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The walls separating the Building Extension from the existing Library are coming down!
This means there is a lot of noise in the Library at the moment, but this is an important milestone in getting the extension ready for occupation next term.
As part of the Library building extension works, the contractor will be constructing some hoarding on the ground floor outside the Reference office.
The hoarding is so that the workers can start building the connection between the existing ground floor, and the extension. This connection is more complex than on LG floors, as the window wall needs to be retained, and some doors need to be installed.
In order to combine a second project involving overhead duct replacements, the North end of LG1 will remain blocked off for an additional 2 months, until the end of January 2010.
The Library apologizes for the added inconvenience.
For details of the area involved, please refer to the post “Fall Term Construction and Disruption on LG1“.
UPDATED 12 November 2009: In order to combine a second project involving overhead duct replacements, the North end of LG1 will remain blocked off for an additional 2 months, until the end of January 2010. The Library apologizes for the added inconvenience.
The Library has launched an Information Commons Improvement Project to enhance the current phase of the IC. The improvements will be implemented by Fall 2009.
The focus of the project will be on:
For more details, visit http://library.ust.hk/info/ic-improvement.html
To view the current plans for the Library’s portion of the building extension, you can download the following PDF file:
If you are interested in looking over the current plans for the entire building extension, you can take a look at FMO’s information pages at:
Construction
| April ~ August 2008 | Tendering for Contractor |
| Fall 2008 | Foundation Works |
| 2008 ~ 2010 | Construction of Extension |
| May 2010 | Completion of Extension |
Demolition / Joining Continue reading
With the upcoming “3-3-4” change to Hong Kong’s educational system, and the associated major increase in the number of students attending HKUST, various campus expansions and construction projects are now underway. One of these will be an extension on the North side of the Library building. Three of the Library’s five floors will be extended, along with the two floors below the Library. We expect that the groundbreaking for this extension will occur this Fall, with construction continuing for about two years.
We must also ask for your patience and understanding over the next couple of years. The Library will work with FMO and the construction contractors to limit the impact of the noisy works which will be occurring, but there will undoubtedly be times when you find your Library studies disturbed. When this happens please contact Library staff, who will do what they can to assist you – whether to find you a quieter area to study or perhaps to provide disposable earplugs.
