Location: 800 South Wind River Drive, in the Douglas Business Park, Douglas, Wyoming
Building Size: Approximately 28,450 square feet; One-story (all new construction)
Lead Designer: GSG Architecture, Casper, Wyoming
Earthwork Package: Concrete Foundations, Inc., Douglas, Wyoming
General Contractor:
Building Package: Clark and Sullivan Construction, Laramie, Wyoming
Estimated Cost: $10,579,735 *
Current Schedule:

• Architectural Design: January 2013 - August 2013
• Construction Bidding and Award Period: August - December 2013
• Construction: January 2014 - January 2015
• Occupancy: February 2015

Commentary
Construction operations on the EWC "Building Package" began in January 2014. Prior to the Building Package, an "Earthwork Package" project was performed at the site. The EWC site was found to have had significant amounts of waste concrete buried across the site. A majority of the buried waste concrete is suspected to have originated from demolishing the World War II Prisoner-of-War Camp in Douglas. The waste concrete stood to adversely affect the building and paved areas for the EWC development. The Earthwork Package site preparation construction is now complete.

Current operations associated with the Building Package include interior building finishes, mechanical, electrical, and plumbing system completions, exterior building finishes, and site plan improvements such as paving and irrigation system installations.

(See "Additional Information" section under this EWC heading for construction progress photographs.)

Higher than expected construction costs resulted in the need for additional project financing outlays including a combination of infusions from Converse County and EWC, as well as performing "value engineering". Value engineering is a collaborative process to identify cost optimization opportunities generally involving minimizing aesthetic features to achieve cost savings.

* Estimated costs include construction and furnishings, architectural and engineering design, construction management, operations and maintenance fund, administrative, and contingency funding.

Additional Information

• 1881 EWC Douglas Outreach 6/13/13 (PDF)
• EWC Douglas Construction Photos - January - June 2014 (PDF)
• EWC Douglas Construction Photos - July 2014 (PDF)
• EWC Douglas Construction Photos - August-December 2014 (PDF)

Location: 518 South 4th Street in Glenrock, Wyoming
Building Size: Approximately 14,000 square feet (new library) - one story; 3,100 square feet (existing building renovations)
Lead Designer: Hein - Bond LLC, Architects, Casper
Estimated Cost: $5,668,655 *
Current Schedule:

• Architectural Design: March 2013 - April 2014
• Construction Bidding Period: May 2014
• Construction: July 7, 2014 - July 3, 2015
• Occupancy (new library): May 2015
• Occupancy (remodeled meeting space): July 2015

Commentary
General Contractor Sampson Construction Co., Inc, of Cheyenne, Wyoming, was the successful bidder for the Glenrock Branch Library Expansion Project. Construction operations began on July 14, 2014.

Current building operations include building foundation construction, structural steel erection, and underground utilities installations.

(See "Additional Information" section under this Glenrock Branch Library heading for construction progress photographs.)

The soils report identified the need for special foundation design accommodations for the Glenrock Branch Library. As a result, the existing library building will be remodeled as a stand-alone community meeting venue associated with the Glenrock Branch Library. The library proper is being constructed as a new building on the same property but separated from the existing building by approximately 30 feet. Arrangements for maintaining Library operations during the construction period are underway.

* Estimated costs include construction and furnishings, architectural and engineering design, construction management, operations and maintenance, administrative, and contingency funding.

Additional Information

• Construction Photos - July - December 2014 (PDF)
• Construction Photos - January - May 2015 (PDF)

Location: 300 Walnut Street in Douglas, Wyoming
Building Size: Approximately 30,000 square feet; Demolish entirety of existing library building and construct expanded new, two-story structure at the same street address
Lead Designer: Hein â€" Bond LLC, Architects, Casper, in association with Humphries Poli Architects, Denver, Colorado
Estimated Cost: $13,316,337*
Current Schedule:

• Architectural Design: March 2013 - February 2015
• Construction Bidding Period: March 2015
• Construction: May 2015 - July 2016
• Occupancy: August 2016

Commentary
A revised architectural design approach was approved in the summer of 2014. Current emphasis is on preparing the detailed architectural design plans for construction bidding set to take place in March 2015. Among the accommodations included in the revised design effort is a completely new exterior appearance, an expanded Genealogy area, as well as enhanced provisions for future floor space modifications within the library building. The current design approach includes enlarging the library building footprint to toward the north, as well as providing additional and enhanced parking areas.

(See "Additional Information" section under this Douglas Library heading for architectural renderings of the new Douglas Library building.)

A general contractor prequalification process is underway. The prequalification process is intended to identify a set of the most highly qualified general contractors who will be allowed to bid for the construction project.

Arrangements for maintaining Library operations during the upcoming construction period are being made by the Converse County Library Board.

* Estimated costs include construction and furnishings, architectural and engineering design, construction management, operations and maintenance, administrative, and contingency funding.

Additional Information

• Floor Plan (PDF)
• Exteriors (PDF)
• March 2015 - Asbestors Abatement Photos (PDF)