West City Campus Is Now Open!
The ceremony to celebrate its opening was held on campus and included speakers Anthony Beebe, President of San Diego Continuing Education; Rich Grosch, President of the District’s Board of Trustees; Constance Carroll, District Chancellor; Sy Lyon, Dean of Hospitatlity Services, Consumer Sciences, and Basic Skills for Continuing Education and David Umstot, Office Chancellor of Facilities Management for the District.
Soltek Pacific Construction Company completed this nearly 39,000 square feet, $18 million campus that was designed to be Continuing Education’s “Campus of Excellence” for Hospitality and Consumer Science.
In addition to housing one of the best Culinary Arts kitchens in all of San Diego for teaching, learning and demonstration, West City’s technology-rich, state-of-the-art classrooms are especially designed to teach and enhance students’ skills in Sewing, Fashion Business Information Technology, English for non-native English Speakers, Parenting Education, Arts and
Emeritus Program.
Here are just a few of the features making this construction eco-friendly:
• Low E-rated windows and solar tubes help maximize natural daylighting, reducing energy demands on cooling and artificial lighting. Sensors automatically dim lights in response to available lighting.ls.
• Low-flow and waterless plumbing fixtures reduce water consumption by over 40% as compared to a standard building, saving an estimated 386,000 gallons of water per year.
• Economizer units on the roof will circulate fresh outside air into the building. Low-fume emitting paint, adhesives and carpeting, along with automatic CO2 monitors help maintain good indoor air quality.
• Sorting and recycling the construction waste diverted about 90% of the project’s construction waste – approximately 200 tons – from the local landfills. This included grinding the concrete foundations and parking lot from the old buildings to reuse as base under the new building.
• A high percentage of new construction materials are made from recycled materials. This includes
• countertops made from recycled newsprint, fences made from recycled plastics, and play surfaces made from recycled tires.
• The use of porous concrete in the parking lots serves as a storm water management tool, minimizing runoff to the San Diego Bay and River.
Congratulations to the Sotlek team: David Carlin, Managing Corporate Officer; Myrna Taylor, Project Manager; Gary Miinch, Superintendent; and Margaret Mahin, Administrative Assistant.
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