Roofing iron for the new Greerton Library is onsite and expected to be going up this week.
The pre-cast panels are all up and internal framing has commenced on the $3.45 million building.
The roof of the new Greerton Library will be going on this week. Photos: Bruce Barnard.
'New books and equipment are being ordered for the 900m2 building,” says city libraries manager Jill Best.
'The new library will have around 55,000 books and DVDs – that's about 12,000 more books than the old library.”
It will also offer a Learning Centre (with IT tutor) and a meeting room for hire as well as traditional services.
New technology will allow borrowers to check their own books back in, just by placing them on an electronic shelf.
This will give librarians more time to assist library customers with information, internet, or with popular IT devices such as e-readers, I-Pads and tablets, and to run children's activities, says Jill.
The new library is expected to be completed in two or three months.
The design/build by Marra Construction is expected to be completed in two or three months.
Construction of the Greerton library was approved in the 2014/15 annual plan following 21 years of broken promises by previous city councils.
3 comments
Costs that kill?
Posted on 18-01-2016 13:18 | By Crash test dummies
Looks to be about $100,000 spent so far, Wonder where the rest is going? Consultants perhaps?
@JAFFA
Posted on 18-01-2016 17:11 | By yourthumb
I'd say probably for the rest of the library building. Ya know, they often have walls and roofs, and a few more fittings then an industrial warehouse.
@JAFFA
Posted on 18-01-2016 18:23 | By GreertonCynic
And being a qualified quantity surveyor you'd know exactly what you're looking at. You know what engineers say about comments on half finished jobs.
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