
Active Projects
Active Projects
A project is “active” when District staff are actively planning for the start of design or have started to expend funding on the project.
On this page, you can find the following active projects:
- New Instructional Building
- New Science Building
- New Gym Building/Renovation
- Campus Wide Improvements
- Applied Technology Center Modernization
- Student Housing
- Weaver Hall Modernization

New Instructional Building
77,000 square feet, three stories
Design-build budget: $58M
Project budget: $69.6M
Completion: Spring 2023
Measure E funded
- New, modern and comfortable classrooms for current and future instruction and will provide “swing space” for the modernization of other campus buildings
- Open lobby with student collaboration areas, small coffee shop
- Connected to Weaver Hall

New Science Building
65,000 square feet
Construction budget: $57M
Project budget: $81.2M
Completion: Summer 2025
Measure E/State/District funded
- New, right sized science labs
- New planetarium with 120 seats
- Lobby space for Museum static and dynamic exhibits
- Student collaboration areas on second floor

New Gym Building / Renovation
81,000 square feet (34,000sf renovation/47,000sf new construction)
Construction budget: $38.9M (estimate)
Project budget: $58.3M
Completion: Fall 2024
State and District funded
- Code compliant, modern, efficient space for PE classes and Athletics
- New gymnasium
- Campus drop-off/pick up location from Sierra College Blvd.

Campus Wide Improvements
Project area: Campus-wide
$5.5M construction cost
Measure E funded
Campus improvements not directly related to a specific project, such as:
- Landscaping between buildings
- Pedestrian and vehicle circulation
- Storm water management

Applied Technology Center Modernization
37,000 square feet
Construction budget: $30.5M (estimate)
Project budget: $49M
Completion: Summer 2025
State and Measure E funded
This project will modernize and connect the current Automotive Technology and Woods/Metals Technology instructional buildings, which were built in the 1960’s, creating a vocational technology hub on the Rocklin campus. The modernized buildings will be compliant with current building and accessibility codes and reflect current industry technology in the labs and classrooms to support both current and future programs.
Learn more about the NextGen Makerspace (press release)
Learn more about the Applied Technology Center Modernization

Student Housing
Approximately 120,000 square feet
Design-build budget: $86.M
Project budget: $98.2M
Estimated Start: Fall 2022
Completion: Fall 2025
Self-funded, Measure E and State of California
- 350 (+/-) beds
- Adjacent to the Student Union and Library/Learning Resource Center
- Will house student support services in addition to student residents

Weaver Hall Modernization
32,641 gross square feet
Construction budget: $19.6M
Project budget: $24.5M
Estimated Start: Winter 2025
Completion: Spring 2027
Measure E funded
The modernized building will provide current technology instructional spaces and be brought up to current accessibility and building code requirements.