McHenry Library Addition and Renovation Blog

Transportation and Parking Services (TAPS) has put together a page on their site about our construction project. It gives links and detailed information about parking, vehicular, and pedestrian access in the construction area.

McHenry Library construction impacts on campus parking lots, campus transit routes, bicycle & pedestrian access:
http://www2.ucsc.edu/taps/pages/construction_impacts.html

We will provide updated entries as access changes as construction progresses.
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Posted by lauramcc at 09:20 AM | Permalink

The construction trailers have arrived and are in place where the metered parking was on the south side of the library.

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Posted by lauramcc at 02:14 PM | Permalink

Effective 10/22/05, the metered space lot just after the one-lane road and traffic signal on the south side of McHenry Library is closed due to construction. There are signs advising the use of the Hahn Lot 101 and the Peforming Arts 126 Lot between the Music Center and the Performing Arts Complex. There are meters available in both of these lots. At this point, there is pedestrian and car access to the south entrance of McHenry Library.

For more parking information and maps, please visit the TAPS web site: http://www2.ucsc.edu/taps/.

Sign content:
"Effective 10/22/05: LOT CLOSED DUE TO CONSTRUCTION. All cars will be towed away at owner's expense CVC# 22651. USE HAHN LOT 101 OR P.A. LOT 126 METERS"

Please check this site for more updates on signage and access to the library. Questions? Contact us.

Posted by lauramcc at 02:53 PM | Permalink

Installation of construction fencing will begin next week (the week of October 24th), however public access to the south side of McHenry Library will remain until construction begins. The campus will work to redirect/make accommodations for pedestrian, bicycle, and vehicular traffic over the next week or so as the site is turned over to the contractor.

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Posted by lauramcc at 02:51 PM | Permalink

All of the metered parking spaces between the one-lane road/traffic signal and the library on the south side of McHenry will be removed on Friday, October 21st. Metered spaces will still be available in the Performing Arts lot #126 (between the Music Center and the Performing Arts complex) and in the Hahn Lot. For more information about parking at UCSC, please visit the TAPS web site: http://www2.ucsc.edu/taps/

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Posted by lauramcc at 02:50 PM | Permalink

Construction trailers will be put in place on beginning Monday, October 24th.

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Posted by lauramcc at 02:50 PM | Permalink

Currents Online, September 19, 2005:
"McHenry Library Addition to provide major increase in space, new features"
By Louise Donahue
To read article online: http://currents.ucsc.edu/05-06/09-19/library.asp

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Posted by lauramcc at 02:49 PM | Permalink

Below is the text of two large signs posted on the south side of the building (about 50 yards down the slope, on the left side of the road as you are facing the building) and also in front of the library on the north side:

McHENRY PROJECT
The first phase of the McHenry Project will add about 117,000 square feet of new library space and outdoor reading court to the existing University Library. The project's second phase will renovate and seismically strengthen the existing building creating classroom and office space for mathematics, art history, the writing program and interdisciplinary graduate programs in the arts.

Projected competion - Addition: Fall 2007
Projected completion -- Renovation: Sprint 2009
Architects: BOORA Architects
Contractor: Devcon Construction, Inc.
Project Management: Office of Physical Planning & Construction, University of California, Santa Cruz.
For further information: call 459-2170, or for a progress update, visit our web site at: http://library.ucsc.edu/mcadd/

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Posted by lauramcc at 02:48 PM | Permalink

Here is the tentative Project Calendar as of 8/26/05. Please note that it will likely change after the contract has been signed, and we receive the "official" calendar.
Download Tentative Project Calendar

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Posted by lauramcc at 02:47 PM | Permalink

Construction of the temporary loading dock for the library will begin during the first week of November (Oct. 31st-Nov. 4th). The temporary loading dock will be built on the north side of the building.

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Posted by lauramcc at 02:47 PM | Permalink

The outside book return on the south side of the library has been removed. Consequently, the exterior book drop at McHenry Library, located on the north side of the building, is now open 24 hours a day, 7 days per week. Signage on the south side of the building to direct patrons to the north side is being discussed at this time. More information on the signage will be posted here so please check back for updates.

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Posted by lauramcc at 02:46 PM | Permalink

The move of materials with call numbers TT-Z from McHenry Library to the Science & Engineering Library is complete, and the library catalog records in Cruzcat have all been updated.

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Posted by lauramcc at 02:44 PM | Permalink