Moraine Valley is remodeling college?s tech center

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Moraine Valley Community College is remodeling the Center for Contemporary Technology, home to the community school?s open computer and welding labs, machine tool shop and auto repair center.

College board trustees recently approved a bid for the first phase to remodel the tech building on the Palos Hills campus.

All of the work on the structure, called Building T, is among a long list of school improvements being paid for with revenue raised after approval of an $89 million sales tax increase referendum in 2006.

The next phase of the T building work will involve renovating vacated space in room T-100 and converting it into the IT security area program.

Improvements will also be made to the area that houses the college?s user services department, or help desk; fire services; and the automotive technology lab. These locations will be changed from one spot to another in the building.

A donor recently gave the college a hybrid auto so the new auto lab will be a hybrid auto lab, said Andy Duran, vice president of administrative services.
Bids were opened Dec. 6 for the first phase of work involving the renovation of T open space into four office and computer workstations. The winning bidder for the $289,000 project is George Allen Construction Co. Inc. of Mokena. The college contacted 15 vendors and received six bids, officials said.

?The recommendation of a bidder for the award of this project is based on the bidder?s responsiveness to the identified qualifications, requirements of the project and the bid amount,? said Director of Purchasing Jane Bentley.

A second bid for the project is scheduled to be taken up by the trustees on Feb. 22.

In the second phase of construction work, Building T?s public areas will receive a facelift. A glass curtain wall will go up on the north end of the building with a new space for students. The changes will help connect the tech center to the rest of the campus and the quad area, officials said.

Source: http://triblocal.com/tinley-park/2011/12/28/moraine-valley-is-remodeling-colleges-tech-center/

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