On Saturday morning, the demolition crew began dismantling brick arches and the inside of the greenhouse. By Sunday afternoon, the arches were gone. While it looked simple, work did cause a bit of inconvenience in the library when the heavy duty tools threw a breaker and temporarily took out a bank of pc and Mac computers. Those computers were back up and running by opening on Sunday.
Today, crews have been disconnecting electrical, mechanical, and water systems in the greenhouse. This is tricky because not everything is self-contained. Separating the greenhouse from the library is like cutting the umbilical cord or undocking the space shuttle from the space station. Most times it goes smoothly; other times it doesn't. We lost water in the entire building for about 90 minutes today, while they drained a hose line in the greenhouse. The crew worked fast so we were inconvenienced just a little.
Alan, from computer services, is currently stringing fiber optic cable so we can relocate the Mac computers and Tutor Trac kiosk tomorrow morning. Physical plant has helped move an office unexpectedly when we discovered that a water line went right over file cabinets.
Susan
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Jackhammers were busy Sunday as well, so the renovation project is seriously underway. I was grateful to be in my office yesterday and not on the end of a jackhammer in that frigid weather!
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