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CM Multi-Prime
$37.4 million
December 2009 - May 2012
Proposition N

The Miramar College Library/Learning Resource Center (LLRC) will be a three-story, 105,000 gross square feet facility to provide state-of-the art teaching and independent learning spaces and will include a new library, classrooms, computer labs, tutoring services, a media production facility, and faculty and staff offices and work space. The LLRC is flanked by the Humanities & Arts and Business & Mathematics buildings, also funded as part of Propositions S and N.

The building is designed to obtain Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Silver certification by the United States Green Building council (USGBC). The LLRC will include a number of sustainable features:

• Design Maximizes both daylight and views to the outside, increasing user comfort and productivity, and reducing the need for artificial light.
• All windows use "high performance" glass that allows sunlight to filter into the building, but reduces the amount of UV light and solar heat entering the building
• Extensive use of construction and design materials made with recycled content
• Materials are locally produced or harvested, and will produce little or no chemical fumes
• High efficiency plumbing and electrical fixtures
• Light colored roofing, concrete paving and canopy-type trees reduce the heat absorbed and re-radiated from the building and site
• A rooftop deck will provide gathering space and area for future solar photovoltaic panels
• Trees and shrubs have been selected for their compatibility to the area, to provide shade and to minimize the need for water
• A high efficiency irrigation system uses reclaimed water, and utilizes a controller that adjusts itself to local weather, resulting in significant water savings
• Diversion of at least 75% of construction waste from local landfills

• Architect: Zagrodnik + Thomas Architects
• Construction Manager: Sundt
• Mechanical/Plumbing Engineers: M.A. Engineering, Inc.
• Electrical Engineer: Michael Wall Engineering
• Civil Engineer: Burkett & Wong Engineers
• Structural Engineer: Miyamoto International
• Landscape Architect: Wimmer Yamada and Caughey
• Propositions S and N Program Manager: Gafcon, Inc.
• Campus Project Manager: James Bray, Gafcon, Inc.
• Furniture, Fixture & Equipment (FF&E) Project Manager: Laura Faustine, Gafcon, Inc.