FUTURE FORWARD
Ensuring
Advanced Manufacturing Training Facilities
OPPORTUNITY ABOUNDS
In a rapidly changing economy, one truth unites people across the country: more jobs - and better jobs - are a good thing for everyone. When companies bring new jobs to an area, this job growth not only benefits employees, but also creates a ripple effects that extend to their families, their communities, their cities, and their regions.
In the Southeast, much of this job growth in recent years has been in the advanced manufacturing sector. Fast-growing cities such as Savannah, Columbia, Charleston, and Greenville support substantial automotive and aerospace clusters, offering easy access to port, rail, and other transit options. Other high-demand cities such as Raleigh, Charlotte, and Atlanta serve as hubs for growing commercial and tech markets, further propelling the region’s growth. Growth in the Southeast is likely to accelerate in the coming years, as the aftershocks of the COVID-19 pandemic lead people to reconsider lifestyle options including less density and the ability to work remotely. Growth attracts investment, and investment generates jobs.
THE FUTURE OF ADVANCED MANUFACTURING
The newest wave of growth in the industrial sector brings not just jobs, but highly desirable jobs. Today’s manufacturing processes bear little resemblance to those of our era’s past. Advanced manufacturing is cleaner, safer, and faster than ever before, with a more consistent quality of product. The tools are infinitely more intricate and interconnected, and their operation and maintenance requires a high-level skill set commensurate with their technological complexity.
Thanks to continued investment in workforce development programs and advanced manufacturing training facilities by community and technical colleges, as well as industry partners across the region, a highly-skilled workforce has formed to support this economic growth while providing an excellent return on investment for communities.
Waves of digital technology are remaking America’s advanced industries–those industries like auto, aerospace, and medical device manufacturing that depend on high levels of R&D investment and sizable STEMknowledgeable workforces.
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BRIDGING THE GAP
RELEVANT TRAINING, REAL RESULTS
LS3P is proud to have been at the forefront of developing best practices for these designs in collaboration with a number of our community college, technical college, and university partners.
Above all, these facilities must be designed for flexibility to accomodate open, durable, multifunctional spaces to allow educational/training facilities to keep up with changes in industry trends, ongoing technological advancements, and equipment updates. In many cases, these training spaces are also transparent, putting the learning and technology on display to highlight a new paradigm of advanced manufacturing and the opportunities it provides.
Our nation’s community and technical colleges have been instrumental in addressing these questions for decades. The community college model consistently excels at helping workers respond to economic opportunities by anticipating where the needs are, and creating curricula to re-train workers accordingly. It is a nimble system that responds rapidly to opportunity.
Industry partnerships with community and technical colleges are reciprocal. Manufacturers help set curricula tailored to specific training needs, including certifications and re-certifications, allowing colleges to benefit from increased enrollment, and in many cases, donated or leased state of the art machinery.
Preparing individuals for careers in rapidly changing advanced industries is going to require radically different approaches to education and skills training, whether it be new approaches to competency based certificate programs, short-term “bootcamp,” or entirely new online solutions.
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Across the Southeast, communities are recognizing the economic potential within the advanced manufacturing industry and are searching for ways to invest in training programs. Funding mechanisms vary, but many of these programs are created in collaboration with entities such as readySC
program, which is designed to connect manufacturers with specific skill training programs. In North Carolina, the Golden Leaf Foundation frequently invests in job training programs. Others are funded in part by grants and loans from the US Economic Development Association.
TREND FORECASTS
Despite significant recent disruptions to the global economy, the number of US manufacturing employees has been growing steadily since 2010, with a commensurate growth in production. Modern trends in technology and manufacturing bode well for continuing growth in the industrial sector, particularly in the Southeast. The region outpaces many other areas in terms of attracting both companies and skilled labor; availability of land, coupled with a high quality of living and easy access to port, rail, and aviation hubs, make it a desirable place to do business. These trends point to the increasing demand for a highly skilled workforce and the continued need for investment in advanced manufacturing training programs and facilities to support this pipeline of talent.
ONSHORING
Manufacturing companies seeing tighter control over their supply chains and facilities will likely accelerate the existing trend towards onshoring and re-shoring of American manufacturing jobs, particularly in the wake of COVID-19 related supply chain disruptions. This trend will boost demand for a skilled pipeline of US manufacturing employees.
LIFE SCIENCES
The biotech, laboratory, research, and biomedical markets are likely to increase as well. An active market even before the onset of COVID-19, life sciences facilities may see growing demand along with the need to develop, produce, and distribute both vaccines and therapies on a large scale.
ROBOTICS
Robotics, cobotics, and augmented reality will increasingly allow for highly skilled workers to use precision mechatronics tools to blend the best of critical thinking and automation. The Internet of Things will continue to drive advances in smart technologies and logic controlled autonomic manufacturing.
RAPID PROTOTYPING
Companies frequently use rapid prototyping techniques such as stereolithography, selective laser sintering, or sheet lamination to create high-fidelity prototypes in the process of testing new design solutions. Space and infrastructure to support this highly specialized equipment must be tailored to accommodate these processes.
