The Georgiadis building on J. Sargeant Reynold Community College’s campus will undergo interior renovations starting next summer. Photos by Brandy Brubaker.
A local community college is taking its first steps toward a major renovation.
J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College plans to overhaul the inside of Georgiadis Hall on its Parham Road campus beginning in June 2015 as part of a planned $13 million project.
“That building is going to be fully gutted,” said Mark Probst, director of facilities management and planning.
Reynolds redid the exterior of the building in 2006 but hasn’t renovated the inside since it was constructed in the 1980s, Probst said. The college plans to install new mechanical, electrical and plumbing systems and redesign the building’s layout to make better use of its 68,000 square feet.
“It will be laid out better and it will be easier for the students,” Probst said.
Probst said the redesign will make room for four new science labs and additional classroom space. The building, which houses mostly student services and faculty offices, has one lab but needs more labs as the demand for science classes increases.
The campus bookstore, which is now located in another building nearby, will also be brought into Georgiadis Hall.
Probst said 75 percent of the project is being funded by the state. The rest will mostly come from contributions from the cities and counties that support the community college.
Hourigan Construction is doing the pre-construction work.
The college is leasing an additional building to facilitate the Georgiais renovations.
The project is anticipated to take two years to complete, and parts of the building will be occupied during construction, Probst said. Reynolds recently leased a nearby 24,000-square-foot office building at 1701 E. Parham Road to temporarily relocate classes and services as work mandates.
The college previously owned the building and is now leasing it from B&T Rentals, Probst said. Dallan Construction is converting that property from office to classroom use and making it ADA-compliant for about $1.4 million. Probst said the landlord is paying for more than half of the building’s renovations.
After the Georgiadis Hall project is complete, Probst said the school hopes to continue to use the building for faculty offices and classroom space until construction is complete on a proposed 80,000- to 85,000-square-foot science, technology, engineering and math building. The nearly $30 million project is awaiting approval from the General Assembly.
The Parham Road campus sits on about 105 acres and has four academic buildings with about 310,000 square feet of space, not including the leased building.
Reynolds Community College, one of 23 community colleges in Virginia, serves more than 20,000 students annually, a spokesman said. In addition to the Parham Road campus, it has campuses downtown and in Goochland County. Full-time tuition is about $4,400 a year.
Reynolds serves Richmond and the counties of Henrico, Hanover, Goochland, Powhatan and Louisa.
For the 2014-15 school year, each municipality gave the following to Reynolds: Goochland, $25,700; Hanover, $123,016; Henrico, $382,283; Louisa, $20,461; Powhatan, $34,471; and the city of Richmond, $253,535, the college said.
The Georgiadis building on J. Sargeant Reynold Community College’s campus will undergo interior renovations starting next summer. Photos by Brandy Brubaker.
A local community college is taking its first steps toward a major renovation.
J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College plans to overhaul the inside of Georgiadis Hall on its Parham Road campus beginning in June 2015 as part of a planned $13 million project.
“That building is going to be fully gutted,” said Mark Probst, director of facilities management and planning.
Reynolds redid the exterior of the building in 2006 but hasn’t renovated the inside since it was constructed in the 1980s, Probst said. The college plans to install new mechanical, electrical and plumbing systems and redesign the building’s layout to make better use of its 68,000 square feet.
“It will be laid out better and it will be easier for the students,” Probst said.
Probst said the redesign will make room for four new science labs and additional classroom space. The building, which houses mostly student services and faculty offices, has one lab but needs more labs as the demand for science classes increases.
The campus bookstore, which is now located in another building nearby, will also be brought into Georgiadis Hall.
Probst said 75 percent of the project is being funded by the state. The rest will mostly come from contributions from the cities and counties that support the community college.
Hourigan Construction is doing the pre-construction work.
The college is leasing an additional building to facilitate the Georgiais renovations.
The project is anticipated to take two years to complete, and parts of the building will be occupied during construction, Probst said. Reynolds recently leased a nearby 24,000-square-foot office building at 1701 E. Parham Road to temporarily relocate classes and services as work mandates.
The college previously owned the building and is now leasing it from B&T Rentals, Probst said. Dallan Construction is converting that property from office to classroom use and making it ADA-compliant for about $1.4 million. Probst said the landlord is paying for more than half of the building’s renovations.
After the Georgiadis Hall project is complete, Probst said the school hopes to continue to use the building for faculty offices and classroom space until construction is complete on a proposed 80,000- to 85,000-square-foot science, technology, engineering and math building. The nearly $30 million project is awaiting approval from the General Assembly.
The Parham Road campus sits on about 105 acres and has four academic buildings with about 310,000 square feet of space, not including the leased building.
Reynolds Community College, one of 23 community colleges in Virginia, serves more than 20,000 students annually, a spokesman said. In addition to the Parham Road campus, it has campuses downtown and in Goochland County. Full-time tuition is about $4,400 a year.
Reynolds serves Richmond and the counties of Henrico, Hanover, Goochland, Powhatan and Louisa.
For the 2014-15 school year, each municipality gave the following to Reynolds: Goochland, $25,700; Hanover, $123,016; Henrico, $382,283; Louisa, $20,461; Powhatan, $34,471; and the city of Richmond, $253,535, the college said.