Rockland Community College Technology Center

Rockland Community College’s Technology Center was the first permanent construction to take place on the school’s grounds in over 20 years. McLaren Engineering Group designed this three-story, 100,000-square-foot structure—which houses over 90 faculty offices, 21 state-of-the-art classrooms, a lecture hall and computer laboratories. The building increased classroom capacity on the Suffern, NY campus by approximately 40 percent and is LEED Silver certified.

Engineering Services

McLaren’s team assisted with site selection for this project, studying four possible locations. McLaren also provided civil and structural engineering services for the building design. McLaren prepared the structural design, which integrated exposed braced frames of the lateral system into the architectural expression of the building. McLaren generated plans for the drainage, utilities, grading and site layout—while overseeing construction details, specifications and administration.

Additional Services

Additional engineering services McLaren Engineering Group provided include: site planning and layout, site investigations and assessment, erosion control design, Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), Environmental Assessment Filing (EAF), Stormwater Pollution Plan (SWPPP) design, structural analysis, static and dynamic analysis, floor vibration analysis, and structural reinforcing design.

Award Winning Project

In 2007, this project was named Tappan Zee Large Project of the Year by the New York Metropolitan Section, Lower Hudson valley Branch, American Society of Civil Engineers.