Aims CC celebrates opening of applied technology center

GREELEY — Aims Community College celebrated the opening of its new Applied Technology and Trades Center and Welding Building renovation with a ribbon-cutting ceremony, Aug. 16.

The project will boost vocational education in Northern Colorado. The Applied Technology and Trades Center houses programs focused on construction management, engineering technology with computer-aided drafting and 3D printing; industrial technology; and oil and gas technology. Along with the renovated welding building, the new space totals more than 72,000 square feet.

Speakers included Aims president Leah L. Bornstein; Aims Board of Trustees member Mark Hout; Aims vice president of academic affairs Deb Kish; Aims executive director of facilities and operations Michael Millsapps; AquaHot president and NoCo Manufacturing Sector Partnership vice chair Paul Harter; and Upstate Colorado president and CEO Rich Werner. The ribbon was held by a robot arm and survey tripod and provided by the Greeley Chamber of Commerce.

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“The Applied Technology and Trades Center brings tremendous opportunity to Northern Colorado for our students, the community and our business partners,” Bornstein told an audience of almost 300. “Aims Community College’s purpose is to build a stronger community, and this new state-of-the-art technology and trades center will help build the future for students and business partners looking to fill jobs that are in high demand. This new space allows instructors to provide hands-on training with the latest tools in applied technologies like construction, manufacturing and energy and our welding program.”

Denver-based DLR Group served as architects for the project, with Longmont-based Golden Triangle Construction Co. serving as general contractor.