Greenville Technical College celebrated a beam signing and the “topping out” of its Brashier Campus’s Center for Welding and Automation Excellence west of Simpsonville Dec. 11.

The 44,000-square-foot facility will increase the college’s capacity from four robotic welding stations to 16, and the total number of welding stations from 90 to 140.

Classrooms and labs for artificial intelligence, robotics, MIG, laser and pipe welding as well as a non-destructive testing lab and a high-tech fabrication facility will be on the building’s ground floor. The second level will house breakout rooms and dedicated study spaces, along with an overhead viewing area of the facility’s labs.

“It’s one of the largest and most advanced welding facilities in the nation,” said Larry Miller, president of Greenv

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