BRANCHING OUT

U-Mass Five College FCU, Amherst, has awarded HBE Financial Facilities a $3.4 million contract to design and build a new home office. Project completion is scheduled for March of next year. U-Mass Five College FCU has $109 million in assets and serves 20,084 members. TRW Systems FCU, Hawthorne, Calif., has announced the grand opening of its new National Headquarters and Main Member Service Center located on Aviation Boulevard. TRW Systems FCU has $375 million in assets and serves 53,835 members. Telco Community Credit Union, Tacoma, Wash., has announced construction is underway for a sixth branch in the Westgate section. The 3,600 square foot building is scheduled for completion in October 2000. TCCU has $129.2 million in assets and serves 25,902 members. First Northern Credit Union, Chicago, Ill., has celebrated the grand opening of its new 5300 square foot branch office in Rockford. Designed by DEI, Inc. of Cincinnati, Ohio, the modern office offers a pod where members and financial service advisors can sit alongside each other, a "Moola Moose" play kingdom for small children and a "Compass Club" area complete with computer and video games for older teens. First Northern CU has $164 million in assets and serves 26,743 members. Columbia Credit Union, Vancouver, Wash., has announced the relocation of its Orchards branch. The new location will be in the Albertson's Home Base Shopping Center at the corner of SR500 and 4th Plain Blvd. The branch is scheduled to open August 2000. CCU has $356 million in assets and serves 49,892 members.