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• JAN 28 - FEB 10, 2015 • VOL. 31, NO. 8 • FAIRFIELD, CA • www.solanotempest.net •
Measure G wraps up
SCC administrators moved their offices back to campus after building 600 remodel
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The newly remodeled 600 building houses the administrative offices of SCC. After spending nearly two years away from the day-to-day life of the SCC main campus, administrators returned to the 600 building at the beginning of the semester. Qhianna Sanchez Staff Writer qsanchez@solanotempest.net
After spending over a year and a half on Campus Lane, the Solano Community College administrative offices returned to the remodeled 600 building on the west side of campus in January. Renovation of the building started summer 2013 and was completed at the end of 2014. It was the last major project completed with Measure G funds. Measure G was approved by Solano County voters in 2002
to provide $124.5 million in bonds to improve Solano Community College facilities. “It’s good to be back on campus close to the students,” said Laurie Gorman, executive coordinator of academic affairs. Building 600 is up to date with ‘green’ features and state-of-the-art technology. ‘Green’ products were chosen by the design and program management teams, said Leigh Sata, executive bonds manager, to “make it a much more efficient operation over the long term.”
These ‘green’ products include waterless urinals in the men’s bathroom, saving the college close to 40,000 gallons of water per year, Sata said. Skylights that on first glance appear to be normal square light fixtures also provide natural lighting to the corridors and rooms of the building. State-of-the-art technology includes a touchscreen monitor in the boardroom, monitors in the corridors, and new software. The boardroom’s technology is connected to the monitors in the corridors, providing audio and visual access to the boardroom if it overflows. The new
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software, provided by Utelogy, gives greater audio-visual control of the projectors, monitors, microphones, and cameras associated with the computer system. According to Frank Pellkofer, CEO of Utelogy, the software is already installed in some of the campus buildings, and “as the building classrooms get refreshed with the bond money,” it will be installed in more classrooms to provide greater ease-of-access. Several staff members expressed pleasure to be back on campus. Some remarked on 8SEE 600, PAGE 7
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