David R. Obey Center for Health Services
Northcentral Technical College
Wausau, Wisconsin

The new addition includes nursing, dental, and surgery training centers, and also contains a medical technician laboratory, radiology, lecture halls, administrative offices, a fully computerized Health Learning Resource Lab, and high-tech classrooms and computer labs equipped with distance learning capabilities.  The interior features a 25-foot-high by 30-foot-wide “waterwall”: a waterfall that rolls down steel panels from the top floor to the ground level. Outside of the facility, a river-bottom stream runs across the entire length of the front of the building.

Project Size: 128,500 SF Completion: November 2004 Delivery Method: General Contractor Architect: Kahler Slater Architects Awards: AGC of Wisconsin, 2005 Build Wisconsin Award AIA Wisconsin 2007 Merit Award LEED Certification: Awarded Silver LEED Certification