Kennewick School District recently completed construction of the Tri-Tech East building on the Tri-Tech Skills Center campus.

The new 10,200-square-foot detached building features 6,200 square feet of remodeled space and 4,000 square feet of new space at 5929 W. Metaline Ave. It opened in June.

The $4 million project features space for classrooms, workshops and offices for existing programs at Tri-Tech Skills Center and new programs related to manufacturing.

Funding sources included $1.7 million in state grants and $2.3 million from the State School Construction Assistance Program.

Tri-Tech Skills Center is one of 11 skills centers in Washington dedicated to offering tuition-free technical and professional training for high school students.

It operates as a cooperative school of seven local school districts, including Kennewick, Pasco, Richland, Finley, Columbia-Burbank, Kiona-Benton City and North Franklin. It also serves students from the Prosser School District, online schools and home-school students.

The contractor was Banlin Construction of Kennewick and the architect was Design West Architects of Kennewick.