This summer the first part of a renovation project was completed at the Foster Business Library. The goal is to re-orient the library and create a new entrance on the mezzanine level that opens into PACCAR Hall. Two sets of temporary construction walls were built on the mezzanine and ground levels to contain the loud noise and dust resulting from cutting through the concrete wall and mezzanine floor. These temporary walls will remain in place through the academic year and some library seating has been displaced. The contractors will continue working behind the construction walls during the school year, some days may be a little noisy. The contractors stop work at 3pm each weekday, so the late afternoons, evenings, and weekends should be relatively quiet.
The rest of the work will be completed during the summer of 2010. At that time we’ll close the BOAEEC side of the library for three months, turn it over to the contractors so they can complete their work, and operate library services temporarily out of the Balmer side. We’ll open the new renovated library space in time fall quarter 2010. The renovated space will include more seating, a new carpet, more group study rooms, and a new entrance and Circulation Desk.
If you have questions or concerns about the renovation project, please
contact buslib@uw.edu or 206-543-4360.
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