Northwestern College DeWitt Family Science Center

Project Type

Education

Size

61,750 square feet

Completion Date

August 2018

Project Location

Orange City, IA

Opus Office

Des Moines

Client Direct Services Leverages Institutional Construction Expertise for Northwestern College

With significant enrollment growth in recent years, Northwestern College, located in Orange City, Iowa, needed a new building for their health and natural sciences program. Through Client Direct Services, we constructed their new 61,750-square-foot building.

The building, which creates a grand entrance to the campus on the west side, includes classrooms, labs and faculty offices. It serves as the home of the nursing department, previously located in peripheral and off-campus spaces, and the chemistry and biology departments. Numerous state-of-the-art labs with ample space to accommodate long-running experiments are included. Larger classrooms have simulated exam and hospital rooms, replicating actual clinic environments. There are flexible learning zones that can be modified to accommodate various classroom requirements.

Contractor

Opus Design Build

Architect

CMBA Architects & HGA