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The Joe and Rika Mansueto Library

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 Worker pours a section of concrete slab floor of Mansueto Library

 A surveyor and another worker in the mechanical room space

December 14, 2009:  Workers pour a section of the concrete slab floor of the Mansueto Library

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October 27, 2009:   Surveyor in mechanical space for Mansueto Library

See more photos of the construction of the mechanical room for the Mansueto library

Basement excavation reaches fourth level

 

Excavation begins inside slurry wall

August 28, 2009:  Excavation reaches the fourth of five levels.

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June 9, 2009:  Excavation begins inside the foundation wall.

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Newly poured concrete for ring beam

Crane lowers rebar cage

May 11, 2009:  Concrete is poured for first section of ring beam

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February 2, 2009: Rebar cage is lowered into place

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Baker tanks

Drilling for caissons

December 29, 2008: Tanks for mixing and storing slurry are brought on site.

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December 11, 2008: Holes for caissons are drilled.

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Preparations for installation of ciassons

Moving pipes

December 4, 2008: Preparations are made for installation of the caissons.  They will support the new mechanical room that will lie underground between the Mansueto and Regenstein libraries.

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July 24, 2008: Chilled water pipes that run through the future site of the Joe and Rika Mansueto Library are being enlarged and relocated.

See more photos of the enabling project for the Mansueto Library

Site in Snow

Site

December 2007: An earthwork company was brought in to do soil boring samples around the site. Orange paint and markers indicate the site perimeter.

2005: Siting of the Joe and Rika Mansueto Library, to the immediate west of the existing Regenstein Library.