Author: Nicole Maddox
Despite the harsh winter, construction of Middlebury College's Library and Technology Center (LATC) and the Atwater Commons project are well on their way to completion.
Over February break, the new library began to take its ultimate shape amid the crane and skeletal beams east of Old Chapel as the circular roof was installed. The $40 million, 135,000 square-foot library will feature state-of-the-art electronic classrooms, study areas open twenty-four hours a day with beverages and snacks for sale in the vicinity, 730 seats throughout the library and the contents of the reference room transported from Starr Library.
The new Atwater Commons dorm will include over 150 new beds, a library, a dining hall and laundry facilities.
"The cold weather has slowed progress to a certain extent," said Facilities Planning Project Manager Tom McGinn, "but not to the degree that the completion dates are in jeopardy."
Both projects are scheduled to be completed and fully operational by the fall of 2004.
Midd Briefs Atwater Commons, Library Projects on Schedule
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