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Cornette Library Maintenance and Renovations

To share upcoming and past projects that maintain and improve the physical building.

Project Overview

We are renovating the Gallery space with new self-healing wall coverings!  Tri-State is also involved in this project.  The renovation started Thursday, 2/13/2020 and was to be completed by Tuesday, March 3, 2020. Unfortunately, due to extenuating circumstances caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the project end date was extended to mid-April.  The wall coverings and unfinished base boards were installed by March 3, 2020 in time for the Faculty Poster Session.  Finished base boards and chair rails were installed during the weeks of April 13, 2020 and April 20, 2020.

Before Photos

Gallery before.

The gallery.

Gallery before.

A picture of the gallery before.

Progress (2/14/2020)

Gallery project, midstream. Old covering is down. Construction on going

Gallery Wall renovation – old wall covering removal

Progress (2/27/2020)

Prepping the wall for coverings

Prepping the Gallery Wall for the wall covering

Adding the wall covering, everything must be level and measured exactly

Adding the wall covering: everything must be level and measured exactly

Applying adhesive to wall

Adding the wall covering: applying the adhesive

Workers moving the heavy wall covering

Adding the wall covering: HEAVY!

Adding the wall covering to the wall

Adding the wall covering: Lining it up just so

Adding the wall covering to the wall

Adding the wall covering: Lining it up just so

Contractors smoothing the wall covering out on the wall

Adding the wall covering: Lining it up just so and smoothing it out

Contractors making sure the wall covering is level

Adding the wall covering: one final measurement

Contractors checking to make sure the seam between the two wall coverings is straight

Adding the wall covering: Checking the seam

Top of the wall is complete

Adding the wall covering: Top of one wall complete!

Progress (2/28/2020)

Men installing the Gallery wall covering

The Gallery Wall covering is almost up!

Progress (3/2/2020 & 3/5/2020)

new wall cob=vering with unfinished base boards

Gallery Wall covering up with new, unfinished baseboards in time for the Faculty Poster Session (3/2/20)

Faculty posters with chairs

Faculty posters on new Gallery Wall covering with unfinished baseboards (3/5/20).

Progress (4/17/2020)

Gallery wall base boards

Installing the finished baseboards on the Gallery Wall

Progress (4/21/2020)

Picture of gallery wall with finished basebords and chair rails

Completed Gallery Wall with finished baseboards and chair rails (west side)

Picture of gallery wall with finished baseboards and chair rails

Completed Gallery Wall with finished baseboards and chair rails (south side)