Adamson breaks ground for engineering research building

Adamson University held a groundbreaking ceremony for a proposed nine-story building last January 25, 2018 at the OZ building grounds.

Tentatively named Ozanam Annex Building, it will be erected beside the AdU Theater and facing the old Ozanam Engineering building. The new edifice will be the home of eight laboratories and specialized classrooms designed to cater the various engineering disciplines, five conference halls, an audio-visual room and an executive floor for visitors and for official events. Given this new space, it is hoped that research and technology transfer will have a chance to flourish.

In his speech, university president Fr. Marcelo V. Manimtim, CM said that the College of Engineering is spearheading the efforts for all the programs to attain excellence. He also said that this building is an attempt to show the university’s commitment to excellence not only in the College of Engineering but in other colleges as well.

The new structure will be an added space for the College of Engineering, which is vying for the different engineering courses to be Centers of Excellence (COE). Vice President for Administrative Affairs and project head Dr. Venusmar C. Quevedo said that the original concept of the building was for it to be devoted to engineering research and innovation and to meet the standards not just to be a center of excellence but for global competencies and recognition as well. It is a mark of the university’s commitment to give the best engineering education to its stakeholders, particularly the students.

Ozanam Annex is an investment for a higher level of instruction and learning in the field of engineering. Its facilities will consist of integrated technological access and software to meet the Commission on Higher Education’s requirement for centers of excellence to have an outcome- and research-based curriculum and for better education to prepare students for international standards. It will be the most modern building in the university, reflecting the fast development and dynamism of the Engineering discipline.

Construction will be done by a team of Vincentian engineers from Metro Stonerich Corporation. Engr. Bong Nun?o, Metro Stonerich Corporation president and an active Adamson University alumnus, said that it is a privilege for him to be able to build a building inside the university. He also stated that there is nothing more rewarding for him and his team than to give value to the trust given by the administration.

Metro Stonerich Corp., the contractor, will be assisted by WTA Architecture and Design Studio for the design requirements and ELS Consultacy and Management, Inc. for the project management.