Library Construction Report

This report is for the period ending December 18, 2019.

To see an archive of all previous construction reports thus far, click on the

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Nearly all of the focus this week was in getting the roof sheathed and all closed

in and the building weather tight. While the weather has not really cooperated,

the framing crew has been working as hard as they can to get the roof done

before the snow really gets started.

There has been a lot of pretty serious wind and rain over the past week which

impacted the crew. They had planned to work last Saturday, but the 3 inches

of rain that fell, washed them out. They came in on Sunday and worked in 45

MPH gusts, manhandling the valley trusses into position so that they could be

sheathed on Monday. I can only imagine how difficult it was for them working

up so high in that wind. I was unaware that they were working over the

weekend and do not have pictures of the valley trusses being placed. Thanks

to Phi and the framing crew, we are back on schedule and possibly a little

ahead of schedule (I never said that). Once the sheathing has been inspected

to ensure that it has been properly nailed in place, we should start seeing the

Tyvek vapor barrier going on the building soon,

The concrete floor is still scheduled to be poured on December 30th. As always

this is weather dependent and could be pushed back. However Phi is eager to

get this done by the end of 2019 and are doing everything they can to make it

happen.

While a lot has been going on with the exterior of the Building Phi has been

very busy finalizing all of the moving pieces for the interior spaces of the

building. Deliveries of the heating and mechanical equipment have started

already. Windows are expected on 12-23-19, doors are expected on 12-30-19

and the round window that goes in over the main entrance, is due in on

January 2nd. While delivered, windows are not planned to be installed until the

weather begins to break in the spring. Hopefully spring comes before July 4th.

The building committee has been meeting picking paint colors, carpet and

interior design features.

The illustration below is the architectural “perspective” rendering of the view of

the library from Russell Ave. in this view you can see the reconstructed

intersection. Russell Ave currently runs very close to the front of the deck

support columns and the traffic island at the intersection of Central, Union,

Limerock and Russell is approximately at the top end of the sidewalk in the

lower left of the illustration. I am not going to attempt to draw these in … I

know my limits.

The illustration below is the is the architectural “perspective” rendering of the

view of the library from Memorial Park. Of course, both of these views show

mature trees that are not in place and are for illustrative purposes.

To see the Architectural Video perspective click on the link to view the video.

These perspectives while accurately depicting the building itself from the

drawings, may not be 100% accurate, when it comes to the depictions of the

surrounding buildings. These depictions are based on the architects best

estimate of the sizes of the surrounding structures, as they were not surveyed

and measured. They are meant for illustrative purposes. You can see the scale

model of the building that was built by Camden Model maker Robert Eddy well

known for his accurate depictions of boats.

The picture below shows the view of the building from Russell Ave. with the

roof sheathing started but the valley trusses not yet in place. The truss caps

have been installed.

Below is another picture of the same view after the valley trusses have been

installed and most of the sheathing installed. This view you are looking in

through the area that is the home to the book stacks. This area has the higher

“cathedral” ceiling that really opens up that space. While the pole in the corner

of the picture will remain, the wires will be rerouted and put underground.

The photo below is a view of the building taken from Central Street in the

vicinity of 18 Central Street.

The photo below show the exterior view of the Marine Room followed by the

interior view. The valley trusses are in place and sheathing installed.

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The drawing below show the interior layout of the building with an arrow

depicting the view that the photo was taken from.

The photo below shows the view of the interior of the library from the corner of

the Tutor room looking out towards Russell Ave.

The photo below shows the view from the main entrance towards the Children’s

Room and the corresponding illustration showing the direction that the photo

was taken.