Dear Colleague,

We are pleased to share that the new Health Sciences & Advanced Manufacturing Classroom Complex (HSAMCC) will break ground in just a few weeks! This project is a culmination of years of planning and extensive stakeholder involvement and will be a significant enhancement to our campus. As we enter the construction period for the next two years, here is some preliminary information for you to know. 

What Is the HSAMCC? 

A new three-story, 50,700 square-foot HSAMCC building will replace five existing buildings (2400, 2500, 2600, 2700, 2800) and will be located on the footprint of the current 2500 Building. Opening in summer 2023, it will provide space for Chemistry, Biology, Medical Lab Technology, Engineering, Advanced Manufacturing, and Biomanufacturing. It will include an open space that preserves existing significant trees and landscape features and provides outdoor student gathering areas. This building will serve a large student population with state-of-the-industry, multipurpose instructional space (including collaboration and study spaces, laboratories, and faculty offices) and create a new core area of campus that will unite the South end of campus with the North. 

When Will Construction Take Place? 

• July 2021 – Construction fencing and mobilization begins at North end of campus 
• July & August 2021 – Demolition Phase One (Buildings 2500, part of 2400, greenhouse, pond) 
• Summer 2021 – Groundbreaking event 
• August 2021 – March 2023 – Active construction 
• Summer 2022 – Demolition of a portion of Greenwood Parking Lot for an infiltration pond 
• Spring 2023 – Building move in 
• Spring & Summer 2023 – Demolition Phase Two (Buildings 2600, 2700, 2800, rest of 2400) 
• Summer/Fall 2023 – Project completion 

^{Yellow highlights represent the areas that will be fenced off and not accessible}

 Will Campus Access or Parking Be Affected by the Construction? 

• A sizable portion of the parking lot North of Building 2500 will be fenced off for the duration of the project and will not be available for general use, however, parking options throughout the rest of the campus will remain unaffected. 
• The track will be used as parking for Automotive instructional vehicles and will not be accessible.
• Walking routes through campus will remain open and access to the Shoreview Off-Leash Dog Park next to campus will continue to be available.
• Construction vehicles will access the campus via Aurora Avenue and N. 160^th Street and be routed to enter campus at the West gate, traveling to the construction site at the North end of campus, and exiting on the East side of campus at Greenwood Avenue.  
• Construction work hours will be 7:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Cameras will be installed for security. 

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This is an exciting time of growth on our campus, and we appreciate your patience and flexibility as we enter this period of construction. We will continue to share regular updates with the campus community and our local neighbors as construction progresses.

With best regards, 

Cheryl Roberts, Ed.D. 

President 

We appreciate the significant investments made by the Legislature in our community and technical college system and the thousands of jobs those investments will create in local communities.

Here at Shoreline Community College, we are especially grateful for the funding of construction for our long awaited Health, Science & Advanced Manufacturing Classroom Complex (HSAMCC) – the first new academic building in over 25 years. This project will ultimately remove five, one-story buildings that are over 60 years old and replace them with a state-of-the industry facility that will support the next generation of STEM and Biotechnology students into an eager workplace. (Our Dental Hygiene program will move completely to the UW School of Dentistry at the end of June, where our program will continue to provide a Shoreline degree alongside dental students and faculty who are excited and supportive of this new collaboration.)

We also received design funding for our Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, & Mathematics (STEAM) building that will house our Nursing, Mathematics, Music, Music Technology programs, and other general education classes. We are overjoyed and deeply humbled by the Legislature’s investment in our projects.

We are grateful for the Legislature’s commitment to the present and future generations of our students who will be educated in spaces that are ecologically and educationally appropriate for 21^st century learning!

Dear Colleague,

At the special meeting of the Board of Trustees on Friday, January 31, the Board approved Resolution 155 to pause construction on the Allied Health, Science & Advanced Manufacturing Classroom Complex (HSAMCC) in order to allow the College to complete additional planning for the programs currently housed in the buildings that would be replaced.

