Board of Library Trustees

Facilities Management Report

Facilities Management Report for July, August and September 2009

Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library

• New energy lighting is being installed in the children’s area as well as other
areas on the 2nd and 3rd floors.
• Upgrading of fire alarm devices has been completed on the fourth floor.
• Replacement of cooling coils with new draining pans in the stairway landings
of the fourth floor has been completed.
• Engineers are experiencing problems with the number 2 chiller; we plan to
access the chiller during the off season.
• Two small fractures have been discovered in two windows of the Popular
Library on the first floor; we will keep a close watch on the condition of these
windows.
• Window washing for the entire building has been completed for the second
time this year.
• A broken window on the fourth floor in the Facilities Department has been
replaced.
• New dampers were installed for duct work in the Executive Office Suite; this
work made it possible to better control cooling during the summer months.
• All routine preventive maintenance was completed during the months of July
and August.

Neighborhood Libraries

• A new controls system was installed at Lamond-Riggs along with new

suspended ceiling, duct insulation and roof repairs to eliminate the ceiling
leaks that were on-going for some time.
• Facilities management has completed the re-keying project for all
neighborhood libraries.
• Restroom doors (2) were replaced at Southwest to help meet ADA
requirements.
• Repair work was completed on the wooden decks at Anacostia, Benning and
W.T. Daniels Interims.
• New ceiling, duct work, and energy lighting has been installed at Cleveland
Park. DCPL painters also painted the entire 1st floor.
• The boiler at Capitol View has been replaced with the boiler from
Georgetown.

Document #8C
Board of Library Trustees Meeting
September 23, 2009
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Miscellaneous Items

• R. L. Christian and Langston kiosks were closed and the buildings were
transferred over to the DC Office of Real Estate Services as of September 1,
2009.
• DCPL’s Risk Manager has worked with DC Office of Risk Management to
provide OHSA training and with the DC Fire/EMS to provide fire extinguisher
training for all DCPL staff.
• Facilities has begun to work with an A/E contractor to begin the design phase
of the up-coming energy stimulus funding. The contractor will be going to
each of nine (9) libraries to begin looking at lighting, window replacement,
HVAC systems and system improvements.

Document #8C
Board of Library Trustees Meeting
September 23, 2009
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