•55 lecture/lab classrooms with smart classroom technology; 44 lecture classrooms, 11 computer labs with 480 computers and a shared drop-in computer tutoring lab.
•The 4th floor Allied Health Department has 4 specialized vocational labs for respiratory health, radiology and nursing program. Simulation labs allow students hands-on experience in a mock-up hospital room.  Two x-ray rooms and dark room advance applied learning.
•72 shared faculty offices and three distinct division suites; Math, Business and Health Science. Each suite includes a dean’s office, reception area, conference room, mailroom, workroom, and shared break room.

The project embraces 4.5 acres of new landscaping, hardscape and outdoor learning opportunities. Three clear entry points to the building connect campus paths. The original budget by the District did not allocate monies for the exterior spaces. Knowing the importance of these spaces and that Community Colleges have limited budgets, the Architect and Landscape Architecture working together revised the project’s budget. The efficient building design created savings that could be redirected to the outdoor space; one is the main entry plaza to the campus quad between the administration building and to the north of the new MBAH. The other is a large protected courtyard defined by the L-shape of the building footprint.

The Effective design created an energy proficient building from the most durable and efficient materials. Cast-in-place concrete walls and floors reduced both floor to floor height requirements and finish materials as the concrete frame is exposed in both classrooms and circulation spaces. The highly absorptive rubber flooring (no carpet in building) and the perforated wood walls promote acoustic attenuation with a high material recycled content.

Sustainable features:
•Exceeds Title 24 by 25.9% and a SBD participate
•Project achieves 48.2% interior lighting energy savings thru reduced lighting power, daylighting measures with daylight controls and occupancy sensors
•Building facades demonstrate solar strategies based on orientation
•Cool Roof reduces the heat island effect with R-30 insulation
•Water-efficient plumbing fixtures 40% more efficient than baseline case
•High recycled content materials in the rebar, fly ash and interior finishes
•Natural light and views to the outside in every classroom and office
•Building management system remotely controls/measures energy use for campus management. Separate meters for hot water and chilled water supply for additional management.
•Heating and cooling by floor allows for controllability during partial occupancy of the building
•Cast-in-place concrete reduces floor-to-floor height, used as finish material reducing building materials thru the project.
•Rainwater first flush is cleansed via bioswales and stormwater polished through grass swales and routed through landscape areas then into the storm drain system.
•Water efficient landscaping and native material reduces the irrigation requirements by 50% from baseline buildings.
•Building commissioning
•75% of construction waste was recycled