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6/21/10 Progress Report

Salish Hall: HS Replacement Project

With exterior masonry over fifty percent complete and interior steel framing complete, Salish Hall continues to be on schedule.
 
The Salish Hall Art Committee made up of faculty, staff, and students have selected Susan Point, a costal Salish artist living in Vancouver BC to create a piece as part of the Washington State Art Commission Art in Public Places program.

Improvements on 124th Ave from SE 320th to SE 312th will begin later this month. The street will be widened to accommodate a center left turn lane and a southbound right turn lane. Existing overhead utilities will be re-located underground and a sidewalk added to the west side of the street. The schedule calls for improvements to be completed prior to fall quarter 2010.

Completion of Salish Hall is slated for mid-winter 2011 followed by the installation of furniture and equipment during the spring and summer of 2011. Business, English, fine arts, humanities, and social science, faculty and staff currently housed in the HS/SS/BI complex will move into Salish Hall in time for fall quarter 2011.

2/22/10 Progress Report

Salish Hall is beginning to take shape.  Structural steel and concrete floors are nearly completed on the three story fine arts and general classroom wing. Erection of structural steel for the two story faculty office wing next to the Lindbloom Center has begun.

The project continues to be on schedule with construction completion slated for mid-winter 2011 followed by the installation of furniture and equipment during the spring and summer of 2011. 

Business, English, fine arts, humanities and social science faculty and staff currently housed in the HS/SS/BI complex will move into Salish Hall in time for fall quarter 2011.

7/23/09 Progress Report

Salish Hall will replace the HS/SS/BI complex and will house Social Science, Humanities, Fine Arts, English, and Business faculty and staff.

Work to demolish the ST complex and prepare the building site began over spring break and was completed in June.

Eighteen general contractor bids were opened on May 28, 2009 and the low bidder was John Korsmo Construction, a 60 year old Tacoma based general contractor. The firm has a diverse resume including educational facilities, hotels, worship centers, government office buildings,  military projects, LEED Certified projects, Industrial facilities and private development projects.

Site work has begun with completion scheduled in winter, 2011.  Allowing time to install IT/Telecom equipment and furniture, and move in staff, it is anticipated that the new facility will be open for classes Fall Quarter, 2011.

The GRCC/ John Korsmo Construction partnership is committed to student, staff, and public safety.  Every effort will be made to minimize the impacts on roads, walkways, or adjacent area and to provide the safest travel routes possible. The college facilities staff and the contractor thank the students and staff for their continued consideration and support during two year construction process.

On a related note, construction of a new ADA ramp on the west side of OEB will be completed in time for fall quarter.  This ramp will allow better access for students traveling from the north side of campus to the south and vice versa.

4/23/09 Progress Report

The Green River Community College Board of Trustees voted to name the HS/SS/BI Replacement project Salish Hall. Salish Hall will house Social Science, Humanities, Fine Arts, English, and Business faculty and staff.

In presenting the building name to the Board, Marianne Jacobs, Social Science division chair, said all five divisions that will occupy the 80,000 sf building teach diversity and integrate Native American culture into the curriculum. She said the word Salish refers to the Salishan language used by tribes in this region.

Work to prepare the building site began over spring break and demolition of the old ST Complex will occur in April and May.

Construction will commence in June with completion in winter, 2011.  Allowing time to install IT/Telecom equipment and furniture, and move in staff, it is anticipated that the new facility will be open for classes Fall Quarter, 2011.

9/30/08 Progress Report

The design for the replacement of the HS/SS/ BI complex is nearly complete. Final inputs form faculty and staff will occur in October as well as permit applications to the City of Auburn.  The demolition of the ST complex to accommodate the new building will occur in spring, 2009 followed by 20 months of construction.  Allowing time to install IT/Telecom equipment and furniture, and move in staff, it is anticipated that the new facility will be open for classes Fall Quarter, 2011.

7/13/06 Progress Report

2/24/06 Progress Report 

A Pre-design document is being developed for a facility that will replace the HS, SS, and BI buildings. The document will communicate the need for the new facility to the legislature and governor, and our hope is to receive funding for the design and construction of the project. 

Faculty from the Business, English, Fine Arts, Humanities, and Social Science divisions present program needs at the design meetings and then report the progress being made back to their divisions.  Faculty, administrative staff, and facilities personnel and campus architects S.M. Stemper Architects and Schreiber, Starling & Lane will develop the project and budget for the new facility. If we are funded, the design and permitting will take place during the 2007-2009 biennium followed by construction in 2009-2011.