WHAT: Groundbreaking ceremony to mark the start of construction for the new Student Services Building at MiraCosta’s Oceanside Campus.

The new facility will consolidate student service functions currently scattered throughout the campus into a single location and includes a new home for the Veterans Center.

Swinerton Builders and DLR Group serve as the Design/Build team leading the project. 

The $47.3 million project is scheduled to be completed in winter 2023 and is funded through MiraCosta’s capital improvement program using funds from Measure MM.

WHEN: Thursday, June 9, 2022, 10 a.m. 

 

WHERE: MiraCosta College, 1 Barnard Drive, Oceanside. Please park in Lot 1-B and head to the north end of the lot. View map | Get directions

OVERVIEW: Located in the former home of Pedley Park, the new Student Services Building is strategically positioned to act as a gateway building for the campus, providing a much-needed sense of entry and easy wayfinding for new or prospective students.

The state-of-the-art facility will consolidate student service functions currently scattered throughout the campus to a central location, including Admissions & Records, Financial Aid, and Counseling.

The 39,040 square foot building also provides MiraCosta’s Veterans Center a new home, which will also benefit from $1.5 million in state funding awarded to help equip and furnish a lounge and resource area in the Center, among other enhancements.

The new building will promote safe and easy access and entry from the street level for visitors as well as from the campus promenade level for current students.

The $47.3 million facility will include several unique design features:

• A dramatic exterior staircase and an adjacent elevator will lead visitors from the plaza through a covered promenade and into the building

• Operable glass walls will enhance the ability to integrate the outdoor gardens and gathering areas with the indoor spaces

• The park-like setting will feature extensive native species and drought-tolerant plantings

• High-efficiency fixtures will be used throughout

• Exterior and interior finishes will feature eco-friendly materials with warm colors that complement Oceanside’s natural coastal sage scrub habitats

Visuals/Media Availability:

• Construction and excavation equipment

• Ceremonial “scoop” with District and campus leaders and dignitaries

• Renderings

• Interviews are available with MCCD Superintendent/President, Dr. Sunita Cooke, MCCD Board President Anna Pedroza, and members of the project design and construction team

• Spanish speakers available

• Design/Build Team: Swinerton Builders/DLR Group

• Landscape Architect: Lynn Capouya, Inc.

• Civil Engineer: NV5

• Engineering Services: KPFF

• Geotechnical Engineer: SMS Geotechnical Solutions, Inc.

• Inspector of Record: Consulting Inspection Services (CIS)