Los Angeles Community College District Awards More Than $5 Million in Design Contracts to Renovate 5 Colleges

Contracts will bring needed architectural design services to Mission, Valley, Pierce, Trade-Tech, and East LA Colleges as part of the $2.2 billion Proposition A/AA Bond Program

Nov. 22, 2006 (LOS ANGELES)As part of its ongoing program to renovate its nine colleges, the Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD) awarded $5.25 million in design contracts in October to firms for new facilities design, consulting, and logistical planning services at Mission, Valley, Pierce, Trade-Tech, and East Los Angeles Colleges. Each contract is the result of formal competitive bidding, and will be funded by the Proposition A/AA Bond Program, the $2.2 billion bond measures overwhelmingly approved by Los Angeles voters in 2001 and 2003.

"These design contracts will help provide new classroom and related spaces needed to educate the next generation of students in our communities," said Georgia L. Mercer, member of the LACCD Board of Trustees. "We are modernizing our campuses to prepare a future workforce ready to meet the economic needs of Los Angeles."

The Colleges’ Board of Trustees authorized the following design contracts in October 2006:

Los Angeles Mission College: Quatro Design Group, a local firm based in Los Angeles, will receive $3,353,545 to design the new Family and Consumers Studies Building. This project will provide architectural design services for the new building to include: specialized space for a culinary art institute; general lecture rooms; faculty offices; and campus bookstore. The 71,191 sq. ft. facility is scheduled for completion in 2010, and will be a 'green' building, built to Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED™) standards as defined by the United States Green Building Council.

Los Angeles Valley College: Carde Ten Architects, a local firm based in Santa Monica, Calif., will receive $894,766 to provide design services for the Child Development Center. This project will provide design services for a new 25,904 sq. ft. building with a capacity for 150 children, and will include classrooms, demonstration labs, faculty offices, staff offices, a conference room, a library, a demonstration kitchen, indoor eating areas. This building will replace the current Child Development Center bungalows, and will be LEED-certified.

Pierce College: Berliner + Associates, a local firm based in Culver City, Calif., will receive $319,015 to provide design services for the Federal Transit Administration-funded Rapid Bus Transit Extension and the college’s Winnetka, Mason, and De Soto Street Entrances. This project will improve the campus entrances at these intersections, give the college better street visibility, and promote public transportation to and from the campus. The project will also help to create a safe crossing between the college and bus station.

Los Angeles Trade-Technical College: PBWS Architects, a local design firm based in Pasadena, Calif., will receive $132,000 to provide programming services for the Art and Culinary Arts building. This project will renovate the three-story building, including upgraded finishes and equipment. The completed project will also feature a new 6,500 sq. ft. restaurant and bakery on the ground level, reconfiguration of the loading dock to be accessible from the street, and the renovation of the east elevation facade. Programming services for the Culinary Arts building are scheduled for completion by December 2007.

East Los Angeles College: Horiuchi + Associates, a firm in Palo Alto, Calif., will receive $6,000 to provide design services for the G and H Buildings' – Mechanical and Electrical Upgrades project, which will add and replace air conditioning units in six buildings.

The Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD) is one of the largest community college districts in the country, educating more than 110,000 students each year. The LACCD has embarked on a $2.2 billion construction and modernization program at its nine college campuses. As funded by the Proposition A/AA Bond construction program, the LACCD is also currently undertaking the largest public sector sustainable building effort in the United States. For more information, visit www.PropositionA.org.