New main office under construction for Foothill-De Anza college district – The Mercury News

Construction has begun on a new Foothill-De Anza Community College District office.

The 24,000-square-foot, two-story building will be built on an existing piece of a parking lot at Foothill College in Los Altos Hills and is slated for completion in March 2018.

According to the district, the building is expected to cost $18 million and will serve as office space for about 70 district administrative employees, including the chancellor, human resources, business services, purchasing and the districts charitable foundation.

The new building will also house the districts monthly board of trustees meetings in a new boardroom that seats up to 215 people. Small meeting rooms and extra storage for records will also be built.

The districts administrative employees have been working in five temporary portable trailers since November 2013, the district said.

The employees were moved to the trailers in anticipation of a renovation of the district administrative offics that were originally built in the 1960s. The renovation was completed in 2015, but the district determined the site to be more appropriate for the colleges educational technology services department.

Kevin McElroy, the Foothill-De Anza Community College District vice chancellor of business services, said employees are eager to get into the new building.

Getting back under a single roof, into a facility with adequate storage space and convenient meeting spaces, will feel like a real privilege and truly improve both work flow and the natural osmosis between staff members, McElroy said in a press release.

Alten Construction is contracted to build the new district office.

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