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Criss Library First Floor Starbucks Construction

Get more information on the first floor construction happening at Criss Library.

  • published: 2023/10/25
the first floor of criss library with booths and tables for students to study at

Beginning on Monday, Oct. 30, there will be some construction happening on the first floor in the southeast corner due to Starbucks opening a location within Criss Library. We appreciate your patience as we go through this addition to our space and want to keep you informed about the timeline. Visit this page to see updates on this project. See the most up-to-date timeline below:

Monday, October 30: Furniture will be relocated, and taped off. The area from the booths to the first-floor entrance will be inaccessible.

Monday, November 6: Construction begins. This will take place in the southeast corner near instruction lab 112 towards the parking lot, and from the lower-level entry towards the east restrooms. This includes installing a temporary wall in the first-floor entryway to allow construction workers access to the workspace. Temporary walls will remain in this area on the first floor through the duration of construction. Shuttle buses will continue to run as scheduled.

Monday, January 22: Construction is moving along. Today before 12PM there will be a disruption at the shuttle stop in the library parking lot (Lot M). We are hopeful it will not be a long disruption. We appreciate your patience as the construction continues.

Friday, February 9: Restrooms on the east side of the building on all three floors will be closed from 7AM through 9AM, at the latest. This is due to plumbing additions to ensure hot and cold water is accessible in Starbucks. The east side restrooms on the first floor will be closed a few hours longer than the other two floors. The north restrooms on all floors will remain open for use.

Monday, February 12 and Friday, February 16: The shuttle stop in the library parking lot (Lot M) will be temporarily relocated to the west entrance of the CEC on the two listed dates to allow the parking of delivery trucks next to the library. In addition to the shuttle stop relocation, the northernmost library parking spaces will be closed during these dates.

Tuesday, February 27: The core drilling for the plumbing vent pipe is scheduled to occur on the listed date. We hope most of the noise will occur early, but the goal is to complete the drilling that day so it is possible there may be noise later in the day as well.