Athens Tech Building $13.1M Industrial Systems Facility As part of Gov. Brian Kemp's 2022 fiscal budget for Georgia, Athens Technical College will receive money for a new 45,000-square-foot building that will house programs for industrial systems technology and mechatronics. June 01, 2021 • (TNS) — Athens Technical College is set to begin construction on a $13.1 million Industrial Systems Technology building. Funding for the facility was included in Gov. Brian Kemp's budget for the next fiscal year. Athens Tech's new 45,000-square-foot building, scheduled for completion by the end of next year, will include classrooms and labs for air conditioning technology, industrial systems technology and mechatronics programs. It will also house economic development programs.