What a difference one year can make!

January 25, 2011
Demolition work progresses in preparation for construction on phase one of the 3-level underground parking garage. 

January 25, 2012
Phase one the of 3-level underground parking garage is
nearing completion!

Concrete columns will be poured today in preparation for construction of the new 25,000 square foot addition which is being built on top of the phase one portion of the underground.

When the new addition in completed later this summer, the library will temporarily move into the new space, utilizing the new underground parking, while the next phase of the project takes over. The final phase will see the complete renovation of all three floors of the original library building, and the construction of the second half of the underground parking garage.


Follow the project’s progress in photos at:
http://www.kpl.org/central/prg_photos.html

Read relevant project and library stories at:
http://www.kpl.org/central/prg_media.html

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Construction Progress Video

Domenic Trichilo, our project’s General Contractor from Maystar Construction, talks with Doug Gilmour, Facilities Planning Engineer from the Region of Waterloo, about the underground parking garage progress and next steps.

Watch video here.

The garage portion of our library renovation project is a joint partnership between the Library, Region of Waterloo, City of Kitchener and Province of Ontario . . . and it’s coming along nicely!

The construction crews are taking a much need break for the Christmas holidays, but will be back at it in the New Year.


Follow the project’s progress in photos at:
http://www.kpl.org/central/prg_photos.html

Read relevant project and library stories at:http://www.kpl.org/central/prg_media.html

Join in the conversation at:
Facebook: www.facebook.com\kitchenerlibrary
Twitter: www.twitter.com\kitchlibrary

Construction Photo Update

Recent aerial photographs of our construction site show the progress being made on Phase One of the underground parking garage, located at the rear of the Main Library.

The final floor (P1) of the garage is being put into place; which will be followed by the construction of the new 25,000 square foot addition on top of the this portion of the garage.

When ready, the library will temporarily move into the new addition (with underground parking) while the next phase of the project takes over . . . the complete renovation of all three floors of the original library building, and the construction of the second half of the underground parking garage.

Follow the project’s progress in photos at:
http://www.kpl.org/central/prg_photos.html

Watch project update videos at:
http://www.kpl.org/central/video.html

Read relevant project and library stories at:
http://www.kpl.org/central/prg_media.html

Join in the conversation at:
Facebook: www.facebook.com\kitchenerlibrary
Twitter: www.twitter.com\kitchlibrary

Planned Power Outage

There will be a scheduled construction-related power shutdown on Thursday, November 3rd and Friday, November 4thfrom 4:00 am to 8:30 am.
During this time, there will be no access to the following services at all KPL locations:

* KPL website
* KPL telephone system
* KPL TelRenew system
* KPL catalogue (including placing online holds & renewals)

This work has been scheduled to minimize the impact of any service disruptions to our library customers.

All KPL locations will open as usual at 9:30 am on both mornings.

South Wall Insulation & Stonework Begins

Work begins this week to apply insulation on the south wall of the Main Library.  As noted earlier, the original 1962 design of the library did not incorporate insulation in any of the exterior walls.  Once the insulation is applied to this side of the library the original stone that was removed last month will be re-applied.

The other walls will be insulated from the inside as part of the renovation phase of the project.  The inside of the south wall is adorned with the large Bechtel Mural.  In order to retain the original mural, the south wall insulation work needed to be done from the outside.

Click here to view recent construction photos.

Click here to view a recent video with our General Contractor.

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