Loma Linda University began construction in late 2006 on the new Centennial Complex in Loma Linda, Calif. The facility is the first academic facility to be built at the University in over 20 years and is being built by contractor McCarthy. The 148,861-sf project is comprised of a $65-million facility providing leading-edge classrooms, labs, exam rooms, faculty offices, and an amphitheater center with a 250-seat theater and a 350-seat theater for classes, seminars, and programs.
Designed by Cannon Design of Los Angeles, with Research Facilities Design of San Diego providing laboratory design services, the complex will feature dynamic electronic linkages between the theaters and the multimedia center. The new Anatomy Pavilion, inside the four-level Centennial Complex, will replace facilities first built in 1936 for 100 students. The pavilion will accommodate more than 1,000 students studying anatomy for medicine, dentistry, nursing, public health, allied health, and other disciplines. In addition to the Anatomy Pavilion, the Centennial Complex will include the Educational Technology Center that houses computer, audio, video, and robotics technology connecting students and faculty on-campus, regionally, and worldwide. The Skills and Assessment Center, also sited in the complex, will allow students to practice diagnostic treatment skills in actual exam rooms with trained, "standardized" patients. Specialized rooms will present students with simulations for life-support codes, specialized examinations and procedures, and heart and breath sounds assessment.
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