Construction update Oct. 2023: Granite panels are going up
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October 16, 2023
The days may be getting cooler, but things are heating up at the Obama Presidential Center! Crews onsite are preparing to install the first granite panels that will clad the Museum Building. This will be the most visible change in the next few months, but the Museum and Forum Buildings are also experiencing a lot of changes. Steel framing of the Auditorium has begun and the footprint of the Hadiya Pendleton Winter Garden can be understood for the first time.
Down at the Lower Level, framing of the office space is in full swing. As shoring is removed, the future public spaces at the lower and street level of the Museum Building are also becoming defined. The relationship between the different spaces and the volume of the spaces is becoming distinguishable. Natural light is also starting to peek through. Work also continues on the Museum structure, with the elevator and stair cores now rising up to Level 6 at just over 150 feet tall. The floor slab for the top Exhibit Gallery will be poured later this month. The construction trailers and "huddle tent" that have served as the projects operations base for the last two years is being decommissioned so that the south end of the site can be prepared for construction of the Programs & Athletic Center, which will start in early 2024.



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