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Health Education Hub
Developed through a partnership between Cal Poly Humboldt and the College of the Redwoods, the Health Education Hub project is transforming Cal Poly Humboldt's Stewart Building into a modern health education center serving California's North Coast region.
The Health Education Hub will bring new training programs and educational opportunities to the area, and support the development of the region's future healthcare workforce.
Project Details
The Stewart Building remodel will transform a 100-year-old schoolhouse into a the new Health Education Hub, a state-of-the-art center designed to support health sciences programs and workforce development for Cal Poly Humboldt and College of the Redwoods. The facility will include high-fidelity simulation labs that replicate pre-hospital, hospital, and home-care environments, along with classrooms and conference space.
In addition to nursing education, the Health Education Hub will support training for a wide range of allied health professionals. The project is also being designed to achieve LEED Gold Equivalent standards, supporting a more efficient and sustainable facility for future generations of students and healthcare professionals.
Key Facts & Features
- Estimated Completion: August 2027
- Project size: 41,781 square feet
- Humboldt Project Manager: Kassidy Banducci, Jason Baugh
- Project Architect: SmithGroup
- Project CEQA Consultant: Ascent Environmental
- Project Contractor: Sundt Construction
- Construction Project Manager: fs3 | Hodges
- Includes simulation-based teaching labs, modern classrooms, student support spaces, and collaborative learning environments.
- Supports regional healthcare workforce development through expanded nursing and allied health training opportunities.
- Designed to LEED Gold Equivalent per version 4 for BD+C of the USGBC standard
ESTIMATED Construction Activities Timeline
Underground trenching and conduit installation for new PG&E service is underway along 16th Street. Neighbors may experience construction noise, heavy equipment and backup alarms, temporary steel plates, and one-lane traffic near the intersection of 16th and L Streets.
Demolition of the existing concrete stairs will involve jackhammers and heavy equipment and is expected to be one of the noisier upcoming construction activities.
Roof sheathing, framing, window sill construction, and roofing activities will continue over the next several months. Neighbors may hear intermittent noise from nail guns, hammers, drills, and other construction equipment. The contractor is also conducting daily magnetic sweeps around the project site to collect stray nails and metal debris.
Saw cutting of concrete and asphalt for underground utilities is currently scheduled for October 19–23 and is expected to generate noticeable noise, particularly for neighbors adjacent to the parking lot.
Construction will continue inside Stewart Building throughout this period, including elevator construction, concrete and masonry work, and temporary structural shoring. Some of these activities may generate intermittent noise; however, the majority of the significant interior saw cutting is now behind us.
CEQA Update
The Notice of Exemption was filed on January 16, 2026 with the State Clearinghouse (SCH# 2026010521). Documents are linked below:
- Exemption Memo
- Appendix A Stewart Building - Secretary of the Interior's Standards Consistency Analysis
- Notice of Exemption
Email ceqa@humboldt.edu with questions/comments.
