Skills Center for Education & Technology

Description

The new Educational Cultural Complex Skills Center for San Diego Continuing Education is a 67,010 square foot facility supporting instructional and career training programs in Automotive Technology, Automotive Mechanical and Electrical Repair, Automotive Body Repair, Automotive Upholstery, Graphic Printing Technology, Computer Graphic Arts, Cisco Lab, Business Information Technology and Welding.

The Skills Center is funded by the District’s $1.555 billion Propositions S and N construction bond program, which is providing for new teaching and learning facilities, major renovations, and campuswide infrastructure projects at City, Mesa, and Miramar Colleges, and six Continuing Education campuses throughout San Diego. As part of the Green Building Policy developed by the SDCCD Board of Trustees, all construction and major renovations included in the bond program are designed and built to obtain, at minimum, LEED Silver certification.

Project Info
Location: 4343 Ocean View Blvd, San Diego, CA 92113
Project Area: 67,010 SF
Project Type: Education
Version: LEED NC 2.1
Certification Level: Gold
Points Achieved: 39
Certification Date: 7/14/2010

Project Team
Architect: NTD Architecture
Construction Manager: O’Connor Construction Management
General Contractor: Jaynes Corporation
Landscape Architect: Nowell & Associates
Proposition S and N Program Manager: Gafcon, Inc.
Continuing Education Campus Project Management: Scott Ellis, Julia Parker, URS Corp
Commissioning Agent: Drew George & Partners
LEED Consultant: Drew George & Partners
Utility Incentive: SDG&E Sustainable Communities Program

Photo Credit
Chris Nanson