SUSTAINABILITY
Consumers are driving increasing demand for sustainably sourced and produced goods. This desire for market-driven sustainable manufacturing could provide opportunities for differentiation between companies who are innovators in sustainable manufacturing.
A first of its kind partnership between Greenvile Technical College and with Clemson University’s International Center for Automotive Research in the U.S., the CMI bridges the gap between engineers and technicians by integrating them into a single, specialized training environment.
CENTER FOR MANUFACTURING INNOVATION (CMI)
GREENVILLE, SC
106,000 GSF // New Construction
PROGRAMS SERVED
Automation
Machining
Manufacturing Technology
Mechatronics
Metrology
Robotics
UNIQUE FEATURES
Rapid Prototyping
Start-Up Incubator Space
In-Line Compounding Plant
Learning Commons
High-Bay Space
Research and Innovation Labs
Showroom
University and Industry Partnership
PIEDMONT TECHNICAL COLLEGE
UPSTATE CENTER FOR ADVANCED MANUFACTURING EXCELLENCE
44,000 GSF // New Construction
CNC/CMM/Manual Milling
Mechatronics
Welding PROGRAMS SERVED
UNIQUE FEATURES
Flexible Labs for Industry Partnerships
Graphics & Wayfinding
Daylighting
2 Green Globes
Partnership with ReadySC
APPLIED SCIENCES & WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT CENTER
Advanced Industrial Technology
Chemical and Materials Engineering
Machining PROGRAMS SERVED
UNIQUE FEATURES
Industry Partnerships
High-Bay Space
Multipurpose Labs
For South Carolina to have the ability to absorb the workforce requirements of suppliers as well as Boeing, we need added capacity to train workers. This new facility will position our state to meet the needs of the rapidly expanding aerospace cluster as well as other advanced manufacturing industries.”
DR. MARY THORNLEY // PRESIDENT TRIDENT TECHNICAL COLLEGE
TRIDENT TECHNICAL COLLEGE
SOUTH CAROLINA AERONAUTICAL TRAINING CENTER
NORTH CHARLESTON, SC
164,000 GSF // New Construction
PROGRAMS SERVED
Advanced Automation: Mechatronics
Aircraft Maintenance Technology
Aircraft Assembly Technology
Avionics Maintenance Technology
Basic Machining and CNC Fundamentals
Composite Manufacturing Technology
Electrical Automation and Industrial
Electrical Automated Controls
UNIQUE FEATURES
Aircraft Ramp
Boeing 787 Barrel Section
High-Bay Hangers
Flight Simulation
Paint Booth (Aviation)
Specialty Labs
Industry Partnerships
Workforce Development
CENTRAL CAROLINA TECHNICAL COLLEGE
ADVANCED MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY TRAINING CENTER
103,000 GSF // Adaptive Reuse SUMTER, SC
PROGRAMS SERVED
Automotive Technology
Computer Science
Manufacturing Simulated Work Environment
Mechatronics
UNIQUE FEATURES
“Big Box Store” Adaptive Reuse
Lobby Showcasing Tech Programs
Intake Training/Evaluation Center
Two Green Globes
A key element of the 250-acre CU-ICAR campus, the Center for Emerging Technologies’ design fosters innovation between students, faculty, and 12 campus partners across transportation, technology, and energy industries.
CLEMSON UNIVERSITY INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR AUTOMOTIVE RESEARCH
CU-ICAR CENTER FOR EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES
GREENVILLE, SC
60,000 GSF // New Construction
PROGRAMS SERVED
Automotive Engineering
Manufacturing
UNIQUE FEATURES
High-Bay Research Labs
Flexible Building Systems
Reconfigurable Labs
Technology Cafe
LEED Silver
BOSCH & SIEMENS ADVANCED MANUFACTURING CENTER
29,000 GSF // New Construction
Machining
Manufacturing Technology
Mechatronics PROGRAMS SERVED
UNIQUE FEATURES
Observation and Tour Balcony
Career Exploration Center
CIM Labs
Corporate Training Center
High-Bay Labs
HORRY GEORGETOWN TECHNICAL COLLEGE
ADVANCED MANUFACTURING CENTER
CONWAY, SC
24,668 GSF // New Construction
PROGRAMS SERVED
Advanced Welding Technologies
Commercial Refrigeration and Air Conditioning
Diesel Engine Technology
Machine Tool Operations
Machine Tool Technology
Mechatronics Technology
Outboard Marine Technology
Residential/Commercial Electrical Technician
Residential HVAC Service Technician
UNIQUE FEATURES
Industry Partnerships
Associate Architect: SGA
SPARTANBURG COMMUNITY COLLEGE
CENTER FOR ADVANCED MANUFACTURING & INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGIES (CAMIT)
27,500 GSF // New Construction GAFFNEY, SC
PROGRAMS SERVED
Automation and Electronics
Automated Manufacturing Technology
Automotive Technology
Gas and Energy Technology
HVAC (Heating, Ventilation, Air-Conditioning)
Industrial Electricity
Industrial Electronics Technology
Industrial & Trade
Machining Technology - CNC
Manufacturing Operations
Mechatronics
Process Control Technology
Production Associate
Welding
UNIQUE FEATURES
Planned Future Expansion
PIEDMONT TECHNICAL COLLEGE
NEWBERRY COUNTY CENTER
