Current Projects

The CLA Tower and Registrar demolition is a $14.2-million project to address significant seismic and safety issues with these structures. The project was the result of multiple seismic, structural and feasibility studies. Once this project is complete, Cal Poly Pomona will no longer have any buildings on the highest priority list for seismic safety maintained by the California State University Chancellor’s Office.

The university is operating under a compressed timeline for bidding in a tight construction market. The project consists of two phases: interior demolition and exterior demolition. The removal of office fixtures, desks and furniture is scheduled to begin in March 2022. Demolition of the structures are planned in late May through the beginning of the fall semester in August 2022. Wayfinding for students, faculty, staff and visitors will be established in both phases.

Facilities Planning & Management will manage the construction budget to determine the extent of improvements that will be made to the site to accommodate the elevation changes from ground level to the remaining building, reconfigure the exit pathways from classrooms, landscape improvements and, if budget permits, outdoor seating areas in alignment with the draft physical master plan for outdoor gathering spaces and the Welcome Center experience design concepts.

Construction fencing will be erected in mid-March for the removal of unsalvageable equipment and furniture that were left behind after the transition to the Student Services Building. The Aratani Japanese Garden will remain open through mid-May. At the start of the tear-down, the Aratani Japanese Garden will be covered and protected from dust and debris. Construction fencing will be erected around the demolition site. 

Faculty and staff members who have offices in the CLA classroom side will be temporarily relocated during the demolition phase for safety and noise considerations. Summer session classes that were scheduled to be held in the CLA Classroom section will be moved to other buildings. The Paseo in the Classroom section also will be closed because of its proximity to the demolition area.

The $27-million project will replace the aging electrical wiring and conduits with state-of-art components that will meet the university's electrical and technological needs for the coming decades. The initial phase of the project will involve digging trenches to install electrical duct banks and conduits and high-voltage wiring.  

The upgrade project will require 18 months to finish. Construction is tentatively scheduled to be completed in early 2022. Newsbreak alerts will be sent to the campus before construction work begins at a site on campus. Construction updates will be posted on The Compass website and social media alerts. 

Construction crews will dig trenches several feet deep in roadways, pedestrian corridors, in landscape adjacent to buildings and other sites across the sprawling campus. Work areas will be cordoned off. Pedestrians are urged to use detours and avoid the construction sites. 

Twelve elevators in six buildings will be refurbished in a modernization project that began in January. Four elevators at the College of Science (Building 8) and one elevator at the College of Education and Integrative Studies (Building 6) are being overhauled in the first phase of the overhaul program. In the coming months, one elevator in Building One, one elevator at the Don B. Huntley College of Agriculture (Building 2), four elevators at the Biotechnology Building (Building 4) and one elevator in the University Office Building (Building 94) will undergo overhauls. 

The overall modernization project is scheduled to be completed by September, which falls in line with the anticipated resumption of in-person fall semester classes at Cal Poly Pomona and other CSU campuses.

The IT Department is embarking on a project to expand the university’s data storage capability and meet the anticipated high-tech challenges in protecting the information of future generations of students and university records.

The existing campus data center, which is the hub for the voice, data network and digital storage capabilities of the university, contains outdated equipment and is nearing its storage capacity. Facilities Planning & Management (FP&M) is overseeing construction of the $3.6-million facility, which is  expected to be completed in the summer.

The site of the new 7,000-square-foot data center near the Bronco Student Center was chosen because it offers access to nearby manholes containing electrical connections and sits close to existing utility lines. In addition, construction of the data center at this site would reduce disruption to pedestrian traffic and campus life.

The construction of an addition to the south side of the Art Department and Engineering Annex (Building 13) for the Rocket Lab has started. The 2,100-square-foot addition that will serve as a classroom and lab space for aerospace engineering students.

Facilities Planning & Management (FP&M) is overseeing construction of the addition, which is scheduled to be completed by June 9. 

The $3.7-million Rose Float Lab and Design Center project will provide nearly 14,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor work space, including an enclosed construction bay, design workshop, storage facilities and a courtyard to host large numbers of volunteers 

The northern portion of Parking Lot E1 adjacent to Building 45 will be closed to allow for the start of the Rose Float Lab project. Fencing around parking stalls will remain in place until the project is completed.

A section of Parking Lot E1 will be closed until the completion of the project. The new lab requires installation of underground infrastructure that will run through the parking lot. Drivers should use caution when approaching the construction area. Pedestrians should use detours as needed to get around the work site.