Thank you to all who attended the Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for the two new Career Technical Education Buildings to be open mid-June.

More pictures can be found at: http://gallery.imperial.edu/CTE-Buildings-Ribbon-Cutting-Ceremony

Construction for the Career Technical Facilities project continues and is approximately 81% complete!

November 2013 Progress Update

Work Completed

Building 3100: Work completed for this month included the fire sprinkler installation, HVAC rough-in (above ceilings) wet and dry, and hangin drywall walls and ceilings

Building 3200: Work completed for this month included the aluminum interior storefronts installation and tape/texturing walls and ceilings

Work in Progress

Building 3100: Work in progress includes the aluminum storefronts installation, storefront glazing, and taping/texturing walls

Building 3200: Work in progress includes the storefront glazing and paint interior walls and ceiling

Site: Work in progress includes concrete work  – grade, form, rebar, and pour

Upcoming Work

Building 3100: Upcoming work includes the painting of the interior walls and ceilings

Building 3200: Upcoming work includes ceramic tile at the toilet rooms, T-bar ceiling grid work, display cases at entrances, cabinets and millwork, electrical ceiling fixtures and trim, mechanical ceiling fixtures, plumbing fixtures and finishes, and miscallenous exterior finishes

Site: Upcoming work includes the mechanical equipment and piping installation, asphalt paving of the road, and sleeves for irrigation under concrete

Construction for the Career Technical Facilities project continues and is approximately  63% complete!

August 2013 Progress Update

Work Completed

Building 3100:  Work completed for this month included steel framing roof equipment, metal roof decking, MEP sleeves through roof and hangers, tubular skylight curbs installation, frame interior walls, and exterior sealer

Building 3200:  Work completed for this month included the metal decking at the roof, MEP sleeves through roof and hangers, fire sprinkler installation, MEP wall and soffit rough-in

Site:  Work completed for this month included the structural steel for shade structures

Work In Progress

Building 3100:  Work in progress includes installing the roof drains, fire sprinkler installation, hollow metal door frames installation, MEP rough-in at walls and soffit, and ceilings and soffit framing

Building 3200:  Work in progress includes setting mechanical curbs at roof, exterior window installation and glazing, HVAC rough-in above ceiling – wet and dry, and electrical rough-in above ceiling

Upcoming Work

Building 3100:  Upcoming work includes setting mechanical curbs at roof, roof hatches and accessories, PVC membrane roofing, sheet metal flashings, exterior windows installation and glazing, and set HVAC roof equipment

Building 3200:  Upcoming work includes roof hatches and accessories, PVC roofing membrane, sheet metal roof flashings, aluminum interior storefronts install, and sound insulation at interior walls

Site:  Upcoming work includes the finishes – paint, tile, shade covers, etc.

Construction for the Career Technical project continues and is approximately 58% complete!

July 2013 Progress Update

Work Completed

Building 3100: Work completed for this month included roll up coiling doors installation

Building 3200: Work completed for this month included the steel framing for roof equipment, roof drains, skylight curbs, framing interior walls, hollow metal door frames, and exterior masonry sealer

Site: Work completed for this month included the mechanical yard footings and masonry walls and columns

Work In Progress

Building 3100: Work in progress includes steel framing for roof equipment, metal roof decking, framing interior walls, hollow metal door frames installation, ceilings and soffits framing, and exterior sealer

Building 3200: Work in progress includes metal decking at roof, MEP sleeves through roof and hangers, fire sprinkler installation, HVAC rough-in above ceiling (wet and dry), electric above ceiling, and MEP wall and soffit rough-in

Site: Work in progress includes the structural steel for shade structures

Upcoming Work

Building 3100: Upcoming work includes MEP sleeves through roof and hangers, installing roof drains, set mechanical curbs at roof, roof hatches and accessories, skylight curbs installation, and fire sprinkler system installation

Building 3200: Upcoming work includes setting mechanical curbs at roof, roof hatches and accessories, PVC roofing membrane, and exterior window installation and glazing

Site: Upcoming work includes the finishes – paint, tile, shade covers, etc. and mechanical equipment and piping installation

As part of the Imperial Valley College Foundation's K-12 tour, Dr. Jim Fisher's chemistry students hosted a tour of the new science building with Calexico elementary students from Mains Elementary School. 

