Use stairs Friday morning: Possible power outage
Due to work on the emergency generator, there will be a brief power blip on Friday morning, Sept. 26, scheduled for 7 a.m. If you are in the building, you may notice the emergency lights flicker. Likely, the elevators will halt and need to be restarted. Use the stairs to avoid the risk of being […]
Thursday and Friday: Concrete pours in the wee hours
There will be two concrete pours this week to extend the lower level mat slab for the construction of the new library. On Thursday morning (Sept. 25), starting at 4 a.m. and completing by 10 a.m., roughly 200 yards of concrete mix will be poured on the west side of the “pit.” Linden Street will […]
Trucks and tons of concrete rolling in Friday in the wee hours
The new building will soon be rising out of “the pit” on the Linden-Park side of Cabell Library. On Friday, Sept. 19, starting at 2 a.m. the concrete “mat slab” will be poured. Preparations — a 3D web of steel rebar that will reinforce the concrete — are nearly complete. The “pour” will comprise […]
Construction gate closed
Access to the Cabell Library construction site changed on Friday in anticipation of the flood of students returning this and next week. The construction gate on the east side was closed. It will rarely be used. The primary access will be via the gate at the corner of Shafer and Linden Streets. A “flag person” […]
Noise alert: Wall and loading dock demolition starts Wednesday.
Removal of the west retaining wall and demolition of the loading dock starts Wednesday. This will be noisy work. Brace yourselves.
Beginning June 12: West side of third floor becomes “silent study” area
With construction activity on the fourth floor, regular silent study will be impossible. The floor will continue to observe “silence” — no conversation — when possible due to work schedules. But, to provide additional space for silent study, the west side of the third floor is now silent. This means no conversation, no cell phones, […]
Third floor may be chilly until week of July 3.
Starting June 9, W. M. Jordan is beginning to replace the Variable Air Volume (VAV) heating/air conditioning units on the third floor. To do this work, the heating water supply will be shut off. This will create “cold spots” where patrons may feel cold air. This process, which requires installation of 19 units (two per […]