[ ABOVE: South face view of the facility showing the front entrance and the SCARNG offices on the third floor. ]
Greenville Tech, SC Army National Guard will share 95K SF facility
A $21 million joint venture between Greenville Technical College and the South Carolina Army National Guard is currently underway at the South Carolina Technology and Aviation Center (SCTAC) (a.k.a. Donaldson Center) on Perimeter Road in Greenville.
The 95,457-square-foot, three-story facility is located on 14 acres almost directly across from the existing Greenville Armory, and next to a planned Greenville Field Maintenance Shop. The building will jointly house the SC Army National Guard Readiness Center and facilities for GTC’s Aircraft Maintenance Technology and Truck Driver Training programs.
GTC will have 16,440 square feet of dedicated space and access to additional space when it is not in use by the Guard. It will include an assembly hall, classrooms, library, learning center, simulation center, toilets/showers, administration office space, arms vault, supply room, equipment locker room space and an aircraft hangar.
The National Guard will have administrative offices, simulator and training storage, general training work bays, a library, kitchen, locker rooms and supply and storage rooms.
The building will be designed to meet LEED Silver standards and contain cost-effective energy-saving features, said Colonel Andrew Batten, Director of Construction & Facilities, South Carolina Military Department. It will also have a unique overhead fireproof curtain that will deploy downward separating the hangar from the classroom areas, allowing occupants safe access to exit stairs and doors in the case of fire.
National Guard unit storage spaces as well as a kitchen are located on the lower level adjacent to the hangar, so that the aircraft can be relocated during monthly drill weekends toward one end of the hangar and the remaining area utilized as the National Guard drill hall and dining area. This also allows for loading of trucks, etc., in preparation of the unit’s deployment when called for, said Batten.
The project is expected to be completed April 2017.
