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Maximizing flexibility within a technology
driven environment.

To offer its students best-in-class The 20,000 sf addition to the
preparation for careers in the facility was achieved with an infill of
health and wellness industries, FGM four two-story high-bay spaces. This
collaborated with Triton College to space houses new computer and
transform and expand an outdated simulation laboratories, group study
industrial arts building into a areas, and flexible faculty space.
state-of-the-art Health & Sciences
Careers Facility. The total renovation also included
ADA upgrades, roof and exterior
Not only was FGM challenged window replacement, masonry
to consolidate the majority of the repair, and the replacement of all
college’s health careers departments building controls and mechanical,
into one facility, but every design electrical, lighting, plumbing, and
decision was made with an eye fire protection systems.
toward long-term flexibility and the
need to accommodate the diverse
equipment and spaces in today’s
healthcare environments. To achieve
this balance, FGM worked closely
with faculty and lab planning
specialists.

For example, the biology labs are
“dry,” using electronic learning
equipment rather than the petri
dishes of old. Together with
moveable furniture, these spaces
can be used for a variety of
purposes, even lectures for other
subjects.