Clover Park Technical College's Health Sciences Facility Named Top Project

Clover Park Technical College's Health Sciences Facility was recognized as one of the Top 10 economic development projects at the Tacoma-Pierce County Economic Development Board's annual meeting at the Greater Tacoma Convention and Trade Center on Friday.

The group's annual Top 10 list names the most notable economic development
projects or investments. CPTC's facility was included in a group of
health-focused projects occurring in the Tacoma-Pierce County area in 2012.

Clover Park Technical College instructs the largest number of health care
related programs within Pierce County.  The College's 11 health-training
programs have outgrown their current space, built in 1981. The new health
sciences facility will be 55,562 square feet on two floors in order to
accommodate the more than 2,166 full-time equivalent students whom the College currently educates in health care training programs that vary from Surgical Technician to Registered Nurse. Students will have the opportunity to learn in a LEED silver, state of the art facility that includes laboratories that resemble current health care industry standards.

Health occupations continue to see job openings and represent one of the
best pathways to prosperity for Pierce County residents. Since they also
pay family level wages, they are equally critical to individuals seeking
economic self-sufficiency.

More than six years ago, the College submitted a request for a new health
sciences facility to house growing health care training programs. The
College received construction funding during the 2011-13 biennium. The
Legislature funded this project solely out of the capital budget - no operating funds were used by the State to fund this project.

When completed this summer, the facility will be building 21 on the
Lakewood Campus of CPTC and will be situated between buildings 16 and 23.
It will house two general science labs in addition to laboratory spaces
dedicated to career training programs. It will also have ten classrooms and three computer labs.

This is the College¹s first LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental
Design) Silver Certified Project. In order to meet the LEED standards, the
College included features such as a patio/roof garden, herbal garden,
landscaping using native plants, energy efficient lighting, HVAC, and
plumbing features.

The program laboratory learning spaces will reflect current industry
standards. These spaces will also include learning spaces that operate
Simulation mannequins ("SimMans") and capture this instruction on a live
feed that is shown to a larger student audience elsewhere in the Facility.

Two classrooms will include interactive television capability and wireless
Internet access will be available throughout the building.

The Facility will also have state-of-the-art security and remote lockdown
capability in the event of an emergency.

For the complete list of Top 10 projects visit www.edbtacomapierce.org