Westpointe Workforce Training and Education Center, WWTEC Utah Architecture, American Building Photos
Westpointe Workforce Center in Salt Lake City
May 12, 2021
WWTEC at Salt Lake Community College
Design: SRG Partnership
Location: Westpointe Workforce Training and Education Center, Salt Lake Community College (SLCC), Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

The Westpointe Workforce Training and Education Center (WWTEC) at Salt Lake Community College (SLCC) is a technically sophisticated facility for hands-on learning that supports the community?s training needs in a flexible, high-quality space. Located in an underserved area of Salt Lake Valley, the adaptable WWTEC aligns with SLCC?s mission as the area?s primary post-secondary provider of technical workforce education, addressing a growing shortage in skills-based workforce.
The facility brings together technical education in advanced manufacturing trades active in the

Salt Lake Valley, including Composites, Plastics, Machining, Welding, Electronics, Diesel Technology and CDL Truck Driving. Collaborative lab, classroom and shop spaces based on real-world working environments help ensure students are well-equipped to enter Utah?s growing STEM-based industries.

The WWTEC sits on a highly visible site immediately west of I-215, creating an opportunity for the building to express the dynamic activities held within, as well as the values of the College. The building?s east façade became an opportunity for SLCC branding, while the facil...