The finishing touches are being placed on one of the newest building on the Cerritos College campus.
The new Fine Arts building is expected to meet the projected open date of January 2017 despite an earlier report of January 2018.
Director of Physical Plants and Construction Services David Moore said, “The building was always forecast[ed] to be completed in Spring semester 2017. That would be January 2017.”
In order to ensure the campus will be set for the grand unveiling additional overtime work has been implemented to finish the structure.
Moore said, “On a large scale construction project there are times when contractors may work overtime to get back on schedule or meet a milestone, however, this has no impact on the cost of the contract with the builders and thus no cost to the district.
“There has been no unusual or accelerated overtime production dictated by the district,” he said.
The decision seems to be by choice and not a necessary need.
“The schedule has remained constant through the planning and construction schedule,” he stated.
Moore admitted that there was an obvious need for the new building citing, “Have you seen the old one?”
Art and humanities professor Julie Trager is excited at the mere thought the new building being so close to opening.
“What more can I say than I am thrilled. My colleague James McDevitt and I designed the new art history classrooms. It reflects our teaching methodology. It will be uplifting to teach in an aesthetic and positive environment,” she said.
She is currently teaching in FA 43, where many of the ceiling tiles are missing exposing various components of the building structure.
Trager added, “I am sure the students will appreciate [this new building].”
The anticipation will only build the closer the campus gets to unveiling the new building.