Landscaping Begins

Spruce It Up, our landscapers, have begun working on the landscaping around the new section of the building.  In the last few days, they've been putting down the sprinkler system.  Today, they've been working along 1st North.

The landscaping will eventually go all around the building as well.  This is the west wall.  The window you see is the one on the west wall of the Community Room (Adult Collection).

The landscaping will continue along our south walls, and the island by the drive-through Book Drop will be completely planted.

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!

Exterior Gets Weatherized

With the sunny days we've had, the crew has been progressing right along.  Here are a few pictures showing the exteriors of the new addition with the weather wrap on.

This first photo shows the new main entrance to the library, and the new Community Room.  You can see how much of the exterior walls are completed, and the weather wrapping around the Community Room.

I took a little outside tour along 1st North to see the scope of the new building. Here you can see how the new addition is connecting to the old building.  The atrium roof is peeking out over the older building.  I'm so glad we were able to save the mature tree in the parking!

This last photo is looking from the new addition back onto the older building.  You can just see the Tabernacle roof behind the building.  From this angle, the new addition looks huge!