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CGTC Invests in New Health Sciences Building By Cindy Riley CEG CORRESPONDENT
Students exploring technology-related careers can now enjoy a cutting-edge facility in Millidgeville, Ga., offering everything from virtual patients to sophisticated computer labs. In April 2013, Central Georgia Technical College (CGTC) in Macon held a ribbon cutting ceremony for the new center for health sciences building at its Millidgeville campus. The facility is 77,704 sq. ft. (7,218.9 sq m) and cost roughly $15 million. “We worked with our system office and our legislative delegation for almost eight years to get the funding for the building,” said Hank Griffeth, vice president of satellite operations at CGTC. “That seems like a long period of time, but it’s typical of capital improvement project funding, so the project can be planned, vetted and ultimately funded in manner that is a good use of taxpayer dollars. The design and construction took another two years, so there was much pride in being able to open this facility.” The building is three floors and brick, stone and glass was used to create a mountainstyle that involves a modern bend with sharp lines and cantilever windows, according to Griffeth. The stone is used on the exterior and continues into the interior where it meshes with terrazzo flooring along with glass stair rails and maple-wood accents. “The building site was a nice open field,” said Ronny Williams, the project manager of general contractor Chris R. Sheridan. “We installed two retention Chris R. Sheridan & Co. General Contractors photo ponds and removed pine trees. The project went In April 2013, Central Georgia Technical College in Macon held a ribbon cutting cerextremely well for the most emony for the new center for health sciences building at its Millidgeville campus. part.” missioning agent for the envelope and the MEP systems that Crews did minor rock removal for footings and under- took a lot of time and coordination, according to Williams. ground pipes, but were not delayed. The building was waterClasses resumed in May by moving the current health scitight before installing any of the masonry, windows and ences programs from the original building on the campus to metal panels. This allowed interior work to begin early with- the new building. New programs are starting that were out concern of rainy weather. planned for the building during the fall semester. Some challenges included coordinating the curtain wall Additionally, community entities have already used the consystem with the metal panel skin. The project had a com- ference center that is part of the building, and bookings for it
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Crews perform grading work at the CGTC job site.
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 appreciate the taxpayers of our state making that investment in us and in the students we train. The original building for this campus was built about 20 years ago to accommodate 500 students. The student population has more than doubled and the need for additional classroom and lab space was an absolute necessity. The decision to plan the building to house just health sciences programs was made in an effort to expand those programs and to begin the planning for future growth in a manner that created specialized classroom and lab facilities.” The building will be the location for all health sciences programs for the campus, including practical nursing, medical assisting, medical coding, medical skin care, clinical lab technology and neuromuscular therapy. CGTC contains labs for biology, chemistry and physics, as well as classrooms and computer labs for psychology and sociology see CGTC page 6