Howard Community College Puts Final Steel Beam on Medical Building
State-of-the-art health sciences building is scheduled to open in early 2013.
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Howard Community College celebrated an important milestone in the construction of its new health sciences building Wednesday with a traditional "topping off" ceremony at the construction site.
The white-painted ceremonial beam, traditionally the final piece of steel to go into a building, bore the signatures of HCC students, faculty and staff members, trustees and friends. It also had an evergreen tree and a Maryland state flag sitting atop, serving as symbols of lasting craftsmanship and good luck, according to a statement from the college.
The 112,692-square-foot, $51 million building will house programs focusing on cardiovascular technology, emergency medical services, exercise science, athletic training, public health, health care management, health education, human services, nursing, nutrition, and radiological technology.
The new facility will also allow the college to create new dental hygiene, medical laboratory technician, diagnostic medical sonography, and physical therapist assistant programs.
The building is expected to open for the spring 2013 semester.
Matt M
3:14 pm on Thursday, November 17, 2011
Did they steal the final piece of steel? ;)
Ann Delacy
8:12 am on Friday, November 18, 2011
@Matt, the same mistake caught my attention as well.
Danna Walker
12:59 pm on Friday, November 18, 2011
Did you see the Patch linkout to the Baltimore Business Journal about Columbia having smart residents: http://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore/blog/2011/11/ellicott-city-columbia-among-smartest.html?ana=fbk? This was a test of that theory! You all passed with flying colors!