Masonry Magazine September 2007 Page. 22
NATIONAL TRAINING CENTER
forepersons and contractors. The constant for all classes will be safety training.
The conference center has dorm rooms for 108 students, recreation facilities, meeting rooms and a cafeteria. Its current annual capacity is 2,000 students, with approval for an additional 3,000-square-foot dormitory.
The two-story training center features an open bay to allow for flexible class setups and training classes of all sizes. The building also has classrooms and design studios that IMI will use to reach key external audiences, such as architects, construction managers and contractors. The flexible design will allow IMI to offer a wide variety of educational programs to these audiences, from intimate seminars to larger format sessions like Contractor College or hands-on Masonry Days that reach both local and national audiences.
"It really is BAC University," Flynn said. "It not only gives BAC a world-class training campus, but it will also strengthen masonry's position against other materials."
The beauty and strength of masonry materials are evident throughout the campus. Architect Stanley Tigerman, FAIA, of Tigerman-McCurry Architects in Chicago, left the masonry materials as exposed as possible, to "celebrate" their inherent qualities. The masonry construction avoided cuts whenever possible, to show masonry "done the best possible way," while plumbing and electrical systems were left uncovered, to "show how a building is made," Tigerman said.
More Than a Training Center
THE NEW CAMPUS will offer the full menu of IMI services, including certification programs in concrete, autoclaved.
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