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RIDGECREST, CALIF. — Barnhart Balfour Beatty has broken ground for the construction of a $5 million career and technical education building on the campus of Sherman E. Burroughs High School located at 500 E. French Ave. in Ridgecrest. The first new construction in the Sierra Sands Unified School District in nearly 20 years, the 18,845-square-foot building will include laboratory, classroom and office space. Designed by Westberg + White and funded by Proposition 1D Career Technical Education grant funds and a state loan, the project is scheduled to be completed in November 2011.