June Update: Expect noise, lots of activity
Summer is not yet officially here but construction at Cabell is on a summer pace with crews working around-the-clock to do loud work when it is least likely to affect patrons.
Starting May 28, the crew will start facing the first floor exterior with the same limestone that will be used on the new building. This work requires drilling anhors into the existing pre-cast, which will create loud and continuous noise. The work will be done mostly at night, when the building is closed, and will stop by 10 a.m. each day. Work will begin on the southside, which will take about three weeks to complete. Then, they will move to the east side and, last, west side.
In other key work:
- Drywall installation is scheduled to begin on the Lower Level June 10, then June 17 for the first floor and June 24 for the secnod floor. The third floor work will start July 3. Expect noise.
- Demolition of the northeast corner of the third floor (Innovative Media space) will start June 2 with asbestos abatement. For the next month to six weeks, the third floor will be a loud and messy area. At times one or two of the elevators on the 3rd floor level won’t be available.
- Replacement of the tile on the first floor tile will be done the July 4th weekend. During the three nights prior while the building is closed, the existing tile will be demolished. The night of July 3 through July 4, the new tile will be laid. The tile will be grouted the night of July 5 and will be ready to walk on by Monday, July 6.
- The second floor multipurpose room (250) is temporarily closed to public use. It will be used for staff work space while staff areas are under construction.
- Innovative Media on the third floor has moved into temporary new space on the west side of the third floor. It will remain in place there, providing its usual full services and hours of operation, until it moves to its new location on the Lower Level.
- New restrooms will soon be available.
- Inspections of new spaces include testing of the audible fire alarm and strobe lights. So, be prepared.
- This summer we will see the completion of the new Special Collections and Archives space on the fourth floor. It is uncertain, pending arrival of new furnishings, when the space will be fully open to patrons.
- The first and second floors, including the new entrance with revolving doors, will be ready by Sept. 30.
- The lower level, future home of Innovative Media, will be completed in October.
- The scheduled completion of third and fourth floors is Dec. 14, 2015.
Updates regarding design and materials:
Work is going well inside the new building. Duct installation, chilled piping, framing, electrical rough in, hydronic piping, and sprinkler rough-in are all nearly complete. Limestone for the exterior of old Cabell Library and the new building has arrived and is ready to install.
There are a couple of design issues to resolve regarding the lighting intended for the trellis that will hang over the plinth on the east side of Cabell Library.
Also, the sun screen at the cornice of the new building on the east side was fabricated incorrectly according to the architect’s drawings. The blades were to run east-west and instead are north-south. It’s uncertain how that will be resolved.
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