{"id":44600,"date":"2017-10-10T17:04:49","date_gmt":"2017-10-10T17:04:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/?p=44600"},"modified":"2017-10-10T19:30:54","modified_gmt":"2017-10-10T19:30:54","slug":"celebrating-progress-rrc-topping-out-celebration-marks-construction-milestone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/2017\/10\/10\/celebrating-progress-rrc-topping-out-celebration-marks-construction-milestone\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating progress: RRC topping out celebration marks construction milestone"},"content":{"rendered":"

ACC and its construction partners celebrated progress at Round Rock Campus Phase 2 with a topping out celebration Friday, September 15, 2017. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Construction crews, crafts workers, architects, engineers, and others on the project team gathered to sign a steel beam that will be placed in a stairwell of the new building.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe are celebrating teamwork today,\u201d says Tyler Carpenter, Senior Project Manager at SpawGlass.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt takes great collaboration to bring projects like this expansion forward,\u201d says Dr. Richard Rhodes, ACC president\/CEO. <\/span>\u201cThere is no more critical time for us to invest in our workforce, and Phase 2 will do that.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Phase 2 will add a 45,000 square-foot general education building and renovate existing facilities to support a number of programs, particularly those for high-demand healthcare careers such as nursing, sonography, and surgical technology. Campus capacity will increase from 5,000 to 6,000 students. <\/span><\/p>\n

The new building will also include a second<\/span> ACCelerator<\/span><\/a>.<\/span> The innovative computer lab will feature more than 140 computer stations for individualized learning.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe facilities are great, especially having the opportunity to study here and not drive all the way into Austin. This campus is accessible and provides a great learning experience,\u201d says Luis Quijano, student.<\/span><\/p>\n

Luis Quijano, Round Rock native, is a sophomore at ACC\u2019s Round Rock campus studying<\/span> Pre-Med<\/span><\/a>. He also serves as secretary for student government.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cFellow students tell me they feel the new building is a welcome change. They are really happy it is coming up, and even if they are unable to experience it, they are happy that others will,\u201d Quijano concludes.<\/span><\/p>\n

Phase 2 is expected to open in 2018.<\/span><\/p>\n

Follow its progress and other capital improvement proje<\/span>cts on the <\/span>ACC Bond Projects website<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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