by Cecilia LaFrance

Exciting progress continues at the Library construction project. As the contractors button up the building and complete the facade, work inside presses ahead to keep our early 2026 return to the building on track.

What’s done (or nearly complete):

• New 3 phase transformer set and underground lines routed from street to pad and from pad to building.

• New parking lot storm drainage chambers installed.

• Parking lot demo’d and graded.

• Elevator pit and masonry tower.

• Floor and roof decking

• Steel reinforcements throughout

• Wall layouts and framing 

  • 1st floor = new children’s room on 1st floor, meeting room bumped out, new circulation desk configuration

  • 2nd floor = two new restrooms, classroom, 3 study rooms, a staff room, a makerspace, a community service room, and a magnificant commons area.

• Roof assembly installed

• Electrical rough in 1st & 2nd floor

• HVAC rough in 1st & 2nd floor

• Fire alarm and sprinkler lines rough in

• Door frames installed

• Solar array preparation

• Masonry work for front pillars

November’s Work:

• Metal Siding

• Stucco

• VRF heating/cooling units installed on roof

• Solar array installation

• Parking lot complete

• Ceiling grid and tiles installed

• Drywall

• Install windows

• Primer and 1st coat of paint

Building envelope work with siding installation in progress.

View from main hallway into library.

View of the new circulation area.

View from the former fireplace room toward Linderman Ave–new fiction and nonfiction area.

New staircase and elevator shaft.

Roof install–IPO membrane over coverboard, two layers of insulation foam and decking.