Earlier this fall, the Pleasant Hill campus of Diablo Valley College (DVC) held a groundbreaking celebration for a new 32,500-square-foot Engineering Technologies Building that will be completed in time for Fall 2027 classes. This building is made possible by the voters of Contra Costa County through the Contra Costa Community College District’s Measure E bond. Replacing a building that is more than 50 years old, the new building will be somewhat larger, far more energy efficient, and more conducive to the college’s technology infrastructure needs and spaces for creating and showcasing student projects. The building will house the following program areas:
- Architecture;
- Construction, including inspection, management, and trades/pre-apprenticeship;
- Electrical/Electronics Technology;
- Energy Systems;
- Engineering (transfer);
- Engineering Technology, including conventional and computer numeric control (CNC) machining;
- Industrial Automation and Robotics, a combined program area encompassing Electrical/Electronics Technology and Engineering Technology; and
- Industrial Design.
Collectively, the college has awarded over 500 certificates and associate degrees in these fields over the last 5 years, and these fields have some of the college’s highest-paid graduates. Graduates go on to work for plumbing and electrical contractors, BART, Tesla, Benchmark, and many other employers. Graduates also transfer to UC Berkeley, UC Davis, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, and other universities in California and beyond.
The building was designed by JKAE and is being built by Clark/Sullivan Construction with Kitchell as the project and construction management company. It is slated to be LEED Gold and Zero Net Energy (ZNE).
Between now and 2027, these programs will continue to operate in temporary locations on campus. The next group of classes starts in late January 2026. If you or your employees want information on registering for classes or hiring program graduates, please contact DVCCareerEd@dvc.edu.
