ANKENY CAMPUS
Automotive Center
DMACC has renovated and expanded the Automotive Technology Center, Ankeny Campus after receiving $1million donation from Carl and Penny Moyer, owners of Karl Chevrolet. The facility has been renamed the Karl Automotive Technology Center.
The project included doubling the Center by adding 20,000 sq. ft., renovating the existing 40,000 sq. ft., adding 22 more vehicle bays, new classrooms and student lounge, conference center and showroom. Nine classrooms in the existing facility were renovated.
Construction completion early fall 2021.
Criminal Justice Training Facility
The Criminal Justice Training Facility will occupy an approximately 1,540 square foot building on the DMACC Ankeny campus. The Facility’s central location in the state will make it easily accessible both regionally and statewide.
The building will include bedrooms, kitchen, great room, deck, bathrooms, a porch, and a garage. The Facility will include moveable walls, which will offer numerous options for setting up realistic scenarios, ranging from basic evidence searches to complex simulated murder scenes. It will also include classroom space for instructional purposes and debriefings.
Additionally, the Facility will incorporate the ability to videotape exercises, allowing for immediate feedback on performance. These features will serve as a valuable asset or law enforcement training.
Construction completion is August 2021.
CARROLL CAMPUS
This campus expansion offers an exciting opportunity to bring needed training programs and state-of-the-art facilities together under one roof," said Joel Lundstrom, Provost of the DMACC Carroll Campus. “We have outgrown our space to teach some career and technical programs and as we were planning for this expansion, we identified additional needs for the building addition. We're thrilled to start this exciting project."
The $4.2 million 11,700-square-foot expansion will be located on the northeast side of the building and will include: two new labs for welding and industrial tech, Applied engineering classrooms, new office space for student services, additional study space, an indoor commons area for both college and community events
The Carroll addition is expected to be completed in early fall 2021.
Additionally, the Facility will incorporate the ability to videotape exercises, allowing for immediate feedback on performance. These features will serve as a valuable asset or law enforcement training.
BOONE CAMPUS
Fairway Fieldhouse is scheduled to open September 2021.The $6.5 million project includes two college-size basketball/volleyball courts. These courts also contain three 40’ X 70’ baseball/softball batting cages that drop down from the fieldhouse ceiling. The new student activity center also contains a
state-of-the-art weight room designed by Powerlift, a contemporary sports medicine lab, an indoor golf performance center, storage space, office settings and a family room.
DMACC Director of Athletics BJ McGinn said the new project will add more than 28,500 more square feet to the existing gym.
URBAN CAMPUS
Urban Campus facilities upgrade includes addition of a 60,000 square foot Student Services and STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) Building to be built in the center of the Campus at 1100 Seventh St. in downtown Des Moines as well as renovation of Building #1, the original student center, and an expansion of Building #4, which houses an Automotive Technology program. A oprtion of the facility will house UNI which has planned a 2 + 2 venture with DMACC.
The new building project was completed in the spring of 2020. Renovation of Building #1 has begin since the new Student Services Building was completed.
The first floor of the new building will house the Student Services Department, which is now located in Building #1. That department includes academic and career advising, student financial aid and student counseling, as well as new STEM classrooms.
The second and third floors will house eight science labs, five state-of-the-art classrooms, additional offices, study areas, student lounges and meeting rooms.
The southern portion of the building will feature a student welcome center and a 3,000-square-foot flexible space that can seat up to 300 people. Two additional spaces can seat up to 100 people or be divided to meet specific needs.
On the south side of the new building, there will be a link to Building #1 that features outdoor gathering areas, walkways and an open green space. A unique exterior feature of the building will be two large LED digital boards that can be used to display students’ art.
Phase two of “Building Community” is the renovation and enhancement of Building #1. The key aspects of this remodeling is the moving of the library to the central atrium of the building that will bring together the library with the student achievement center and testing center.
An additional 2,800 square feet of space will be added to Building #4, also known as the Betts Building. This will allow for more space for the Ford ASSET (Automotive Student Service Educational Training) program, which recently moved from the Ankeny Campus to the Urban.
The original building was completed over 35 years ago.
