Georgia 16 2013

By Cindy RileyCEG CORRESPONDENT

Students exploring technology-related careers can nowenjoy a cutting-edge facility in Millidgeville, Ga., offeringeverything from virtual patients to sophisticated computerlabs. In April 2013, Central Georgia Technical College(CGTC) in Macon held a ribbon cutting ceremony for thenew center for health sciences building at its Millidgevillecampus. The facility is 77,704 sq. ft. (7,218.9 sq m) and costroughly $15 million.“We worked with our system office and our legislative

delegation for almost eight years to get the funding for thebuilding,” said Hank Griffeth, vice president of satelliteoperations at CGTC. “That seems like a long period of time,but it’s typical of capital improvement project funding, sothe project can be planned, vetted and ultimately funded inmanner that is a good use of taxpayer dollars. The designand construction took another two years, so there was muchpride in being able to open this facility.”The building is three floors and brick, stone and glass was

used to create a mountain-style that involves a modernbend with sharp lines andcantilever windows, accord-ing to Griffeth. The stone isused on the exterior andcontinues into the interiorwhere it meshes with terraz-zo flooring along with glassstair rails and maple-woodaccents.“The building site was a

nice open field,” said RonnyWilliams, the project man-ager of general contractorChris R. Sheridan. “Weinstalled two retentionponds and removed pinetrees. The project wentextremely well for the mostpart.” Crews did minor rock removal for footings and under-

ground pipes, but were not delayed. The building was water-tight before installing any of the masonry, windows andmetal panels. This allowed interior work to begin early with-out concern of rainy weather.Some challenges included coordinating the curtain wall

system with the metal panel skin. The project had a com-

missioning agent for the envelope and the MEP systems thattook a lot of time and coordination, according to Williams. Classes resumed in May by moving the current health sci-

ences programs from the original building on the campus tothe new building. New programs are starting that wereplanned for the building during the fall semester.Additionally, community entities have already used the con-ference center that is part of the building, and bookings for it

are coming in at a steady rate, Griffeth said.He added the new facility comes with a significant price

tag .“With the FFE funding that is used to equip it, the total

approaches $20 million total, said Griffeth. “We appreciatethe taxpayers of our state making that investment in us andin the students we train. The original building for this cam-pus was built about 20 years ago to accommodate 500 stu-dents. The student population has more than doubled andthe need for additional classroom and lab space was anabsolute necessity. The decision to plan the building tohouse just health sciences programs was made in an effort toexpand those programs and to begin the planning for futuregrowth in a manner that created specialized classroom andlab facilities.”The building will be the location for all health sciences

programs for the campus, including practical nursing, med-ical assisting, medical coding, medical skin care, clinical labtechnology and neuromuscular therapy. CGTC containslabs for biology, chemistry and physics, as well as class-rooms and computer labs for psychology and sociology

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Chris R. Sheridan & Co. General Contractors photoIn April 2013, Central Georgia Technical College in Macon held a ribbon cutting cer-emony for the new center for health sciences building at its Millidgeville campus.

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courses. The library for the campus is locat-ed on the second floor for use by all studentsattending the college or taking online classeswho live in this geographic area. A confer-ence center and business and industry train-ing center is located on the first floor.Included are eight standard classrooms,

eight computer labs, six programmatic labs,three science labs, 14 faculty offices, twoadministrative office suites, conference cen-ter quads, a boardroom, a catering kitchen,three lobby areas, an information technologyserve room, a computer repair area and atechnician office area.“Everyone has been amazed at the

appearance and functionality of the build-ing,” said Griffeth. “The building is on a hillon the campus, and many citizens have men-tioned to me how attractive it is from theroad, but they’re even more impressed whenthey see the inside. The students love it andoften comment about the environment andthe technology they have available to them.”“The new structure and the existing one

are separated by a huge parking lot, so weactually took some of those spaces and cre-ated a park setting with benches for studentswho have to hike across from one building to

the other, because it is a pretty good dis-tance,” said Kamal Azar, architect of AzarWalsh. Although not LEED-certified, the struc-

ture was designed to be green, from environ-mentally friendly mechanical devices to theinstallation of energy saving light sensors. Inaddition, the building offers the latest tech-nology.The teaching labs had simulated hospital

head walls and beds just like a hospital

room, according to Williams, and included adummy patient that talked. “Unlike when the original building on

campus was constructed, our vision for tech-nical education focused on students makinga choice to earn a degree in this field, andpursue a career,” said Azar. “We approachedthis as more of a traditional university, asopposed to just a ‘technical college’, whichwas a huge departure in concept. The HealthSciences building needed to reflect what’s

out there today, including large medical labsfor different trades. We tried to make labs thesame as you’d see in the actual work place.The key was meeting with each departmenthead and professor and getting input so theywouldn’t be disappointed with the finishedproduct. This meant lots of coordinationwith different people.”Central Georgia Technical College was

established as Macon Area Vocational-Technical School in 1962 through jointaction of the Georgia State Board ofEducation and the Bibb County Board ofEducation. The school is a two-year publiccommuter college offering on-site and dis-tance education academic programs andservices, adult education, continuing educa-tion and customized business and industryservices.Construction on the Milledgeville

Campus began in 1996, with the campusopening in late 1997. In 2000, the schoolwas renamed Central Georgia TechnicalCollege to better represent the seven-countyarea it serves.

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Chris R. Sheridan & Co. General Contractors photoThe building was watertight before installing any of the masonry, windows andmetal panels.

Mike Calendar, Covington service center manager, presents a check to Larry Gill, veteran’s liaison ofHomes for Our Troops.

The Atlas Copco service centerin Covington, Ga., hosted a rib-bon cutting and open house April26 in celebration of a 9,000 sq. ft.expansion. The addition, whichnearly doubles the previous workarea, will increase workshop effi-ciency by separating compressorand generator refurbishmentoperations from smaller unit serv-icing and non-refurbishment jobs.Joey Parker, now Atlas Copco

service operations manager forthe United States, was managingthe Covington workshop twoyears ago when plans for expan-sion were first set in place. Heindicated that the additional spacewould virtually eliminate disrup-tion to refurbishment operationsby separating it from non-refur-bishment work, improving work-place efficiency. Mike Calendar, current shop

manager, said the expansion hasallowed him to add team mem-bers, with some technicians des-ignated as refurbishment special-ists. Up to 10 large units can nowundergo refurbishment simulta-neously, while smaller unit refur-

bishment and non-refurbishmentwork will be performed in twoseparate bays. Adrian Ridge, president of

Atlas Copco ConstructionTechnique’s Service division,traveled from the Belgium officeto attend the grand opening.During the celebration, Ridgepresented the center with theAtlas Copco Safety and HealthAward for 5,050 consecutiveworking hours without a lost-timeinjury. In further recognition of the

achievement, Ridge awarded acheck for $7,622 to the servicecenter’s employees to donate to acharity of their choice.Employees chose Homes for OurTroops, which builds and donateshouses to wounded veterans. Thehouses are customized for eachveteran’s specific needs to pro-vide them with maximum free-dom of movement and the abilityto live more independently.

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