Kingston and Dartmouth Library Designs Receive 2017 Construction Grant Awards from the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners

On July 13th, the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners announced the recipients of 2017 Construction Grants. OEA's Kingston and Dartmouth libraries were two of the nine provisional grant awardees from a pool of thirty-three total applicants. The MBLC's announcement can be found here. 

Positive Press for the Scituate Town Library Opening

Recent articles feature both the Scituate Library Foundation's June 10th Gala and the library's public opening on June 12th. A Boston Globe article on the $12-milion renovation-expansion and Opening Day can be found here and a Patriot Ledger article here. The Gala event is documented in a WickedLocal.com article found here. 

Eastham Public Library Dedicated on February 4th

The Eastham Public Library's formal dedication ceremony was held on Saturday as part of a week-long celebration of its long-awaited transformation and re-opening. Photos of the well-attended event can be seen here on the Library's Facebook page.  

Town of Dartmouth Approves OEA's Schematic Plans for a new North Branch Library

At the October 18th Town Meeting, Dartmouth voters approved the schematic design for a branch library and provided authorization to apply for a construction grant from the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners. Click here to see the recent article in SouthCoastToday

Office Field Trip

We had a great office outing today to see construction progress on our public libraries for the towns of Scituate and Eastham. Scituate is scheduled for completion at the end of the year. Eastham will be finished in about a month.

Update: Eastham Public Library Construction Progress

Exterior framing is near completion and roof installation is in progress. The glulams are all in place, revealing the scale of the main reading space.