OPENED FEBRUARY 2018
ACC’s Elgin Campus is the first college campus in Bastrop County. It enrolls hundreds of students in Early College High School, transferable core curriculum courses, and college-readiness classes.
A new 18,500-square-foot instructional building and 11,000-square-foot outbuilding will support ACC’s Veterinary Technology and Sustainable Agriculture Entrepreneurship programs.
The new building will include teaching spaces, a surgical clinic, and small animal wards. In addition to space for washing and handling crops, the outbuilding will house a tractor maintenance workshop and include covered pens for large animals, treatment stocks and a cattle chute, and areas to store hay, animal feed, and farm implements.
Project at-a-glance*
- Budget: $13.2 million
- Total area: 35,000 SF
- Architect: O’Connell Robertson
- Construction Manager at Risk: DPR Construction
- ACC Project Manager: Robert Ryland
*Final costs and timelines subject to change.
Project updates
Elgin Grand Opening
ACC Elgin Campus celebrated the grand opening of Phase 2 on February 6. View photos from the event here. The expansion includes specialized facilities for the college’s Veterinary Technology and Sustainable Agriculture Entrepreneurship programs. Read more about this and other capital … Continue reading
Elgin celebrates grand opening of Phase 2
ACC celebrated the grand opening of Elgin Campus Phase 2 Tuesday, February 6, with a program and tour of the new expansion. The campus now includes specialized facilities for the college’s Veterinary Technology and Sustainable Agriculture Entrepreneurship programs. Read … Continue reading
Elgin Campus: On Track to Open in Spring
Phase 2 is on track to open for spring semester. Construction is wrapping up and is expected to be complete by the end of this month. Furniture is planned to be installed before winter break. … Continue reading
Elgin Campus: Construction wrapping up
Phase 2 is on track to open for spring semester. Construction is wrapping up and is expected to be complete by the end of this month. Furniture is planned to be installed before winter break. … Continue reading
Elgin site work progresses
Building foundations have been poured, underground utilities are being installed, and miscellaneous site work, such as perimeter drain installation, is ongoing.
Crews begin construction
Construction crews have started the next phase of development at Elgin Campus. Site work for the project currently includes moving dirt, trenching, leveling off land, etc. Phase 2 is scheduled to be completed for classes … Continue reading
Elgin community celebrate phase 2 groundbreaking
Community leaders and friends joined Austin Community College as it celebrated the groundbreaking of Elgin Campus Phase 2 October 11. Read about the event and view photos at Groundbreaking celebrates Elgin Campus expansion.
Elgin Phase 2 groundbreaking scheduled for Oct. 11
ACC will host a ceremonial groundbreaking for the new Elgin Campus facilities on Tuesday, October 11, from 10 to 11:30 a.m. on the campus grounds (1501 W. U.S. Hwy. 290, Elgin).
Board selects Elgin Campus Phase 2 Construction-Manager-At-Risk
ACC’s Board of Trustees selected DPR Construction as the construction-manager-at-risk for Elgin Campus Phase 2. The firm, one of three finalists considered out of the four submitted proposals, recently completed the UT Animal Resources Center and the UT … Continue reading
Design team explores site placement, facility configuration
ACC’s Office of Facilities & Construction hosted a meeting of the Elgin Campus Steering Committee on Friday, January 22, to explore site placement and facility options for the Sustainable Agriculture Entrepreneurship and the Veterinary Technology … Continue reading
All Project Updates
Round Rock Campus: Community invited to grand opening, 9/26
August 28, 2018, 6:38 pm
Hays Campus: Community celebrates Public Safety Training Center grand opening
August 28, 2018, 6:33 pm
San Gabriel Campus: Student Services Now Open
June 13, 2018, 5:33 pm
San Gabriel Campus: Community celebrates grand opening
June 1, 2018, 5:51 pm
ACC Highland: First park opens Saturday, May 12
May 10, 2018, 6:42 pm
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By Betty Saenz REALTOR® GRI SRES® EcoBroker® October 7, 2016 - 5:47 pm
I am so excited about your sustainable agriculture program! I have a home and farm land FOR SALE just a few hundred acres away on FM 1100 near the ACC campus. Sky Realty Austin TX