{"id":1230,"date":"2021-12-02T11:19:01","date_gmt":"2021-12-02T17:19:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/infohub.austincc.edu\/shared-governance\/?p=1230"},"modified":"2021-12-02T13:35:02","modified_gmt":"2021-12-02T19:35:02","slug":"fall-2021-facilities-update-rio-grande-campus-renovation-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/infohub.austincc.edu\/shared-governance\/blog\/2021\/12\/02\/fall-2021-facilities-update-rio-grande-campus-renovation-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Fall 2021 facilities update: Rio Grande Campus renovation project"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Rio Grande Campus renovation project was part of Austin Community College District\u2019s $386 million bond package approved by voters in 2014.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Renovations began in summer 2017 and the work is almost done with the exception of a few items discovered during inspections that are being addressed.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.austincc.edu\/news\/2020\/09\/army-futures-command-selects-austin-community-college-district-home-new-afc-software\">Army Futures Command Software Factory<\/a> started occupying their space in March 2021 and a small number of classes started being held on campus in the fall 2021 semester.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Construction is expected to be complete by January 2022. Move-in for faculty and staff is targeted for late spring 2022; however, global supply chain issues may impact the timeline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Future construction projects unrelated to the 2014 bond include:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Enhancements to the south courtyard, including a large solar canopy to provide daylight shading and generate power simultaneously, as well as perimeter decorative metal fencing to enclose the courtyard and secure it after hours.<\/li><li>Additional irrigation systems to some areas of turf on the east and west sides of Building 1000.<\/li><li>Adding theater spot lighting in the multipurpose room\/south atrium to enhance the user experience.<\/li><li>Adding continuous marker board trays to general-purpose classrooms per faculty request.<\/li><li>Adding some interior ACC branding graphics.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Learn more at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.austincc.edu\/events\/campus-conversations-with-the-chancellor\">Campus Conversation on ACC Facilities<\/a> on December 10, 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Rio Grande Campus renovation project was part of Austin Community College District\u2019s $386 million bond package approved by voters in 2014.&nbsp; Renovations began in summer 2017 and the work is almost done with the exception of a few items discovered during inspections that are being addressed.&nbsp; The Army Futures Command Software Factory started occupying [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[116,64,63],"class_list":["post-1230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-happening-now","tag-facilities","tag-rio-grande","tag-update","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/infohub.austincc.edu\/shared-governance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1230","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/infohub.austincc.edu\/shared-governance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/infohub.austincc.edu\/shared-governance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infohub.austincc.edu\/shared-governance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infohub.austincc.edu\/shared-governance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1230"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/infohub.austincc.edu\/shared-governance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1230\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/infohub.austincc.edu\/shared-governance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infohub.austincc.edu\/shared-governance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infohub.austincc.edu\/shared-governance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}