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Harmony expands facilities
BY TOH BOGGESS
On March 28, the final classes will be
held at the 6i-year-old Oregon Institute
of Technology building on the Harmony
community campus. The old one-story
structure will be replaced by a new three-
story building that should be completed
by fall 2017.
The Clackam as Com m unity College
district approved the $90 million bond
measure in November 2014 that will be
used to build four new buildings: one at
the Harmony campus and three others at
the main Oregon City campus. In addition
to the building projects, the college will
update and expand many classrooms and
labs, as well as modify equipment to meet
instructional standards.
There is no firm date scheduled for
the demolition of the OIT building. The
first thing after the classes are finished
is the chore o f ridding the building of
the asbestos. The abatement process is
a tedious one. In addition the college is
salvaging the reusable material for use
in other college renovations.
"I am most excited for the completion
According to Bob Cochran, the dean building will be a science facility.
o f the Phase II building and the new
The third project will be replacing the
opportunities it will provide our students: o f Cam pus Services, the college has
Health Science students to complete their contracted with inici group inc. to provide community center with a new building. It
pre-requisites, certificates and degrees all project and construction management will incorporate registration, financial aid
in one location, the biology and chemistry services for the bond projects. The inici and student advisers all in the same area.
light labs will offer new lab science course group is assisting the college with the This will make it much easier for students
options for those students working to management of the design elements of to get everything done in one place.
Renovation projects w ill also be
com plete their transfer degree,” said the projects.
During construction, Cochran said, completed in what Cochran calls “ deferred
Sunny Olsen, the Director of Community
“ Inici group will be in charge of the day maintenance,” which includes redoing the
Education at Harmony campus.
Olsen said, “ The move of the Criminal -to -d a y construction representing the athletic showers and locker room facilities,
Justice and Corrections program will bring CCC interests,” at Harmony community bringing them up to com pliance and
additional students and possibilities for campus and at the main campus as well. redoing the elevators in the old buildings.
greater collaboration am ong the first They will try to ensure that the projects are There will be some much needed roof
repair done as well.
responder departments on the Harmony completed on time and on budget.
“ Education has played an important role
The first building to be built on the
campus. Lastly, the building itself and
the grounds will be beautiful and inviting Oregon City cam pus w ill house the at the Harmony community campus for
with a multi-purpose space that is much m an ufactu rin g d epartm ent and is many, many years. The new building will
currently called the Industrial Technical continue that tradition. It will allow CCC to
needed in this community.”
grow its Health Science program, enhance
Changes to structures are imminent as Center.
The next project for the Oregon City workforce developm ent and increase
funding becomes available.
“The new building will allow us to expand campus w ill be the expansion o f the general education offerings,” said Lori
the classes we offer here at Harm ony,” Dejardin building, w hich w ill nearly H all, the college’ s public inform ation
Phil Ried, a student adviser at Harmony, double in size and with it, the college’s officer.
said. “ It will be great to have science labs science offerings.
W hen com plete, the entire Dejardin
and biology labs to offer our students.”
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