The wood ceiling above the circulation desk is being installed and looks beautiful! The zebrafish sun shade is up and looks great. The scaffolding should come down later this week.   The staff meeting/work area, kitchen, and store room are almost finished.  

The best part of yesterday’s hard-hat tour was seeing the installation of the Douglas fir paneling in the ceiling of the social commons and along on the south wall of both floors of the library.   The circulation office has been glassed in. The makerspace has been glassed in. Several of the public laptop re-charge… Continue reading →

Sheets of tempered glass have been installed in the clerestory windows on the east side of the building. Glass is also currently being installed on the curtain wall on the west side of the building.   Casework has been installed in the staff kitchen. The glass walls and doors for the staff offices have been… Continue reading →

The concrete pours on the plaza are complete! Bricks are being applied on the south side of the building The concrete for the planters on the plaza has been poured Carpet is being installed in the lower level around the circumference of the courtyard

Concrete polishing of the social commons floor is complete and the floor has been covered for protection. A final polishing will take place in June. The stairs between the social and academic commons are in! Glass doors have been installed for each of the staff offices now as has the carpeting. Below is a picture… Continue reading →

A lot of progress has been made outside and intside! Outside, the new bike racks on the plaza have been painted. Waterproofing is being applied on the exterior walls prior to brick installation. The man-machine hoist was removed from the courtyard on Saturday. In its place scaffolding has been installed as part of the prep… Continue reading →

A lot has happened in the past few weeks! The concrete base for the grey courtyard pavers will be poured soon. The pavers have arrived and look great. Much progress has been made on the elevator. An initial pour of the gray concrete that will surround the library on the plaza level has been completed… Continue reading →

The perimeter structural walls upstairs are about 20% complete. The interior walls upstairs (café and restroom) are about 80% complete. Construction crews are preparing to install the remaining storefront glass around the atrium downstairs. The spring break project of fireproofing the column in phase II near the geology room is underway. Cement for the new… Continue reading →

This week the low walls around the atrium are being framed, the concrete base for the main staircase is being poured, and projects for spring break are being planned. One of these activities is to modify the too-narrow trench drain grates (the rust-colored ones) in the plaza so that they fit more securely in the… Continue reading →

The new men’s and women’s restrooms downstairs in the academic commons now have roughed in walls (the one restroom upstairs in the social commons will be gender-neutral). The elevator should be finished by mid-April. The roof should be completed by the end of March. The atrium is currently being excavated, including digging channels for plumbing… Continue reading →