The studs are here! The studs are here! Well, at least some of our steel studs arrived early this morning for our construction project. This is our first official steel delivery with many more to come. Walls will be built on site and put into place with a crane. It will still be a couple of weeks before you start to see steel coming out of the ground, as some work is still going on in the basement of the building. Once the crane is on site and walls start going up, the project will take on a whole new look! We’ll continue to update you with pix and postings as the project takes shape.
Southside Construction Update 8/21
Aug 21st, 2009 by Chris Lynn
What “green” efforts are going into the construction at the Southside Branch?
While we are not seeking LEED certification on this project, we are using many of the lessons we learned from our Russell Street project. For instance, all enamels, stains, paints and primers will be well below LEED standards for VOCs. All windows will be Low-E double paned to minimize energy loss via conduction. All of the red iron to be used in the project is 100% recycled. Low flow water closets and urinals will be used to save on water consumption. Natural groundwater cooling will be used to cool the building. The heat generated by the computer server room will heat the domestic hot water using a de-superheater. And much much much much more….Keep an eye on this blog as we’ll be talking about the many other “green” aspects of this building as they are implemented and installed.