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10 OUR YUCAIPA | APRIL 2014 OUR YUCAIPA | APRIL 2014 11 You may notice a sea of colorful fences around Crafton Hills College. Those fences are surrounding construction projects and are color coded to each project. A blue fence marks the area where the PE Complex and the new walkway leading up to it are being constructed. The PE Complex sits next to the Aquatics Center, affording ease of use between both facilities for Kinesiology and Health Sciences classes. This project provides 10,000 square feet of new space. It includes dance/yoga space, fitness center, and office spaces. Site improvements will include ADA access to the Aquatics Center, and is designed to be LEED (Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design) Platinum. Ribbon cutting should occur this summer. A green fence surrounds the Occupational Education 2 (OE2) building. The original OE2 building was demolished last summer. The new OE2 will house the Fire Technology, Emergency Medical Services, Public Safety and Respiratory Care programs and the Krasovic Simulation Center. The 47,000 square foot building is designed to be LEED Silver. We expect ribbon cutting in fall of 2015. A yellow fence encompasses the construction area for the new Science building. The building is slated for the grassy area between Parking Lot F and the Chemistry/Health Sciences Building. The two-story building provides over 30,000 square feet of space with modern science labs to address the needs of the chemistry, microbiology, anatomy, and biology programs. The project consists of lab, lab support, lecture, and office spaces. Site improvements will also address campus circulation at the project site. The building is designed to be laboratory- oriented to accommodate integration of technology, safety and accessibility and will be LEED Silver. We expect ribbon cutting in summer of 2015 for this building as well. Early this summer, fencing will be installed for the new Crafton Center. Crafton Center will be built in the grassy quad area, in the footprint of the old Library that was demolished in 2011. The Crafton Center will be a 46,500 square feet, two-story building that will be the central hub of the college. The building is organized around a central open lobby from which all of Crafton Hills building boom Student Services and Student Life offerings are visible. On the west side, the large multi-purpose dining area will open onto a new outdoor dining patio. The facility is scheduled to open in winter, 2015. As noted above, all of the new buildings are designed to be LEED-certified. The LEED Green Building Rating System is a voluntary, consensus-based standard to support and certify green building design, construction and operations. The internationally recognized green building certification system provides third-party verification that a building is designed and built using strategies aimed at improving performance in energy savings, water efficiency, CO2 emissions reduction, improved indoor environmental quality, and stewardship of resources and sensitivity to their impacts. "The real benefit behind an energy efficient building validated with a LEED-Certification," says Mike Strong, Vice President of Administrative Services, "is the operational cost. savings over time as compared to a building installed with inefficient systems. The certification represents the District's commitment to being both a good steward of the environment and energy efficient." All of these construction projects are possible because voters passed Measure M in 2008. Those bond funds have afforded the college an opportunity to provide state of the art facilities for its students and the community. We encourage you to visit our campus and see these improvements personally. Above: Occupational Education 2 Building, ribbon cutting in fall, 2015 Left: PE Complex, expected opening this summer Above: Crafton Center, opening winter 2015 Right: Science Building, opening August 2015 continued on the next page

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