Addition/Renovation J. Paul Leonard Library and Sutro Library

Summer 2008 to Fall 2011
Specific construction activity dates are subject to change during the course of construction

The J. Paul Leonard Library and Sutro Library project will completely renovate, seismically strengthen, and add approximately 85,000 gross square feet to the existing library. An automated library retrieval system (LRS) will be located in the new west addition, freeing space normally consumed by book stacks for use as study and computing areas. The Sutro Library will move from its present building on Winston Drive to the 5th and 6th floors of the renovated Library.

Construction Schedule is in two phases:
Phase I: Relocation of utilities and demolition of the Franciscan Building  - completed.
Phase IIA: Construction of the new west addition. – currently under construction.
Phase IIB: Seismic retrofit and renovation of existing building and new north addition.  

Students and faculty continue to have access to library services and the collection during the building closure.  Collections remain available by request and are distributed from temporary locations in the HSS building. Two temporary structures are occupied on the site of the former Lakeview Center, at the intersection of Lake Merced Boulevard and Winston Drive, which house interim library functions, including research assistance, periodicals, reading and study areas, computer work stations, multimedia production and staff work space.

For information on interim Library locations and operations, please visit
http://www.library.sfsu.edu/about/building

Current status of construction:

Construction recommenced on the project in March. The envelope of the three -story Library Retrieval System (LRS) has been completed.  The third and fourth floors of the west addition are under construction.  Precast panels at the northeast corner of the building were removed during Spring break 2009.  Final site utility relocations of the heating hot water supply and return lines are underway while selective interior demolition of the building is ongoing. 

The Library temporary surge buildings, Annex I and Annex II, located to the immediate west of the University Police Department on a portion of the site previously occupied by the Lakeview Center, have been fully operational since the beginning of December 2008.  The Humanities building’s lobbies have been enclosed to provide additional study areas for students and are in use.

Construction Impacts:
This project will have a considerable impact to the campus community over the next three years. Paths around the construction site have been altered to allow adequate space for safe construction operations and materials staging.

An aluminum ramp was installed in immediately adjacent to the east side of the Creative Arts Building, providing an accessible path from Holloway Avenue to the Quad in June 2008.  A new temporary accessible path has been established north of the construction site within the Quad.  Other existing pedestrian paths allow access elsewhere around the construction site. Changes in accessible paths are posted on the construction fence and changes will also be posted on the construction alert site.
 
http://oi.sfsu.edu/cgi-bin/student/access_alert.htm

Fencing around the project site will remain in the present configuration until late 2011.