Pausing the construction will also pause the need for the state legislature to approve local financing for a certificate of participation (COP), which the governor did not include in the capital budget.

The College is working proactively with the State Board of Community & Technical Colleges (SBCTC) and legislative leadership to move the resolution forward and coordinate the capital request in the next biennial budget. It is our expectation that once we are ready to proceed with the construction project, the HSAMCC building will be placed at the top of the 2021-23 capital project list.

In the meantime, the College will continue to take necessary steps and actions to continue preparing for the new building (such as building design and raising funds for a capital campaign).

Respectfully,
Cheryl Roberts, Ed.D.
President

Dear Colleague,

As part of the early permit and site work, the construction team for the Health, Science and Advanced Manufacturing Classroom Complex will be conducting load monitoring for various portions of our electrical system.

One of the key points for this monitoring is the transformer and panel in the rhododendron grove between the 2100 and 2300 buildings. On Saturday, November 2, 2019 the team will install the monitoring devices. This will result in a power loss to buildings 2000, 2100, 2200, and 2300 for the duration of the installation which is expected to be from 7:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.

The rest of campus will not be affected.

Please contact me with any questions or concerns.

Thank you,
Jason Francois, MBA
Director of Facilities and Capital Projects

Dear Colleague,

I am writing to provide an update on the construction of our new Health, Science & Advanced Manufacturing Classroom Complex (HSAMCC). As you may be aware, we experienced a significant delay between our initial request for state funding in 2012 and the appropriation by the legislature in 2017. This delay along with escalating regional construction costs (which state appropriations for cost escalation have not kept up with) resulted in the loss of an entire floor in the building, which in turn reduced the space available for the Advanced Manufacturing and Dental Hygiene programs.

Three factors made it difficult for these programs to be retained in the projected smaller HSAMCC building: (1) the significant total square footage required for Dental Hygiene, which could not be accommodated without displacing other programs; (2) the specific requirement that the Dental Hygiene space be publicly accessible and in a visible ground-floor location; (3) Advanced Manufacturing also requires a ground-floor location due to the significant weight of the machinery.

Because of the unique requirements of the Dental Hygiene program, the College immediately began exploring other space options. During spring quarter 2019, we explored moving the entire HSAMCC building by 100 feet to the north and adding back a fourth floor to the building. This option would have allowed the College to maintain the 2500 building so neither the Dental Hygiene nor Advanced Manufacturing programs would have to be displaced during construction. However, this option surfaced numerous concerns related to permitting, environmental impacts, and delays in construction that would result in an additional expense of $14M to the project. This option was not financially feasible and the College began exploring other on-campus and off-campus options for Advanced Manufacturing in the short-term and Dental Hygiene for the short and long-term.

Exploring Dental Hygiene Options

In early summer, working with our architectural and construction firms, we continued exploring the implications of moving the Dental Hygiene program to the first floor of Building 9000 (PUB). With additional due diligence, multiple concerns surfaced including at least two other student services needing to be displaced in the cascade of moves (the Bookstore and Student Computer Lab). The College also discovered the funding of the PUB restricts the use of the space to non-student activities and services. The outcome of these discoveries effectively eliminated the PUB first floor space, as an option.

Throughout the summer, the College continued the on-campus exploration of alternate space for Dental Hygiene. This intricate exploration involved the cost of building upgrades, equipment moves and purchases, and dislocations of other programs. This search for on-campus options is still underway. The College continues to explore various off-campus options for our Dental Hygiene program, including partnerships and off-campus leasing of retail space.

Exploring Advanced Manufacturing Options

In anticipation of construction beginning in July 2020, the Advanced Manufacturing program will need to move off-campus for about two years. We are continuing to work with potential partners, including temporary leasing options during the construction period.

Although the exploration of short- and long-term solutions for both of these programs is not ideal, the College will continue to consider all possible opportunities to support these programs that serve our students and our community. We will provide updates as additional information becomes available.

Respectfully,

Cheryl Roberts, Ed.D.

President