Fulfilling students' needs from A to Z
This year, students in the School
of Transportation Technology are
entering the newly completed
Centre for Applied Transportation
Technologies, an innovative facility
located at 1764 Oxford St. E.,
not far from the main London campus
at Fanshawe College
Boulevard.
Construction on the state-of-theart building — the new Z Building - completed early in the spring. The first students trickled over at the beginning of April to complete their 2010/2011 year of study in the new facility, the former School of Motive Power Technology. The new building was funded by two government grants totaling $31.8 million and is equipped with a remarkable list of features to comfortably accommodate 1,500 students.
"In April, we finished off programs that we started at the main campus down the road," said Rob Gorrie, the Chair of the School of Transportation Technology, at the Z building grand opening on May 13. "Our students left the old facility and started classes here to finish off their term on April 4. It was a massive move to pull off, but when the students walked in, it was a pretty big wow factor for them."
The CATT - a 148,000 square foot facility with 16 classrooms, 13 labs, seven shops and myriad support spaces like cafeterias and student lounges — enjoyed over 1,000 visitors during its grand opening from May 12 to 14 and brought to a close a new chapter in the history of the college, one that began with a ceremonial groundbreaking back in November 2009.
In addition to an impressive list of sustainable measures undertaken to ensure the new building leaves as little a footprint on the environment as possible, the building boasts 48,000 square feet of vegetated green roofing and solarpowered GPS tracking skylights to promote natural light in its shops, making it Fanshawe College's greenest property to date.
"Fanshawe is well regarded and sought after for training of all sorts, certainly transportation training," said Leanne Perreault, Manager of Corporate Communications with the college. "This facility takes us to a whole new level. This is a state-of-the-art building. It's got all sorts of environmental measures that are amazing, and the classrooms, equipment and everything else are top-notch. It puts us right at the top of the chart."
Construction on the state-of-theart building — the new Z Building - completed early in the spring. The first students trickled over at the beginning of April to complete their 2010/2011 year of study in the new facility, the former School of Motive Power Technology. The new building was funded by two government grants totaling $31.8 million and is equipped with a remarkable list of features to comfortably accommodate 1,500 students.
"In April, we finished off programs that we started at the main campus down the road," said Rob Gorrie, the Chair of the School of Transportation Technology, at the Z building grand opening on May 13. "Our students left the old facility and started classes here to finish off their term on April 4. It was a massive move to pull off, but when the students walked in, it was a pretty big wow factor for them."
The CATT - a 148,000 square foot facility with 16 classrooms, 13 labs, seven shops and myriad support spaces like cafeterias and student lounges — enjoyed over 1,000 visitors during its grand opening from May 12 to 14 and brought to a close a new chapter in the history of the college, one that began with a ceremonial groundbreaking back in November 2009.
In addition to an impressive list of sustainable measures undertaken to ensure the new building leaves as little a footprint on the environment as possible, the building boasts 48,000 square feet of vegetated green roofing and solarpowered GPS tracking skylights to promote natural light in its shops, making it Fanshawe College's greenest property to date.
"Fanshawe is well regarded and sought after for training of all sorts, certainly transportation training," said Leanne Perreault, Manager of Corporate Communications with the college. "This facility takes us to a whole new level. This is a state-of-the-art building. It's got all sorts of environmental measures that are amazing, and the classrooms, equipment and everything else are top-notch. It puts us right at the top of the chart."
