OMIC Training Center – capital improvements
April 2021 Weld shop booths and equipment
April 2021 Aerial view of the PCC Columbia County Center
February 2021 Booths installed at welding lab
December 2020 Aerial view, solar panels & landscape beds
December 2020 Collaboration areas at main corridor
November 2020 Polished concrete floor at machine bay area
September 2020 Aerial view of the building and parking lot
July 2020 Interior wall framing at machine bay area
May 2020 Steel framing installation
March 2020 Architectural wythes placed at building site
January 2020 Groundbreaking at the construction site
January 2020 OMIC Groundbreaking ceremony
Rendering. Exterior view of building entry.
Rendering. Exterior view of SW corner of the building.
Rendering. Interior view, main entrance looking north into Mechatronics and PCC labs.
Rendering. Interior view, center circulation space for individual and group study.
Rendering. Interior view of circulation space looking North into the boardroom.
- Project manager: Gary Sutton
- Design-build team: Mortenson/Hennebery Eddy Architects
- Budget: $28,600,000
- Square footage: 32,245
- Timeline: July 2018 – March 2021
- Funding: 2008 and 2017 bond
The new building has been designed to support the hands-on “earn and learn” apprenticeship program, which will help fill the region’s critical shortage of skilled workers. This facility to be built in Scappoose, Oregon will house training facilities for registered apprenticeship programs in machinist, CNC lathe operator, CNC mill operator, welder/fabricator, and mechatronics technician.
The Training Center will complement the new Oregon Manufacturing Innovation Center Research and Development (OMIC R&D). OMIC R&D is a collaboration of industry, higher education and government focused on creating a world-class facility that combines applied research and development and workforce training to serve the region’s advanced manufacturers, specifically the metals manufacturing industry.
Updates
Timeline
Floor plan
In the 32,245 square feet of new construction, the OMIC Training Center layout includes:
- Mechatronics lab
- Welding lab
- Fab lab
- Machining and shop area
- Measurement and verification lab
- PLC (Programmable Logic Controller) studio
- CAD (Computer-Aided Design) lab
- Board room
- Group study and collaboration spaces
- Testing center
- Classrooms
- Tool room
- Materials receiving and storage room
Sustainability
In early May 2021, the project reached LEED Silver certification. Detailed information on the sustainability and resilience features of the project is available at the OMIC Training Center Green building education case study [pdf].
OMIC is expected to achieve approximately 22 percent energy savings over baseline (ASHRAE 90.1-2010), 32 EUI (kBtu/SF/year) per the 2014 Oregon energy efficiency specialty code.
The strategies related to the construction of the building included:
- Using low-emitting materials.
- Diverting 66 percent of construction and demolition waste from the landfill.
- Installing low-flow efficient fixtures throughout the facility to reduce water use.
- Installing a roof-top photovoltaic array to offset approximately 32 percent of energy needs.
- Creating an efficient building envelope with extensive insulation and low-E coated windows.
- Using plentiful natural daylight to reduce electricity consumption.
- Installing LED lighting throughout with daylight and occupancy sensors.
- Adding destratification fans to save energy and increase comfort.
- Providing direct lines of sight to the outdoor environment.
The strategies outside of the building were:
- Including EV charging stations and EV-ready spaces for future charging stations.
- Strategically locating development to reduce the impact on existing old-growth trees.
- Landscaping with native or adapted vegetation in areas disturbed by development.
- Restoration of topsoil.
- Creating naturally vegetative bioswales to control flooding and filter water.
- Installing underground infiltration chambers to improve water quality.
Outreach
- Groundbreaking ceremony: January 29, 2020
- User confirmation design review meeting: June 12, 2019
- Breakfast industry: April 19, 2019
- R&D and Joint Apprenticeship Training Committee meeting: April 12, 2019
OMIC construction site in Scappoose, Oregon
Work continues at OMIC Training Center to ensure the equipment and furniture procurement and installation. The contractor crew is making the final electrical connections to service the welding and machine bays. They are also completing the welding booth assemblies and installing the snorkel and gas piping manifolds at each booth in preparation for the welding equipment, scheduled to arrive in late spring.
PCC is working with staff and faculty to finalize the classrooms and laboratory layouts in concert with the furniture installations, which started in February and will wrap up in April. The construction crews maintain practices at the site to ensure the health and safety of their workers due to COVID-19.
Contact
If you have questions about the project or would like to learn more about it, please contact bond@pcc.edu [opens in new window] or 971-722-8416.