75,450 GSF // Adaptive Reuse NEWBERRY,
PROGRAMS SERVED
Automation
Electrical Technology
Industrial Arts
Mechatronics
UNIQUE FEATURES
“Big Box Store” Adaptive Reuse
Collaborative Learning
Community Conference Center
LEED Certified
I-95/I-40 CROSSROADS OF AMERICA ALLIANCE
ADVANCED MANUFACTURING TRAINING CENTER
60,000 GSF // New Construction FOUR OAKS, NC
PROGRAMS SERVED
Applied Engineering
CNC
Gunsmithing
Machining
Manufacturing Technology
Mechatronics
Metal Fabrication
Robotics
Welding
UNIQUE FEATURES
Collaboration with Johnston Community College
Future Flexible Lab Spaces
High-Bay Labs
Incubator Space
Industry Partnerships
HIGHER EDUCATION ADVANCED MANUFACTURING
SELECTED EXPERIENCE
Aiken Technical College
Graniteville, SC
• CEAM Welding Expansion Study
• Manufacturing Technology Center
Blue Ridge Community College
Flat Rock, NC
• Spearman Building Addition
Cape Fear Community College Wilmington, NC
• Applied Technologies Building
Central Carolina Technical College Sumter, SC
• Advanced Manufacturing Technology Training Center
Clemson University International Center for Automotive Research (CU-ICAR)
Greenville, SC
• Campus Master Plan
• AutoPark and Management Partner Offices
• Center for Emerging Technologies
• One Research Drive
Clemson University Restoration Institute (CURI) Charleston, SC
• Zucker Family Graduate Education Center
Craven Community College
New Bern, NC
• Bosch & Siemens Advanced Manufacturing Facility
Florence-Darlington Technical College Florence, SC
• SiMT Manufacturing Incubator Center
Greenville Technical College
Greenville, SC
• Center for Manufacturing Innovation
• Michelin Training Center
Horry-Georgetown Technical College
Myrtle Beach, SC
• Advanced Manufacturing Center
I-95/I-40 Crossroads of America
Alliance/ Johnston Community College
Four Oaks, NC
• Advanced Manufacturing Training Center
Isothermal Community College
Spindale and Columbus, NC
• Applied Sciences and Workforce Development Center
• Technical Training Building
Ogeechee Technical College
Statesboro, GA
• Industrial Robotics Training Center
Orangeburg Calhoun Technical College
Orangeburg, SC
• Advanced Manufacturing Industrial Master Plan
Piedmont Technical College
Greenwood and Newberry, SC
• Newberry County Center
• Upstate Center for Advanced Manufacturing Excellence
• Outdoor Welding Lab
Southern Regional Technical College
Moultrie, GA
• Technical & Industrial Education Building
Spartanburg Community College
Gaffney, SC
• Cherokee Advanced Technology Center
Tri-County Technical College
Pendleton, SC
• Cleveland Hall Mechatronics Renovation
• Industrial Technology Center
Trident Technical College
North Charleston, SC
• SC Aeronautical Training Center
Wake Technical Community College
Raleigh, NC
• Skilled Trades Building
HIGHER EDUCATION ADVANCED
MANUFACTURING
LEADERSHIP TEAM
SHAWN SOWERS
AIA, LEED AP BD+C Higher Ed Practice Leader
BRIAN TIEDE
AIA, LEED AP
Raleigh Higher Ed Sector Leader
WILL HINKLEY
Advanced Manufacturing Specialist
KYLE KISER AIA
Greenville Higher Ed Sector Leader
25+
ADVANCED MANUFACTURING PROJECTS
We are proud to have designed and delivered projects for over 120 higher education clients across the Southeast, including over 50 community colleges in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida.
ABOUT LS3P
Established in 1963, LS3P is a multidisciplinary firm offering architecture, interiors, and planning services to a wide variety of clients nationwide. Central to all regions of the Southeast with offices in Charleston, Columbia, Greenville, Myrtle Beach, Asheville, Charlotte, Greensboro, Raleigh, Wilmington, Atlanta, Savannah, and Jacksonville, LS3P is committed to bringing state-of-the-art design, technology, and expertise of a strong regional firm closer to our clients on a local level. With a staff of over 480 employees, we have the resources to offer total design capabilities from site selection to occupancy, yet we are small enough to give personal attention to each client.
We are well-versed in the challenges which are particular to campus design including working with academic calendars, navigating funding mechanisms, and designing for both immediate needs and long-term flexibility.
The editor of DesignIntelligence has called LS3P “the most local of the global firms and the most ‘world-class’ of the locals.” LS3P brings a history of over 60 years of design excellence, with over 650 design awards across diverse practice areas. With a mission to “engage, design, and transform,” we are deeply committed to the communities we serve. We believe in collaboration, innovation, and building lasting relationships with our clients. With an extensive portfolio of Higher Education projects, LS3P provides campus design solutions which meet today’s needs with flexibility for the future.
