovations and modernization projects; and nearly three dozen infrastructure, landscape, parking, and site-based improvement projects at its two main campuses and satellite Community Learning Center. About MiraCosta College MiraCosta College District has served the coastal North San Diego County area for over 80 years. More than 17,000 credit students in over 70 disciplines enroll in associate degrees, university transfer and workforce readiness certificate programs. The college also serves a wide spectrum of educational needs in the region ranging from programs for adult education, basic skills, and ESL to a California Community College pilot program offering the nation’s first baccalaureate degree in biomanufacturing. MiraCosta College is accredited by the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges (ACCJC) and the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC).
Design Phase Now Underway for First Two Measure MM Bond Program Projects
The MiraCosta Community College District, along with Kitchell Capital Expenditure Managers
(CEM), the program management firm for Measure MM, is pleased to announce the design
phase is underway for the first two projects to be modernized under the $455 million general
obligation bond, approved by voters in November 2016.
Both modernization projects support facility upgrades at the district’s San Elijo Campus, a nearly
30-year-old campus situated on 42 acres facing the San Elijo Lagoon in Carlsbad.
The modernizations involve Building 600 (B-600), which currently houses a wide-range of
English, humanities, and social science classes for students to complete university transfer
requirements and fulfill requirement certification. Building 300 (B-300), an eight-classroom
building, supports instruction for a variety of courses from international languages to microeconomics.
Both modernizations, designed by architects Mosher Drew, will include full
classroom modernizations, upgrades to the electrical, mechanical, plumbing, and technology
systems, and improvements to exterior finishes.
The projects are being implemented via the traditional design-bid-build delivery method,
allowing the district to contract separate entities for the design and construction of a project, and
are scheduled to be fully constructed within two years. The overall project budget for the B-600
is $2.2 million; B-300’s modernization is also budgeted at $2.2 million.
Prior to the Measure MM passage, it had been more than 50 years since voters approved a
bond to repair or improve facilities at the MiraCosta College campuses. Measure MM is
expected to fund the construction of nearly a dozen new, state-of-the-art academic, student
support, and career training facilities; more than 30 building renovations and modernization
projects; and nearly three dozen infrastructure, landscape, parking, and site-based improvement
projects at its two main campuses and satellite Community Learning Center.
About MiraCosta College
MiraCosta College District has served the coastal North San Diego County area for over 80
years. More than 17,000 credit students in over 70 disciplines enroll in associate degrees,
university transfer and workforce readiness certificate programs. The college also serves a wide
spectrum of educational needs in the region ranging from programs for adult education, basic
skills, and ESL to a California Community College pilot program offering the nation’s first
baccalaureate degree in biomanufacturing. MiraCosta College is accredited by the Accrediting
Commission for Community and Junior Colleges (ACCJC) and the Western Association of
Schools and Colleges (WASC).