Some timeline photos of the front

Concrete and Foundations Appear

Although a lot of work has been done since the last blog post, much of it has been of the quiet concrete nature.

They dug the footings and built the foundation for the entrance expansion.

And for the children's area expansion.

Then they filled the foundation to create the pad for the children's expansion.

They also filled the foundation for the entrance expansion.

Then they dug the footings for the rear expansion.

They also dug the footings for the northwest expansion.

They laid the foundation for the rear west expansion.

Here is another view of the northwest expansion.

The latest expansion work

Footings for the new meeting room and plumbing for the new restrooms

Footings for the new children's area

Starting work on the footings for the storage and kitchen area of the new meeting room

Cutting out the soil for the parking lot expansion

Jackhammers inside the library

An electric jackhammer, on the small side, not as loud as the pavement ones. But still a little loud for a library.

Dig and fill your footings when the sun shines...

Or else Mother Nature will fill them for you.

Assistant Superintendent David Blackwell isn't very happy about this.

And the walls came tumbling down

In a very safety-conscious, OSHA approved and orderly fashion.

Because we are still a library, after all.

Welcome to the Vibrary!

This is a compactor and it compacts the soil to provide a solid foundation on which to build. It's vital to have the ground as packed down as possible, no holes or pockets that could later shift and cause improper settling, or in the worst case, cracking and compromise the integrity of the foundation.
The compactor also makes the entire building vibrate: the floor, walls, shelves, computers, patrons and librarians. Driving it must be much worse, though, and I'm sure all the earthworms for miles have headaches.