FMC ARCHITECTS PROJECTS
AWT TRANSFORMATION TRAINING CENTER
Project: AWT Transformation Training Center
Client: AWT / Lakeland Construction Group
Contractor: Lakeland Construction Group
Location: Mentor, Ohio
Description: New 12,500 sf training facility. The AWT Training Center will provide Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM)-to-career programming for K-12 students, pre-apprenticeships for high school juniors and seniors, and apprenticeship training for those who are unemployed and incumbent workers.
In addition, the AWT Training Center will act as a central hub for AWT Foundation operations and a place where manufacturers in Northeast Ohio will join to share ideas, best practices, and promote rewarding manufacturing careers.
The facility contains classrooms with associated lab rooms with hands-on tooling equipment training. Welding and Heat Treat stations are also part of the education taught.