Capital Region BOCES Career & Technical Education (CTE)

classroom with tables and chairs and desks
health office with tables and chairs
classroom with desktop computers
Culinary kitchen classroom with ranges and refrigerators
auto shop area with work benches and engines ready to be worked on
Auto paint booth inside large room with grey car outside booth
large pipes and valves in mechanical control room
Welders lined up in front of sandblasting booths
Sandblasting booths with red flaps
Capital Region BOCES Career and Technical Education entrance
Capital Region BOCES Career & Technical Education exterior and parking lot
classroom with tables and chairs and desks
health office with tables and chairs
classroom with desktop computers
Culinary kitchen classroom with ranges and refrigerators
auto shop area with work benches and engines ready to be worked on
Auto paint booth inside large room with grey car outside booth
large pipes and valves in mechanical control room
Welders lined up in front of sandblasting booths
Sandblasting booths with red flaps
Capital Region BOCES Career and Technical Education entrance
Capital Region BOCES Career & Technical Education exterior and parking lot

Capital Region BOCES works in partnership with 24 different school districts in Albany, Schenectady, Schoharie and Southern Saratoga counties. The organization delivers more than 300 programs and services designed to support the entire educational process.

The new Albany Capital Region BOCES Campus consists of two BOCES Facilities. The Career & Technical Education (CTE) Training Facility and the Special Education Building.

This project included planning, development and construction of the career and technical facility plus a special education building, as well as extensive site work. The education facility includes extensive industrial workspaces, laboratories, and the latest technology and equipment for each career and technical program.

The 164,200 sf CTE facility consists of a three-story structural steel with metal cladding building housing numerous educational classrooms and laboratories including but not limited to three Teaching Kitchens, Production Kitchen, Pet Tech Lab, Nursing Labs, Sterile Processing Labs, etc. Facility also includes a Single Story Precast/Structural Steel Building housing Tech Trades and Labs including but not limited to Machining Lab, Auto & Diesel Tech, Auto Body with state of the art Paint/Mixing Booth, MEP Trade Shops, etc.

This project was considered fast track in regards to the Pre-Construction and Town of Colonie Approval Process.

Delivery Method:

Design Build

Location:

Albany, NY

Square Footage:

204,212 Total

  • 164,425 CTE Building
  • 39,787 Special Education

Facility Includes

  • Teaching and Production Kitchens
  • Pet Tech Lab
  • Nursing Lab
  • Sterile Processing Labs
  • Machining Lab
  • Automotive & Diesel Lab
  • Auto Body and Paint Lab
  • MEP Trade Shops
  • Separate Special Education Building
classroom with desktop computers

We had a really exciting project with BBL. My team really enjoyed working with BBL because it was such a collaborative process. BBL had that expertise to be able to really deliver on the unique needs of every program.

Joseph P. Dragone, Ph.D - Capital Region
BOCES Senior Executive Officer

auto shop area with work benches and engines ready to be worked on

Working with the project managers at BBL has been outstanding, especially considering the constraints we were operating under, in terms of logistics, timeline, supplies and materials. We didn’t skip a beat. I really have to credit their project management and keeping things on track.

Joseph P. Dragone, PhD - District Superintendent
Capital Region BOCES

classroom with tables and chairs and desks

The professionalism, hard work and dedication demonstrated by your firm were a major factor in getting this building completed on time. Capital Region BOCES would recommend your services to anyone considering a similar project.

Joseph P. Dragone, PhD - District Superintendent
Capital Region BOCES

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