Ringer Library in College Station will be undergoing construction and renovations both inside and outside of the library building during 2018.
While we understand that this may cause some short-term inconveniences, in the long-term these new renovations will help the library fulfill its mission of being an amazing resource for our community.
Please check back here often as we will be posting updates and notices about the construction and potential changes to programs, schedules, and locations.
Ringer Library is currently still open. To enter the building, follow the sidewalk on the right side. The building will be closed November 5 to June 3. During the closure, go to Mounce Library in downtown Bryan to pick up holds and to check out and return items. Starting November 5, you can also return…
The next phase of the Larry J. Ringer Library Expansion Project — involving major demolition and heavy construction — will require the library to close on Monday, Nov. 5, and remain closed until the first week of June 2019. During this seven months of work, exterior walls will be demolished, concrete and structural steel will…
The front entrance has been closed, and the main entrance has moved to the south side of the building. Head towards the back and follow the sidewalk and arrows to get to the new entrance.
Renovation and expansion of the Larry J. Ringer Public Library will enter a new phase next week, requiring the building’s main entrance to close. Beginning Wednesday, Aug. 1, the library’s entrance will be moved from the library’s west side to the south side, where it will remain until further notice. This new phase of work…
On Thursday, July 5, a new door will be added, which will initially be an extra emergency door and will later be a temporary main door. Other photos are of the location of an outdoor reading area, comparison of brick and grout colors, and the front of the building.
We currently have more of our parking lot available (see pictures). Remember, we will be closed this Friday, June 22 so that they can work on the water line.
We will be closed on Fri., June 22, so that the construction crew can tie in the water line. Because the water has to be off, we can’t be in the building that day. We will have regular weekend hours, and the Mounce Library in Bryan will be open that day. There will also be…
As you can see in the photos, more of the parking lot has been blocked off. There are currently 32 regular spaces and 2 handicapped spaces in our parking lot. We are still open. If you can not find a space in our lot, First Baptist Church is kindly allowing people to park in their…
Tomorrow morning, Thursday, May 31, the library will open at 9:30 AM so that we can work on the water line before opening. Here are some pictures of recent construction activity. They are adding some supports in a trench in front of the library. A pipe cleaner was here preparing some pipes. The new sidewalk…
Last week, they continued placing forms in the trench in preparation for pouring the concrete in the front part of the library, and along the roadside, they started drilling holes and filling them in with concrete to make piers on that side of the library; see first two pictures below. If you were in the library…
They finished filling in the deep hole along the 2818 side with compacted sand. They also drilled holes in the ground in front of the library, inserted round metal rebar cages and filled them with concrete. Then after all that work of bringing in the sand and compacting it, they removed some of it around…
Things are really shaking around here literally including the librarians. Last week the dump trucks were hauling away soil, this week there are hauling in and dumping sand. The sand is then being spread and compacted in preparation for concrete. It feels like the whole building is vibrating when they run the soil compacter. Cryptic…
On April 24, a fire line was moved. The library was able to reopen as scheduled on April 25. The barest photo is of the front of the library where a section of the parking lot has been removed so the library can expand. The photo with men standing at a hole is on the…
We will be closed for the day on Tues., April 24 so the fire line can be moved. Construction crews are removing bricks from the building. Some of the parking and trees that were closest to the building have been removed in preparation for expanding the building.
Construction on the Ringer Library expansion has started. The library is OPEN during construction. We will post any closings on here. Handicapped parking spots have been restriped so that two are accessible. The library will be closed on Tuesday, April 24, so that the fire department may move a fire line and make some changes…