A three-story gantry crane with 30,000 SF of outdoor learning space enables movement of materials throughout the facility for unified connection between multiple pathways.

Pima Community College

New CTE Building Pride of the Community

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Project Location

Tucson, AZ

Client

Pima Community College

Area

183,000 SF

Awards

SEAOA 2021 Excellence in Engineering Awards, Award of Merit

The new Center of Excellence for Applied Technology is a collection of two state-of-the-art academic and technical buildings that offers transportation/logistics, advanced manufacturing, and infrastructure studies. Students can obtain a formal degree and participate in certificate programs and short-term training opportunities.

Program Elements

The Center of Excellence is a collection of academic and technical buildings that will offer transportation/logistics, advanced manufacturing, and infrastructure studies and provide formal degree and certificate programs, as well as short-term training opportunities.

Program Elements

Automotive

Transportation Center

The 43,000-SF Transportation Center includes 27 vehicle work bays including 10 EV-ready, three heavy transportation, three OEM labs, and spaces for testing and diagnosis of electrical vehicles.

Entry with lit walkway in front of translucent walled building with blue panels and illuminated canopy overhang

A large public entry terrace provides high visibility to the outdoor testing and vehicle yards, while also connecting to the primary campus walk.

The Transportation Center includes faculty offices, classrooms, a dynamometer room, and ample equipment storage.

Industrial

Advanced Manufacturing

The 95,000-SF Advanced Manufacturing building includes the pathways of welding, machine tools, mechatronics, CAD design, workforce development incubator, flexible industry training lab, and administrative offices.

A three-story gantry crane with 30,000 SF of outdoor learning space enables movement of materials throughout the facility for unified connection between multiple pathways.

Initial concept design work for Pima Community College, maps general areas for the building's varying needs

Rendering of building looking in the side of all 3 levels with areas color coded and labeled

I received numerous compliments and texts congratulating the College on the new facility, and I wanted to let you know how excited our partners are about working with Skylar and the AUT team in this new building."

Greg Wilson Dean of Applied Technology, Pima Community College

2021 Excellence in Engineering Awards, Award of Merit

Structural Engineers Association of Arizona

2022 IIDA Southwest Award of Merit

IIDA Southwest Chapter

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