The Butte College Physical Science Building was constructed in 1974 under DSA Application No. 34154. The Outside Gross building area (OGSF) is 20,635 square feet. The Type V-NR structure is a permanent concrete, steel beam and wood frame structure. The original existing building was designed to provide laboratories and lecture classrooms for Physical Science curriculum in chemistry, geology, meteorology, physics, and physical science. The District has maintained those labs and science related classrooms over the last 49 years. This project will require considerable building exterior and interior demolition as required to modernize the exterior to include roofing, building cladding, doors, and storefront entries, as well as structural and seismic upgrades. Building envelope improvements will upgrade both finishes and building systems to meet current needs and standards, providing a fully sprinklered building that meets or exceeds Title 24 efficiency standards. More sophisticated Contractor Furnished and Installed technology systems are designed into the facility so the system can deliver state-of-the-art instructional programs to make buildings “smarter” by providing cabling and deliverance systems to the instructional space. The restrooms and exterior pathways and entrances on all sides of the building will be upgraded and made fully ADA compliant. Sitework is limited to improvements immediately adjacent to the building with limited underground site utility improvements.
