Updates to the Interior of the New Addition

Things continue to progress at a nice pace. We're starting to have some cabinetry installed, and the grid for the ceiling tiles is up. 

This first picture shows the atrium.  Its all painted and finished with all the windows installed:

This next photo shows the circulation area, from the perspective of the librarians.  We're inside, looking out into the lobby area:

With this next photo, you can see the new ceiling lights are now finished.  They have an LED track around the outer rim.  We'll be able to program different color of lights with this system.  You can also see the grid for the ceiling tiles is now installed.  The ceiling tiles are in the packages on the floor:

This next picture was taken in the new Junior Activity Room.  The cabinets have been installed.  Robin, one of our librarians, is posing by the cabinets to show how they are all "kid friendly" sized!

This photo shows the completed lights in the Junior Activity Room.

This photo was taken from the Junior Activity Room looking east back to the older part of the building.

I had to include this next photo!  It shows the stalls in the women's restroom.  Its a little difficult to tell from this photo, but there are privacy guards installed on the edges of all the doors.  Nice!

This photo is looking from the Community Room into the new kitchen area.  You can see the new cabinets through the serving window.  The kitchen is located in the north west corner of the Community Room.

Our staff break room is shown in this next photo.  We really like the cabinets!

The last photo for today shows the staff processing room.  All the walls are finished, and the grid is installed just waiting for the ceiling tiles:

Changes to the Director's Office

This week saw some major changes to our director, Judy Dewey's, office.  All her countertops and cabinets made a migration into the new addition.  Here are a few pictures of what her office looked like before the furnishings were removed:

Here's a fun picture of one of our construction crew working in Judy's office.  You can see how bare it is, now that her furniture is gone!

Now, Judy has to work off a long table and a couple of shelving carts until we make our move to the new addition.

The Work Outside Progresses Just as Quickly

I wanted to show you how the brickwork is coming along.  It won't be too many days before their finished!

This first photo shows the crew working on the top level.  The tractor is lifing the bricks up to the men.

As you can see in this photo, the brickwork on most of the south side of the new building is nearly completed.

This photo shows the south west corner of the new construction.  The crew is still working on the west side:

This is a great photo showing the large piles of bricks being used!

This is the north side of the building.  The work has just started here, but is moving very quickly:

The construction team has done an excellent job in matching the new brick to the older brick of the existing library.  I don't think anyone will be able to tell the difference between them once the work is done!

The Work Progresses Inside

We're now to the second week of April, and our BIG MOVE is slated for the final two weeks in May - May 17th through the 31st, to be exact.  The work is progressing right along, and it looks like the crew is on schedule.

Here's a few photos to show how nicely the interior of the building is looking.  The construction crew is still working in the atrium.  As you can see, we've got the clerestory windows installed, and the drywall mudding is progressing.

Here's a veiw looking south to the front door area.  We expect the doors to arive and be installed any day now.  You can see the area that will be our new display cases:

This is the north corner by the old yellow door that used to be our staff entrance.  Its all finished and painted!

Here's a view of our new staff processing area.  Look how nice and big and bright is is!  The lights have been installed and are working nicely.

The Community Room still needs a bit of work, but its right on target as well.  Here's a veiw looking into the southeast corner of the new room.  You can see the space where the doors will be installed:

Here's a first peek at the public restrooms.  All the tile has been installed, and the sinks are in as well:

And, finally, here's a view looking east through our long and lovely Junior section back the Young Adult corner by the old staff room door:

More Changes to the Interior of the Old Library

In order for the construction of the new section to progress, the construction crew had to remove part of the ceiling in the existing building. Here are some "before" and "after" photos to show how things have changed.

First we have the Young Adult area.  This was the easiest for the construction crew to do, as the ceiling was made up of tiles that could be removed.  The first two pictures show the ceiling as it was:

And here is the ceiling now, with the tiles removed, and the fixtures hangin loose.

These next pictures show the staff office at the back of the old building, in the north corner of the Young Adult area.  It was a more difficult job, as the ceiling in this small office was solid.  The construction crew had to do more work to get this ceiling out:

And here's what the ceiling in the little office looks like now:

Last, the staff area in the north corner of the old building was also affected.  Here is a photo of the staff break room.  Its located just off of the yellow door that was by the old book drop on the west side of the building:

And here's the break room now with the ceiling tiles removed:

So, lots of chages are happening!  It feels a bit like we're on the set of a movie, and the roof has been left off on purpose.  We're looking forward to our new building, and our new LARGE staff area!