For immediate release: March 2, 2023<\/p>\n
The existing Castle Rock library is open during construction.<\/em><\/p>\n Construction of Douglas County Libraries\u2019 new building in Castle Rock is progressing with a projected opening in late summer 2023. The two-story, 62,000-square-foot building is located in front of the existing library (100 S. Wilcox Street), which will be demolished upon completion of the new building to make way for a 220-space parking lot.<\/p>\n \u201cThe next few weeks will be quite busy outside our new building,\u201d said Rick O\u2019Dell, DCL\u2019s Interim Special Projects Manager, adding that construction partner Fransen Pittman will continue to lay out site work, trench and install utilities, and install the building\u2019s exterior cladding and windows.<\/p>\n Inside, the library is taking shape as well, with drywall hung on both floors. Tile work in first-floor restrooms is complete with second floor tiling in process. Installation of the ceiling grid on the first floor is underway, and recessed ceiling light fixtures will follow. Interior priming and painting continues.<\/p>\n Construction subcontractors are finishing miscellaneous mechanical, electrical and plumbing work on the first floor, and data cable is being installed.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, the existing library remains open to customers during construction.<\/p>\n The new library will be 17,000 square feet bigger than the existing building, with 42,000 square feet of dedicated library space to serve the growing Castle Rock community into the future. DCL\u2019s administrative offices and Archives & Local History department and its collections will also be housed in the building.<\/p>\n In addition to working with Fransen Pittman General Contractors of Englewood, Colo., DCL has contracted with OPN Architects of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, for library design.<\/p>\n