Newbern Library

Newbern Library Ribbon Cutting

We are so happy to finally have the Library Ribbon Cutting Ceremony. Thanks to everyone who has helped us along the way and made this such a great experience for us all. We are very excited to see the future of the Library. 

Last of the Brick Work!

Awning Installation

Uniontown native, and our friend Bill Mackey  was nice enough to bring his boom truck over for a day to raise up our steel awning. We had previously installed stainless steel threaded rods into the brick parapet for the back side of the awning to attach to. Once we “threaded the needle” and tightened double nuts and washers on we used steel rods with threaded ends to connect clevis connections to both the awning and threaded rods higher up on the parapet. We like the way the new awning looks- now we just need to paint it!

Steel Table Fabrication

We wanted a long social table to hold down the space in the library but we also wanted the space to be flexible incase the librarians wanted to have certain activities so we decided to break up the long table into 4 6′ long sections. The tables themselves were made from 1/4″ steel angle with a plywood base that sat inside. 

Awning Fabrication

We gave designed a new steel awning for the library that is made from folded 1/4″ steel plate. We worked with Joe our engineer to minimize the amount of structure on the bottom of the awning and keep the profile as thin as possible. 

A big thanks to Jim Turnipseed at Turnipseed International for donating all of the steel required- we wouldn’t be here with out you Jim!

After picking up the steel from Birmingham we took it to Superior Metal Works in Newbern to fold the three large pieces on two sides each. Then we loaded the folded plate onto a mobile fabrication platform that we made from unused TJI beams and plywood. Once on the mobile platform we brought the pieces to Morisette to be grinded and welded together with help from our good friend Zane Morgan (RS alumni- Town Hall), his wife Cassandra (RS alumni- Safe House) and their two dogs Merle and Cash came down early Saturday morning to weld up the awning and the steel tables in one day! The team worked with Zane before hand to make sure all of the parts were grinded and organized before his arrival. 

Thanks Jim!

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Garden Committee Hard at work!

Making Moves in the Courtyard!

We got help from a few of our friends the last couple days working in the courtyard. Jerry Washburn from Marion and some of the current thesis students helped lay landscape fabric, move bricks and spread gravel in the courtyard. 

Cork Floor Install

Brick Screen

We are very excited to reuse the bricks from the old bank vault in the courtyard. We have designed a fence that is two wythes wide with a 2″ space between so that we can tie the walls together with rebar and structural groat. 

Steel Edging Installation

We have started to install the steel edging in the courtyard in preparation for gravel! We worked with our structural engineer Joe  and detailing consultant Dan from Chicago to come up with a method for stacking and welding the galvanized steel edging into place. 

Subfloor pt. 2

Bulkhead Install

We have started to install the plywood bulkhead that folds down from the ceiling to meet the bookcase. We have kept the joint tight between the ceiling and bulkhead and given ourselves a tolerance gap between the bulkhead and shelves below. 

Cypress Siding

Soup Roast 2014

New friends from France

We were lucky to host two wonderful volunteers from France for the past week. Marion, an architect, and Thomas, a quality surveyor from Southern France have been on a 6th month road trip across the US and decided to volunteer at RS for the week. 

Marion and Thomas completed all of the concrete preparation for the sidewalks along the front and back of the building, they also installed all the drywall to create the drywall ducks and even helped bring the vault back in the building.