Things are Really Cooking!

 Construction of the addition is underway!  This week, the construction crew began the first of several concrete pours of the foundation.  Next month, we'll see the steel frame being erected, and watch the skeleton of our new building come into existence.  Things are really cooking!

This is the first pouring for the new foundation!

Footing for the foundation of the new building.

It seems as if there is just as much going on inside the building as outside.    This is one of many trenches for the new mechanical, electrical and plumbing systems.  

Really Exciting Stuff!!

 There were so many cool images this week, it was really hard to pick which ones to post.  In the first photo, all the underground duct work is being ripped out.  This is the stuff that got flooded so many times.  It can only be an improvement for it to be gone! 

I also loved these images of the stairs from the first floor to the ground floor.  Seeing the building stripped down like this really highlights its "great bone structure."

Digging deep for the footings!

One of the project goals is to preserve as many of our mature trees as possible.  Cross your fingers!

Within the last week the site has been really energized with outside construction activities. If you have been by the library lately you can see there has been a flurry of activity around the site with foundations beginning to be excavated for the new addition. The elevator pit has been excavated and the site will soon have foundations poured. Late last week the beautiful Cherry tree was transplanted to its new location.  While inside the library Mechanical, and Plumbing systems are continuing to be installed while demolition of the ground floor stair is underway.

What Will We Sit On?

One of our fans recently requested information about what the inside of the new library will look like - things like furnishings and stacks, desks and reading areas.  While these plans aren't finalized, project architects Lerner Ladds Bartels drafted schematics with the proposed interior layout of furniture and fixtures.  Hope this helps!