Construction slated to begin on new Future Tech building at CEI in June

IDAHO FALLS – After 3 years of planning, a caller Future Tech building astatine College of Eastern Idaho is yet moving forward.

CEI’s Board of Trustees precocious approved nan building of a two-level, 88,000-square-foot energy, invention and exertion building successful an quiet section connected nan northbound broadside of nan Idaho Falls campus. Contractors are bidding connected parts of nan project, which could costs up to $36,407,023 successful total. The money is being provided by authorities costs arsenic good arsenic donations from nan backstage sector.

Mark Madsen, CEI’s vice president of strategical partnerships, tells EastIdahoNews.com building is slated to statesman successful June and will see a assortment of waste and acquisition programs.

“Nursing and automotive trades person been nan breadstuff and food of CEI moreover earlier it was a organization college,” Madsen says. “Now we’re branching retired into cyber information and operations management, which includes math, science, robotics, mechatronics — each those kinds of things (will beryllium housed successful this building).”

Many of these programs are held successful different buildings crossed field and will beryllium relocated erstwhile nan building is complete. Byron Miles, nan vice president of finance and administration, says location are besides respective caller programs that will beryllium implemented successful nan tech building. A afloat database is disposable here.

In summation to schoolroom space, nan building will person a convention center, section testing laboratories and a ample gathering area for business and civic events, student group projects and bay space. Watch an animated fly-through of nan building here.

Rendering of nan wrong of nan Future Tech building | Courtesy CEI

Construction is estimated for completion successful summertime 2026 and nan scheme is for classes to beryllium held that fall.

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CEI is nan only acquisition institution successful Idaho without a profession and method acquisition building, according to its website. In a news merchandise astir nan project, outgoing CEI President Rick Aman explains nan field is presently “bursting astatine nan seams.” This caller building will lick a batch of challenges pinch inadequate abstraction and constricted resources truthful CEI tin supply “state-of-the-art” acquisition for students.

“The readying squad designed early tech afloat astir nan usage of this building arsenic a school tool, a ‘Swiss service knife’ … a multi-tooled, multi-functional, multi-purpose facility,” Aman says successful a news release.

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Anderson Construction has been selected arsenic nan wide contractor for nan project.

Madsen says they’re launching a organization run successful nan adjacent fewer weeks to proceed to raise money for nan building.

“We still request money — millions of dollars — for immoderate of nan instrumentality that goes inside. This is simply a circumstantial building for future, high-tech type of learning … truthful there’s much money we request to raise earlier we tin trim nan ribbon and usage each nan space,” says Madsen.

They’re besides looking for a sponsor to sanction nan building after. To study much aliases make a donation, telephone Madsen astatine (208) 970-6802 aliases email mark.madsen@cei.edu.