As of November 11th the women’s room is 90% complete and anticipated to open to the public on or about 11/23/09.


The tile work is finished and the ceiling is being installed this week with the lighting soon to follow. The plumbing fixtures are in place and the partitions for the stalls will be installed shortly. This weekend the HVAC ductwork will be cleaned in preparation for better ventilation with increased air circulation. Improved accommodations will include: touch free flush valves, water controls and soap dispensers; full length mirrors; baby changing station; and a shelf with mirrors above to accommodate setting down backpacks etc. while grooming.


The men’s room floor is being leveled to accommodate floor drains and is ready for tile installation next. The anticipated completion date for the men’s room is January 2010 before students return for the spring semester.
The area outside the bathrooms is also getting a face lift; the old wall paper has been removed and the walls are being smoothed out with new paint to follow.


Questions or comments regarding the bathroom renovation can be directed to Business & Facilities Manager Peter Recore-Migirditch at 442-3563 or prm@uamail.albany.edu


Periodic updates will be posted on the Libraries’ web page.

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As of October 9th the ceramic floor tile in the women’s room has been installed. The next task will be to install the wall tile and finish the tile work in the women’s room within the next 6 weeks.


Once the tile work is completed the plumbing fixtures, countertops, stall partitions, lighting and finished ceiling will be installed. The plan is to finish the women’s room first, around December, and the men’s room will be finished a month later.

The renovation project started in June 2009 and the projected completion date is January 2010.


Questions or comments regarding the bathroom renovation can be directed to Business & Facilities Manager Peter Recore-Migirditch at 442-3563 or prm@uamail.albany.edu


Periodic updates will be posted on the Libraries’ web page.

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As of September 1st the plumbing for the sinks, toilets, and urinals has been roughed in. The sheetrock walls have been installed and ceramic tile installation will begin any day.


Work will begin to improve the HVAC system and provide better air flow in the bathrooms. The work being done over the next few weeks should be relatively quiet.


The renovation project started in June 2009 and the projected completion date is January 2010. Although signs have been posted on the main stairs and across from the basement elevators patrons are still looking for the bathrooms on basement floor…hopefully within the next few weeks most people will realize they have to use the public restrooms on floors 2 and 3.


Questions or comments regarding the bathroom renovation can be directed to Business & Facilities Manager Peter Recore-Migirditch at 442-3563 or prm@uamail.albany.edu


Periodic updates will be posted on the Libraries’ web page.

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As of July 23rd the asbestos tile and mastic in the basement level bathrooms has been removed and the demolition work completed. The plumbers are now roughing in the plumbing for the sinks, toilets, and urinals. Most of the plumbing work will be done at night and on weekends.


Following the plumbing work some walls will be framed in and the walls and floors will be prepared for tile. During this work there will be some drilling but it should not be too disruptive and most of the noisy work will be done before 9am. The masons will also close up the original entrance way to the men’s room with cinder block (similar to what was done on the women’s room). Please note that the north elevator has duct tape on the door jams to protect the finish while the wheel barrows are transporting cement and rubble into the elevator. Once this work is completed the duct tape and the protective pads inside the elevator will be removed.


Questions or comments regarding the bathroom renovation can be directed to Business & Facilities Manager Peter Recore-Migirditch at 442-3563 or prm@uamail.albany.edu


Periodic updates will be posted on the Libraries’ web page.

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As of June 5th the basement bathroom renovation project is in full swing. Construction crews arrived on May 27th , closed the rooms down, and installed carpet runners to protect the flooring during construction. The plastic tube running from the women’s room through the north side elevator corridor and out the emergency exit window is a ventilation system to exhaust the dust created during demolition.


The jack hammering indicates the demolition work is in progress; removing the walls between the telephone closet and scanner room and the floor and wall tile. Giving up the two small rooms will allow the bathrooms to be significantly enlarged. Although there will no longer be any pay phones in the University Library, patrons can find them in the Campus Center. Demolition work should be over by June 15th.


Following demolition new walls will be erected, the walls will be prepared for new tile, and the plumbing and electric will be roughed in. There will be some minor asbestos abatement work done to remove the floor tiles in the former telephone closet and scanner room.


Questions or comments regarding the bathroom renovation can be directed to Business & Facilities Manager Peter Recore-Migirditch at 442-3563 or prm@uamail.albany.edu


Periodic updates will be posted on the Libraries’ web page.

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The 1960’s vintage public women’s and men’s bathrooms on the basement floor of the University Library are scheduled for major renovation. The renovation will begin shortly after May 2009 commencement and is expected to be completed in December 2009. Demolition will take place during the summer to minimize the disruption during the fall semester. After the demolition is completed, the noise level created by the work should be tolerable for studying within the contiguous spaces.

The scope of the renovation includes demolishing the old walls and enlarging the footprint of bathrooms, doubling the number of plumbing fixtures. The entrance to the bathrooms will be constructed without a door in order to accommodate wheelchair users. All the finishes will be updated to include: new tile flooring and walls; improved lighting; new ceiling tiles; improved ventilation; touch free flush valves, water controls and soap dispensers; full length mirrors; baby changing stations; and a shelf with mirrors above to accommodate setting down backpacks etc. while grooming.

Although most of the campus is moving towards automatic hand dryers, the new bathrooms will continue to use paper towels due to the 90 decibel noise level generated by the hand dryers. Installing multiple hand dryers in two large bathrooms without doors across from each other would be very disruptive to those studying nearby. Bathrooms on the second & third floors provide better acoustical containment of noise therefore they will be equipped with hand dryers.

During the renovation, library patrons will be directed to the smaller bathrooms on the 2nd and 3rd floors. Unfortunately, there will not be any bathrooms in the University Library to accommodate wheel chair users or people with disabilities. People with disabilities will be directed to the Lecture Center or Campus Center bathrooms.



Questions or comments regarding the bathroom renovation can be directed to Business & Facilities Manager Peter Recore-Migirditch at 442-3563 or prm@uamail.albany.edu



Periodic updates will be posted on the Libraries’ web page.

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