From DC Public Library

Consigli Construction has been making steady progress rebuilding your library and we are targeting a late Spring opening. Below is a quick update noting progress since mid-November and what to expect in the weeks ahead.

Construction progress update with photographs below:

• Glass (curtainwall) installation is complete.
• Exterior Storefront(glass windows and doors) installation is 95% complete.
• Team has been working longer and extra shifts within permitted hours to make up for adverse weather days.
• Exterior Cladding (Trespa® panel) installation is 50% complete.
• Project has received temporary pending final (TPF) approval for Power.
• PEPCO has dropped the meter to the site- final connections are awaited.
• Interior wall close-in inspections have progressed well.
• Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing installations on both floors are 90% complete.
• All required monitoring, testing and inspections continue to take place.
• An Artist call to commission art for the heritage wall has been released. Here is a link to the Community questionnaire to inform the artwork – please share as widely as possible.

What to expect in the weeks ahead?

• Construction will continue within the permitted hours of 7:00 AM to 7:00 PM Monday through Saturday. 
• Soon after PEPCO completes the final power connection the construction trailer will leave the site.
• After the trailer leaves the site, sanitary line tie-in on South Dakota will be scheduled – a separate email alert will be sent in advance of that.
• Exterior perforated metal panels on South Dakota Ave. will start going up next month.
• As the the exterior envelope gets finished, the majority of the activity will be inside the building.
• Consigli Construction is taking all necessary measures to run a safe operation and as with all construction projects, construction-related noise will be part of the process as the team builds your new library.

Any general questions you receive from the community can be directed to Library’s Community engagement liaison Martha Saccocio at her email: Martha.Saccocio@dc.gov.

Any time-sensitive Construction Safety issues can be reported to Consigli Construction Superintendent- Michael Davis at 202.570.3375.

Photo from South Dakota Ave. showing completed (glass) curtainwall which will receive the perforated metal Panels

Photo from Jefferson St, showing support system in place to receive metal perforated panels

Photo from Kennedy St. site showing cladding (Trespa®) panels installed

Close-up of Trespa Panels under installation from the rear.

Photo from second floor of the library looking towards corner of Jefferson and South Dakota Ave.

Photo from second floor showing infrastructure progress.