South Puget Sound Community College

Currently under construction, is a 52,000sf Natural Science Building designed by the Miller Hull Partnership. The three-story structure will compliment an existing science lab and classroom building on the western edge of campus and create a specialized Natural Sciences Complex. The complex is clustered around a stormwater detention pond where the site’s water management will become an educational amenity for the Botany and Biology departments.

The new Natural Sciences Building will also provide specialized instruction for Geology, Physics, Anatomy, Chemistry, and Microbiology. All laboratory functions are housed in one three-storey wing, connected to a three story classroom and office wing by the buildings main entry, a large monumental stair and open study areas for the students. The building is targeted for LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Silver accreditation.

Building Progress

The Natural Science Complex is currently in its of Construction and as you can see the building is beginning to take shape. Currently Mortenson is framing the office and laboratory walls on the first floor and rapidly moving to the second. Structural steel is scheduled to be erected through the end of the month as Mortenson will begin to focus on pouring the last concrete deck for the 3rd floor office wing. Within the next few weeks, Mortenson has scheduled placing metal panels and installing windows on the exterior envelope of the building. The Building is scheduled to be LEED silver certified and we are currently planning to place solar panels to assist the Campus in achieving a long term goal of practicing sustainability.