Library Construction Report

This report is for the period ending March 6, 2020.

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The crews continue with the electrical, plumbing heating and security rough in,

so that it can be inspected prior to insulating and sheetrock installation. Once

inspected, the insulating will begin, followed closely by the sheetrock. This is

where the whole space will begin to get visually much smaller. Now you can

see through the walls and it makes the space appear bigger. Once the sheet

rock goes up it will get smaller and once the shelving and furniture goes in it

will get smaller still.

The brick for the exterior will arrive by March 13th with the brick masons to

begin soon after. This will be a fairly long process and take approximately 3

months to complete. As always this is an estimate and depends greatly on

weather and other factors. Once started masons will begin on the back,

westerly corner of the building and proceed clockwise around the building

ending at the main entrance to the building on Limerock Street.

The interior designer and the Library team are finishing up the furniture plan

which is finalizing the location of some electrical outlets based on that new

plan.

The construction of the intersection has been delayed slightly, due to some

changes to the water main and supply being made by Maine Water, but that is

expected to be started very soon.

On a final note, while the construction fence has been removed and “jersey

barriers” are in place around the site, it is still a construction zone and NOT

open to the public, even if there is a opening in the barrier. PLEASE do not

enter the site for any reason, without permission.

The photo below is of the area of the circulation desk in front of the Director’s

office. You are viewing through the young adult space and into the children’s

room. The marine room is on the right side of the photo.

Pictured below is a view of some of the HVAC duct work that is in the ceiling of

the children’s room space.

The photo below shows the vaulted ceiling in the area of the book stacks. If

you look closely you can see the framing for the clock that will be installed that

will be visible on the outside of the building.

Below is the architect’s rendition of the library as viewed from above in the

vicinity of the Simmons house on Russell. Below that is the civil engineering

drawing of the intersection, that will be completed early this summer.

A view looking down the elevator shaft to the lower level and the elevator pit.

Shown below is the marine room as seen from the book stack area and through

to the children’s room. Hanging down in the foreground are two of the supply

lines to the heat pump.

Taken from the tech services office, this view is through the circulation desk

area to the book stacks in the front of the building.

One of the heat pump cassettes that provide heating and air conditioning.

One of the 29 hold down anchors placed around the building. These are in

addition to the normal anchor bolts you would see in a home construction.

These hold downs are 1-inch bolts set into the concrete and are part of the

structural design to deal with wind forces.

Just some of the 1000’s of feet of wire that is in the library. And you think the

wiring behind your computer desk is complicated!

The photo below is of the staff workspace in the lower level.

Pictured below is the seating area just off the program room in the lower level.

You can also see the mechanical room and the unfinished expansion space in

the photo as well.

Below is a view of the construction of the hall to the unfinished expansion

space, taken from the back of the program. The mechanical room is on the left

of the photo.

This is a shot of the entrance to the restrooms in the lower level

Finally, two of the full-sized floor plans of the main floor and the lower level in

case the smaller illustrations were too small for you to really see.