As the new semester begins at Cerritos College, students are faced with the ongoing construction on campus.
Development for a better campus began in 2005. Since then, the campus has become a maze for students. With parts of the campus closed for construction, students have had to modify their daily route to class.
“There is a lot of construction going on and we have a bond program that is supposed to go on for five to eight years. We are at about our fourth year of our bond build out program right now; we got a couple more years yet to go with our bond build on, on a numerous projects and buildings” Robert Riffle, Director of Physical Plant Facilities, said.
According to Riffle, since 2005, the campus has endured a number of changes starting with the opening of the science building, the building for the Southland Cerritos Center for Transportation Technologies building (SCCTT), and the renovation of the stadium and track field.
“We are currently in the middle of finishing up the baseball field renovation; we are just in the final punch list phase of the tennis court renovation, which includes surfacing, fencing; towards the end of the semester we will start and finish the softball field,” Riffle said.
Other developing projects include the remodeling of the gym, the removal of the old pool and the improvement of the area between the Student Center and the Physical Education building.
“Right now we are waiting to get some finalizations from the department of state architecture to open up our new Physical Science Technology building. We should be opening that within the next few months.” Riffle said.
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