Architects West to design NIC tech ed facility

Posted: Friday, October 31, 2014 11:19 am

Architects West to design NIC tech ed facility

The Coeur dAlene-based firm Architects West has been chosen by a committee to design the $15 million, 100,000-square-foot North Idaho College Career Technical Education Facility in Rathdrum.

Architects West was chosen out of six local and regional firms by a search committee comprised of NIC representatives, community members and NIC Board of Trustees Ron Nilson and Judy Meyer. Architects West has over $1 billion in constructed educational facilities. The firm has designed nine projects for NIC, 15 for the University of Idaho, 48 for the Coeur dAlene School District, 27 for the Post Falls School District and 16 for the Lakeland School District.

One of the areas that stood out for Architects West during the selection process was their understanding of the importance of schedule and budget to the success of this project, said Chris Martin, NIC Vice President for Finance and Business Affairs and search committee member. They also have assembled a project team that was able to articulate their understanding of the need for a facility design that will meet the needs of students and serve industry training needs in North Idaho for many years to come.

In June, the NIC Board of Trustees decided to locate the facility on 40 acres already owned by the college in Rathdrum adjacent to the Kootenai Technical Education Campus (KTEC). NIC intends to use $11.5 million of its Capital Reserve Fund, $2.5 million in operating reserves and $1 million in tax anticipation notes to pay for the new facility. The facility will house several NIC professional-technical programs that are currently in temporary and/or tight quarters. The facility is scheduled for completion by July 2016.

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