Diablo Valley College Engineering Technology Building

JKAE is serving as Architect of Record for the Diablo Valley Community College's Engineering Technology Building Renovation. The $43M design-build project consist of a newly renovated Engineering Technology building which will provide state-of-the-art facility that will support student-centered, equity-infused learning and teaching environments for the next 30 to 40 years. It will house existing a Architecture, Engineering, Construction, Mechanical Technology, Electronics and Electronic Technology, Industrial Design, Energy Systems programs, future ET programs, and a Math &
Engineering Student Center. The project includes the selective demolition of the existing early 1970s era ET building to preserve its current structural systems, bringing those structural systems up to current code, rebuilding within the existing footprint to completely modernize the overall facility and its systems for current and future programs, provide for expansion or reconfiguration of existing spaces to house a supportive and collaborative learning center for math students, and students in the ET programs by including a new Math and Engineering Student Center. The renovated Engineering Technology building is envisioned to include approximately 32,500 square feet of existing building that will be completely updated and modernized space for existing and future ET programs, plus the construction of up to 7,000SFT of new Math &Engineering Student Center building. The building area when completed is anticipated to be approximately 39,500 square feet, which includes renovation of the north side (10,500 square feet), renovation of the south side (22,000 square feet), and the construction of a new Math & Engineering Student Center of up to 7,000 square feet. The project seeks to also reimagine the building's architectural presence so that it will serve as both a focal point and an inspiring invitation to the DVC campus from south access points.