To return the books to a permanent location as
quickly as possible, the project had an aggressive
construction schedule. “The oldest books were
temporarily stored in a separate building that would
eventually be demolished,” explains Jeff Millard,
principal at KLH. “We had to carefully plan and
phase the project to ensure that this building, and
the rest of the campus, stayed online during construction.
Furthermore, our design had to provide
precise humidity and temperature control for the
library and meet the college’s requirement for
energy efficiency.”