Project Profile: Leggett Building, Montgomery Community College

The project supports a 10-year enrollment plan in the college's science and math programs

byMaryBeth DiDonna

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Rendering of the campus quad outside of the Catherine and Isiah Leggett Math and Science Building at Montgomery Community College in Takoma Park, MD.

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Facility name: Catherine and Isiah Leggett Math and Science Building, Montgomery Community College, Takoma Park, MD

Size: 134,000 gross sq. ft.

Cost: $85 million

Project team: SmithGroup (laboratory planning, architecture, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, fire, interior), speXsys (data), Cagley (structural), A Morton Thomas (civil), Mayhan Rykiel (landscape), Acoustics Collaborative (acoustics), ESCI (door hardware), MCLA (lighting)

Projected completion date: 2023

A concourse in the Catherine and Isiah Leggett Math and Science Building. The new building will replace two existing buildings.

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The three-level Catherine and Isiah Leggett Math and Science Building is the first proposed facility to be constructed as part of the approved and adopted Montgomery College 2013-2023 Facilities Master Plan on the Takoma Park/Silver Spring Campus. The new facility will replace two existing buildings that are beyond their useful life. The existing buildings are unable to support current needs for math and science programs critical for down-county students preparing to enter the workforce.

The entryway of the Math and Science Learning Center.

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The project is planned to be completed in one phase and consolidate and support planned 10-year enrollment in science and math academic programs. When completed, the new facility will deliver state-of-the-art laboratories, classrooms, a combined Math and Science Learning Center, planetarium, greenhouse, study spaces, offices, and other support facilities traditional to academic math and science.

About the Author

MaryBeth DiDonna
MaryBeth DiDonna is managing editor, events for Lab Manager. She organizes and moderates the webinars and virtual conferences for Lab Manager as well as other LMG brands, enabling industry experts to deliver educational, evergreen content to viewers who wish to optimize their labs and build their leadership skills.
Additionally, MaryBeth is managing editor of Lab Manager's partner publication, Lab Design News, which examines the challenges that project teams face when designing or building a new or renovated laboratory, and the collaboration strategies used by architects, engineers, lab planners, and others when working with lab and facility managers to complete a project.
MaryBeth also coordinates lab design editorial content for Lab Manager to assist lab management and end users who are building or renovating their laboratory facilities. MaryBeth lives with her family in New Jersey.