Grossmont Community College Science Facility Nears Completion

Construction is nearly complete for Grossmont Community College's new $19.7-million, 37,834-square-foot science building in El Cajon, Calif. The two-story facility will house laboratories for biology, chemistry, geology, and oceanography programs. The building will also accommodate faculty offices, a 40-station computer learning center, a greenhouse, and a walled native garden area. The facility completes the science and technology quadrangle, a square of four buildings on the campus that abuts a large open space. San Diego-based Gafcon, Inc. is providing oversight for the project including estimating, budget accounting, design guidelines, contract negotiations, design management, bidding, construction oversight, and reporting. Spencer/Hoskins Associates is the architect, and Sundt Construction is the construction manager. Construction is scheduled for completion in late October 2006 with occupancy targeted for spring semester 2007.