{"id":52442,"date":"2025-10-09T09:43:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T14:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/?p=52442"},"modified":"2025-10-16T10:07:51","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T15:07:51","slug":"construction-progresses-on-acc-round-rock-campus-applied-technology-expansion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/2025\/10\/09\/construction-progresses-on-acc-round-rock-campus-applied-technology-expansion\/","title":{"rendered":"Construction Progresses on ACC Round Rock Campus Applied Technology Expansion"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"547\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2025\/10\/Aerial-Bldg.-4000-under-construction-1024x547.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-52444\" style=\"width:382px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2025\/10\/Aerial-Bldg.-4000-under-construction-1024x547.png 1024w, https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2025\/10\/Aerial-Bldg.-4000-under-construction-300x160.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2025\/10\/Aerial-Bldg.-4000-under-construction-768x411.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2025\/10\/Aerial-Bldg.-4000-under-construction-150x80.png 150w, https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2025\/10\/Aerial-Bldg.-4000-under-construction.png 1274w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"503\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2025\/10\/Aerial-Bldg.-5500-under-construction-1024x503.png\" alt=\"Photo from the air of the shell of a building. There is construction equipment and the beams are up\" class=\"wp-image-52443\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2025\/10\/Aerial-Bldg.-5500-under-construction-1024x503.png 1024w, https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2025\/10\/Aerial-Bldg.-5500-under-construction-300x147.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2025\/10\/Aerial-Bldg.-5500-under-construction-768x377.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2025\/10\/Aerial-Bldg.-5500-under-construction-150x74.png 150w, https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2025\/10\/Aerial-Bldg.-5500-under-construction-1320x648.png 1320w, https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2025\/10\/Aerial-Bldg.-5500-under-construction.png 1368w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Austin Community College District (ACC) continues to make progress on the Round Rock Campus Applied Technology expansion. This is one of the projects funded through the College\u2019s 2022 General Obligation Bond. As of early October, construction is approximately 35% complete.<\/p>\n<p>The project stretches across two buildings on campus. At the first building, all structural steel has been erected, marking a major milestone for the project. Crews are now working on constructing the masonry walls along the building\u2019s perimeter and interior. That phase is currently about 20% complete.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, structural steel erection at the second building is scheduled to begin in early October and continue through the end of the month.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Key infrastructure work continues:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Chilled water piping has been inspected and approved for full burial.<\/li>\n<li>Installation of a sand and oil water separator is underway.<\/li>\n<li>In mid-October, crews will begin trenching and installing a permanent electrical duct bank.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>When complete, the Applied Technology expansion will provide advanced labs and learning spaces for high-demand programs such as construction, HVAC, and welding \u2014 expanding opportunities for hands-on workforce training in one of the fastest-growing regions in Central Texas.<\/p>\n<p>To follow progress and learn more about ACC bond projects, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/austincc.edu\/bond\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">austincc.edu\/bond<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Austin Community College District (ACC) continues to make progress on the Round Rock Campus Applied Technology expansion. This is one of the projects funded through the College\u2019s 2022 General Obligation Bond. As of early October, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/2025\/10\/09\/construction-progresses-on-acc-round-rock-campus-applied-technology-expansion\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3930,"featured_media":52443,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,12,1],"tags":[2620,4279,271,4278,2207,424,149],"class_list":["post-52442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-announcements","category-business-and-community","category-updates","tag-advanced-manufacturing","tag-applied-technology-expansion","tag-construction","tag-general-obligation-bond","tag-hvac","tag-round-rock-campus","tag-welding"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52442","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3930"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52442"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52442\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52443"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}