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Skinning up the new kitchen addition at Southeast
Photos and Story by Gina Whitehill-Baziuk
Construction crews are installing the “skin” – exterior yellow shear board – on the addition to Southeast’s expanded kitchen and servery.
May 16, 2013
Written by Gina Whitehill-Baziuk
Earlier this week, construction crew members framed the exterior steel walls for the new addition to the kitchen and servery in Mt. Tabor Hall. Today they started installing the “skin of the building” – exterior yellow shear board. Once that is completed, they will turn their attention to install the structural steel trusses and deck later this month.
PCC is scheduled to shut down food service operations at Southeast on June 28 so contractors can connect the kitchen addition with existing operations within Mt. Tabor and finish the renovations. Crews are on still on schedule to complete construction by early September, when Food Service staff will move into their new expanded kitchen and get ready for Fall term (2013). With an expanded kitchen, Food Service is planning to expand their menu offerings at the Cafe. When Crossroads Cafe opens for fall term, they will have a new grill for hamburgers, fries and hot sandwiches, a pizza-by-the-slice station and a wok station, as well as smoothies and coffee drinks.
The expansion will nearly double the size of the existing kitchen and servery, adding 3300 sf to an exsiting 4080 sf area.
PCC’s 2008 voter-approved $374 million bond program is increasing opportunities for residents to access quality, affordable higher education close to where they live and work. Additional classrooms, updated equipment and technology, and advanced workforce training programs are helping to pave the way for future employment options. For more information, visit www.pcc.edu/about/bond/about.