About – Construction
The fourth floor is being remodeled. The Special Collections Department is being expanded and the Director's Office Department is having a new suite of offices constructed.
We are very excited about our construction project. The images below show the progress of the construction project. Please check back every few days for more updates.
Day One

Special Collections expansion

Director's Office suite

Special Collections Department

Dr. Conrad behind bars!

Mr. Mitchell & Dr. Conrad checking out the new digs

Mr. Mitchell is very happy with his (soon to be) new office

A view to the north from Mr. Mitchell's new office

A view to the east from Mr. Mitchell's new office

A view of the new Director's Office suite
Day Two

Going up?

Pane removers

Pane removal made easy

Getting to work involves no panes at all

The walls are coming! The walls are coming!

The walls have landed

Preparing the Special Collections addition

Working inside the Special Collections addition

Outside the Special Collections addition

A view from inside the new Director's Office suite
Day Three

Outside the Special Collections addition

Inside the Special Collections addition

A second from inside the Special Collections addition

Long view of the Special Collections addition

A view from within the new Director's Office suite

A view of the Director's Office suite in-progress

A peek at work in-progress

The view from outside of Special Collections

A view inside the current Special Collections office

Another view from within the Special Collections office
Day Four

Working on the Director's Office

A view of the work inside the Director's Office

One of the offices in the new Director's Office suite

Working on Mr. Mitchell's new office

The view entering Mr. Mitchell's new office

Working on the Special Collections addition

Duct, duct, batting!

A perspective on the location of the Time Capsule

Our Time Capsule before it is sealed away in the wall

The outside of the Special Collections addition is just about finished being drywalled

A view of the work outside the Director's Office suite

A view inside the newly walled-up Special Collections addition

The view from the back of the Special Collections addition towards the elevators
Day Five

A view of the work on the Special Collections addition

Getting all taped up

Mudding while you work

A view of the work in the Director's Office suite
Day Six

A view of the work in progress from one of the new office spaces

A view of the work in progress from one of the new offices

A long view of the work in one of the offices

Work progresses inside the Special Collections addition

A view of the work outside the Special Collections addition

A view of the work outside the Director's Office suite
A view of the soon-to-be front door of the Director's Office suite
The ducts are still running loose
Equipment at rest
A view inside the Director's Office suite
A view of the work in Mr. Mitchell's new office
A view to the east from the Director's Office suite
A somewhat north-easterly view from Mr. Mitchell's new office
Watch out, Dr. Conrad, or the ducts could get into your office
Day Seven

A view of the work on the Director's Office suite

A view of the work on the Special Collections addition

A view of the work inside the Special Collections addition

A view from the back of the Special Collections addition

A view into two of the Director's Office suite
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