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Cabarrus Business & Technology Center <br />ZMEMM <br />Concord, NC I Cabarrus Business & Technology Center <br />Owner: Mike Downs, County Manager I Number: 704 - 920 -2100 <br />182 <br />E <br />In an effort to counter the Pillowtex Plant closing and historic <br />layoffs, Cabarrus County commissioned MBAJ to work with Rowan - <br />Cabarrus Community College to create a Workforce Development <br />Business Counseling Center. The selected site was a County -owned <br />regionally- centered site with an aging building. <br />Phase one was planned, bid, renovated, and occupied in March <br />2004 on a very fast track. This phase encompassed the creation of <br />teaching laboratories serving the Building Trade programs. <br />Phase two, completed in 2005, accommodated programs with <br />higher technology requirements. These programs were designed to <br />`retool' a previously manufacturing- oriented workforce into a more <br />technology- driven workforce for the current market place. While the <br />majority of the project involved the renovation of existing spaces <br />utilizing the North Carolina Rehab Code, an addition was very <br />strategically planned and sited to serve as a symbolic gateway for a <br />new community-use training and resource center. <br />MBAJ reorganized the campus and redesigned the existing highway - <br />focused entrance to create a new campus- centered entrance. The <br />new campus arrangement is more efficient and allowed for much - <br />needed expanded parking. <br />Project Area: <br />Total Project Cost: <br />Date of Completion: <br />Project Manager: <br />Original Contract Amount: <br />Number of Change Orders: <br />Total Amount of Change Orders: <br />