LOT EXPANSION UNDER WAY 915 NEW PARKING SPACES COMING TO A.V. CAMPUS.Byline: Daily News LANCASTER -- Antelope Valley College Antelope Valley College is a comprehensive community college located in Lancaster, California, USA. It is operated by the Antelope Valley Community College District, with a primary service area of 1,945 square miles covering portions of Los Angeles and Kern counties. students should find it easier this semester se·mes·ter n. One of two divisions of 15 to 18 weeks each of an academic year. [German, from Latin (cursus) s to get a parking space. In the first project under way from the $139 million bond measure approved by local voters in 2004, construction workers are finishing up a 915-space parking lot to ease the campus's chronic parking congestion The condition of a network when there is not enough bandwidth to support the current traffic load. congestion - When the offered load of a data communication path exceeds the capacity. . ``It should be ready for use by students when classes start Aug. 21. They're working really hard on it,'' college spokesman Steve Standerfer said. However, construction is behind schedule on a second part of the $3.2 million project -- new modular buildings Modular buildings are sectional prefabricated buildings that are manufactured in a plant, and delivered to the customer in one or more complete modular sections. Modular buildings are considerably different from mobile homes. for a new sheriff's academy and respiratory therapy respiratory therapy Medical profession concerned with assisting the respiratory function of individuals who have severe lung disorders. Practices include suctioning to clear secretions from the airway, use of aerosol mists (sometimes medicated) or gases to ease breathing, programs. The respiratory therapy building will not be ready until the second week of classes, Standerfer said. College officials have not yet decided how they will accomodate the students until then. The sheriff's academy doesn't begin classes until October, so the construction delay will not cause problems there. The $139 million bond measure will fund projects aimed at updating the Lancaster campus, which has several buildings more than 40 years old, and start the initial development of a Palmdale campus off Barrel Springs Road in southeast Palmdale. The overhaul is needed, college officials said, to accommodate enrollment expected nearly to double to more than 23,000 students by 2015. CAPTION(S): 5 photos Photo: (1 -- 2 -- color) Crews work on the new parking lot at Antelope Valley College on Wednesday. The 915-space lot was funded by a $139 million bond measure. (3 -- 5) Far left and below, a construction crew works on the new parking lot at Antelope Valley College on Wednesday. Left, workers work with cement cement, binding material used in construction and engineering, often called hydraulic cement, typically made by heating a mixture of limestone and clay until it almost fuses and then grinding it to a fine powder. . Jeff Goldwater/Staff Photographer |
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