 "Best tour ever!"; "I wanna come to school here!";  "That was really cool";  were all phrases heard from the 5^th grade classes from Mains Elementary school in Calexico as they concluded the tour. 

The project includes new construction trade labs and modernization of existing 1100, 1200, and 1300 buildings to include lab classrooms for computers, electronics, construction, HVAC, welding, engineering, public safety, etc.

Project features for the new buildings include:

3100 Building

• (2) smart classrooms
• (3) construction trade labs
• (1) welding lab
• (1) renewable energy lab
• (1) electronics lab
• (1) computer lab

3200 Building

• (2) Police Officer Standard Training and Fire Academy Lab
• (1) Emergency Medical Services Lab
• (2) smart classrooms

3100 & 3200 Buildings – Design Rendering

The College proudly achieved approximately 72% participation from local subcontractors for the Career Technical project due to effective outreach efforts including ongoing workshops and outreach events to educate and support local subcontractors increasing their participation in the project.

Construction is in progress and is scheduled to be completed by March 2014.

 February 2013 Construction Progress:

WORK COMPLETED:

Building 3100: Work completed for this month included 2^nd lift masonry walls

Building 3200: Work completed for this month included setting structural steel roof beams, grade, form rebar, and pour slab on grade

Site: Work completed for this month included fire line service and hydrants, and activate site system

WORK IN PROGRESS:

Building 3100: Work in progress includes electrical rough-in masonry walls, 3^rd lift masonry walls, plumbing under slab on grade

Building 3200: Work in progress includes wall furring

Site: Work in progress includes the communications data and vaults and fire alarm

UPCOMING WORK:

Building 3100: Upcoming work includes setting the structural roof beams, and setting the steel trusses

Building 3200: Upcoming work includes setting the steel trusses, install metal decking at roof, MEP sleeves through roof and hangers, install roof drains, MEP and fire sprinkler, install beam clamps and hangers

Site: Upcoming work includes underground utilities/stub-out (wet and dry)

February 2013 Construction Progress Photos:

A look at completed and planned projects with Measure L &J…

PRESS RELEASE

IVC CONSTRUCTION TEAM TO HOLD LOCAL SUBCONTRACTOR OUTREACH MEETINGS

IMPERIAL, CA—Imperial Valley College will be holding a series of workshops over the next several weeks to educate local subcontractors with an objective of increasing their participation in upcoming IVC construction projects.

"The Board of Trustees of the Imperial Valley College (IVC) is committed to hiring local firms to work on Measure "J" construction projects," said IVC Vice President for Business Services John Lau. "This is following through on our commitment to the Valley to facilitate more local firms to be successful in the bidding process.

Measure "J" is an $80 million bond authorization that was approved by voters in November 2010 to improve education and expand career opportunities.

IVC has selected Nielsen Construction Ca. to provide Lease-Leaseback services for the bond program.  Nielsen Construction Ca. will be holding a series of subcontractor outreach meetings.  All meetings will be held at the Pioneer Museum:

• Wednesday – November 16, 2011 – BBQ –  10:00am to 3:00pm
  • Bond Program, Career Tech Description, Bidding and Construction Timelines
• Wednesday – November 30, 2011 – 10:00am to 3:00pm (all day event)
  • BIM Seminar
• Friday, December 9, 2011 – 10:00am to 3:00pm (all day event)
  • Insurance/Bonding/Prevailing Wage
• Friday, December 16, 2011 – 10:00am to 3:00pm (all day event)
  • Recap and Q&A
  • Insurance/Bonding/Prevailing Wage/BIM Seminar

During the meetings, IVC and Nielsen Construction Co. will review Nielsen's role in the process, the project scope, and prequalification materials and requirements.

In addition, Building Information Modeling (BIM) seminars will be held to educate the local contracting community on the software's use and benefits.  BIM is a computer software tool that enables the coordination of building systems design and installation and analyses building efficiency and lifecycle costs.  The software enables all team members to visualize and coordinate a project in 3-D as opposed to 2-D plans resulting in more cost effective and high quality projects.  This tool has resulted in substantial savings in cost and time.

Experts in Bonding, Insurance and Prevailing Wage will also participate in leading several of these Outreach Events.  They will cover various types of insurance products, how to establish or increase a business's bonding capacity, and review of Prevailing Wage processing.

For further information or to answer any additional questions regarding the scheduled outreach events, please contact Bill Gay, Director of Media & Community Relations at (760) 355-6124.