Final steel beam hoisted into place at the new Gordon and Jill Bourns College of Engineering

 

Riverside, Calif. (May 23, 2017) — California Baptist University celebrated a topping-off ceremony to mark the placement of the symbolic final steel beam on its 100,000-square-foot engineering building on May 23.

The new building will house the Gordon and Jill Bourns College of Engineering. It will feature a three-story layout that is targeted for completion in the summer of 2018. Plans for the innovative building design will feature two blocks of classroom, faculty and administrative space bracketing a massive engineering hall, providing multipurpose space for labs, projects, exhibits, presentations and student collaboration, as well as an interactive studio for K-12 STEM education.

Gordon Bourns, CEO of Bourns, Inc., signs the final steel beam of a new building that will house the Gordon and Jill Bourns College of Engineering at California Baptist University. The 3-story, 100,000 sq. ft. structure is scheduled for completion in the summer of 2018. (CBU photo)

Key leaders share a “Lance Up” salute after signing the final steel beam for the new 3-story structure that will house the Gordon and Jill Bourns College of Engineering at California Baptist University. The 100,000 sq. ft. project is scheduled for completion in the summer of 2018. Pictured (from left): Dr. Ronald L. Ellis, CBU President; Gordon Bourns, CEO of Bourns, Inc.; and Dr. Anthony Donaldson, dean of the Bourns College of Engineering. (CBU Photo)

Workers hoist the final beam into place atop the steel framework of a new building that will house the Gordon and Jill Bourns College of Engineering at California Baptist University. The milestone was celebrated with a ceremonial topping out luncheon attended by construction team members along with CBU staff and faculty. The 3-story, 100,000 sq. ft. structure is scheduled for completion in the summer of 2018. (CBU photo)