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NMC continues to upgrade facilities
Over $1 million worth of renovations to the facilities of Northern Marianas College have been planned, are ongoing, or have been completed on the islands of Saipan, Rota, and Tinian, according to a NMC Facilities Report prepared this month.
The report—dated Aug. 12—cites a number of $1.13 million in renovations from both local and federal funds, which are designated into either long-term or short-term projects.
One long-term project, the renovation of the college’s Building K, was completed this month to replace its termite-damaged roof and gut its interior, among other upgrades.
On Saipan, short-term projects completed—since a facility project listing updated in 2013—were the rehabilitation of breezeways at NMC’S building J/K, H/I, and B/C, a building Q retrofit for its community development offices and classrooms, and replacement of facia at buildings G, J, and H.
Rota’s NMC facility now has LED lighting installed through the use of $30,000 in ARRA funds as well as four refurbished classrooms that can accommodate 45 persons each. Other refurbished sites include a computer lab, accommodating 15 people, and a video teleconference room, accommodating 45.
According to the report, Tinian campus has had its block bathroom renovated, while ongoing upgrades include installation of smoke alarms and LED lighting, replacement of exterior lighting fixtures, and repair and repainting of doors and jambs, among other upgrades.
Facility upgrades are part of the college’s facilities master plan approved in 2011. Projects are overseen by the college’s facilities planning committee, which has been tasked with procuring funding for long-term projects.
For the college’s Cooperative Research Extension and Education Services projects listed under the report include establishing a water distribution system from the college’s aquaculture facility to its Building G’s food science kitchen, among other upgrades and repairs.
