Photo Update from Michael Clements 8/31

Work continues on the Heaton Learning Commons project, making for a noisy first week of classes for new students on campus. Nonetheless, the library has seen an unexpectedly high number of students who are unafraid to cross our dubious-looking doorstep! Computer lab 114 saw a steady stream of students filtering in and out during the week and students are already beginning to find their way around the condensed temporary library. While we hope for the construction sounds to quiet down as the project continues, the noise has by no means deterred students seeking to print papers, make copies, and reference reserve textbooks. Though we cannot provide a quiet study area at this current time, we are still offering all that we can to students and faculty and are very excited to see our efforts being put to good use.

Below are Michael Clements' most recent photos of the work from this past week.

Photo Update from Michael Clements 8/24

Michael Clements, Project Engineer on the Heaton Learning Commons Project, has provided us with some wonderful 'behind-the-scenes' photos of the construction so far. As the project continues, we have been informed that we will receive weekly updates, containing similar progress photos that
document the work being done from a much closer perspective than we can ourselves achieve.

Work is still progressing at a steady pace, and though there is much still to be done, it already seems that a lot has taken place in the space around us!

EDIT: Updated as of 8/17 to include photos previously lost during the email outage.

A Hole in the Wall

As I'm sure you must have heard (you can hear it the whole way across campus!), there has been some major work going on here at the library, cutting through walls that will eventually be replaced with glass windows in the Heaton Family Learning Commons.

 

At the moment, the vacated library has the look of something vaguely sinister...but things are proceeding rapidly and there's no telling what the next day may bring. It's especially loud here as the most dramatic of the demolition work continues, but we hope that the worst of the noise will be over soon.

The Noise From Above

It's been a noisy few days at the library, with mysterious thundering constantly descending from the workers up above. Big changes are taking place upstairs as the space is stripped bare and made ready for the upcoming development. To some, it may be a happy day, to others it may be a sad one: The orange carpet has officially left the building! Well, on the second floor at least. After a full day of scraping and tearing, the fruits of labor are evident. 

Next on the list of deconstruction is the opening of the walls and the sky light.

As the work continues in the partitioned-off upper floor (and on the roof itself!), the little library downstairs continues to be a place of mysterious noises whose sources cannot often be located.

Noise coming from outside the library, however, can be more easily traced to its source. The first trees have come down in the immediate vicinity, making way for new front entrance of the Heaton Family Learning Commons, which will face the center of campus.

As far as we can tell from our limited perspective, the work seems proceeding at a good pace, and it seems that a lot has already been done in a short amount of time!