Managing Your Library Construction Project.

Managing Your Library Construction Project

Richard C. McCarthy, AIA

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Richard C. McCarthy is a principal with Burnridge Cassell Associates where he serves as a library architect and leads BCA's library design team. He has built, remodeled, and renovated numerous libraries and is a confirmed expert in this specialized field. In "Managing Your Library Construction Project: A Step-by-Step Guide", McCarthy draws upon his many years of experience and expertise to create an informed and informative guide for librarians and library board members charged with the responsibility of building, remodeling, or renovating a library for their community or school. "Managing Your Library Construction Project" clearly lays out who does what and by when; what the responsibilities are for everyone concerned; when and how the deliverables get enumerated; how to create a realistic budget for new library construction; and even how to incorporate 'green' design factors to make libraries as environmentally friendly as possible in their construction and subsequent operation. Enhanced with checklists and sample construction documents, and covering every aspect of library construction from initial plans, to working with architects, to evaluating processes and results, "Managing Your Library Construction Project" should be considered a 'must read' for library directors, staff members, administrators, board members, and trustees before undertaking a library construction project of any size.