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Clackamas Community College, DeJardin Hall Science Addition
Submitting Company: Andersen Construction

Location: Oregon City
Cost: $18.8 million
Start Date: April 2018
Completion Date: August 2019
Owner/Developer: inici group
Architect: Mahlum Architects
Engineer: Interface Engineering
Additional Engineering Firms: Catena Consulting Engineers, KPFF, Stantec Consulting
General Contractor: Lease Crutcher Lewis
Subcontractors: 2C Building Services, ACI Mechanical HVAC Sales, Acoustics By Design, Affinity NW Landscaping, American Welding Services, Architectural Metalcrafters, Assa Abloy, B&T Striping & Curbing, Bid-Rite Services, Buffalo Welding, Building Material Specialties, Clima-Tech, Coffman Excavation, Consurco, Crossfire Sprinkler, Diverse Works, Elite Striping, Floor Solutions, Fred Shearer & Sons, Harder Mechanical Contractors, Inici Group, Iris Window Coverings N.W., JS Perrott and Company, Kraft Masonry, McDonald & Wetle, Michael’s Precast, Northstar CG, Northwest Scaffold Services, Northwest Surveying, Oregon Asphaltic Paving, Penhall Co., Performance Contracting, Pioneer Sheet Metal, Pioneer Waterproofing, Piper Mechanical, Precision Precast Erectors, Reece Complete Security solutions, Saxton Bradley, Tice Electric, Van Lom Concrete, Walker Macy, Whitaker/Ellis Builders, Willamette Glass, Xtreme Communications

The last few years have witnessed a renaissance in educational facilities in Oregon, and local community colleges are no exception.
In Oregon City, general contractor Lease Crutcher Lewis completed a project designed by Mahlum Architects that provided a new, state-of-the-art lab in the existing DeJardin Hall to serve chemistry, biology, microbiology and anatomy students. The 22,000-square-foot space offers expanded collaboration space, wet lab support services and research lab space. In addition, the project included a 19,220-square-foot phased renovation of the existing DeJardin Hall, with new office space for science faculty and updates that seamlessly tie the new and old together in a coherent manner.

Construction was not quite straightforward, as there were several challenges along the way. These included the relocation of a 1,000 KVA electric transformer that feeds both DeJardin Hall and the adjacent Rook Hall. This was done without disruption of campus services.

On the exterior of DeJardin Hall, brick masonry was used to create an installation that mimics the appearance of cougar DNA using a stacked bond pattern of brick.

The exterior also features engraved pavers installed at a scaled distance the length of the building to represent various points in the Earth’s geology.

Finally, the project required building a new stormwater retention pond, an extension of the existing Douglass Loop and construction of a new transit center for the college’s bus system.