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The New Henrietta Public Library Wins Gold - ACEC New York 2020 Engineering Excellence Awards
The recently completed new Henrietta transparency and light.
Public Library, the latest addition to This connection also creates a
the Town Campus on Calkins Road greater area of visibility for the library
in the Town of Henrietta, has been staff, providing a critical component
recognized with a Gold Award in the of safety and security. The four
ACEC New York 2020 Engineering circulation and reference desks, two
Excellence Awards. on each floor, provide sight lines to
nearly every corner of the library.
Project Team Glass walls surround the meeting
Passero Associates provided rooms, quiet room, and teen library,
architectural and engineering design sharing both light and a visual
services for the construction of a two connection between these spaces.
story, 36,000 SF library for the Town of Lower bookshelves are also used
Henrietta. The new building replaces throughout the project.
an aging facility which, due to site
restraints and cost implications, was During the design phase, numerous
not feasible to renovate and expand. public hearings were held where
The new Library is more than double comments and ideas were
in size of the former, providing much heard by the design team and
needed space for expanding book incorporated into the building. The
collections, computer access, and value of incorporating public input
meeting spaces of varied size. was proven during the funding
referendum process, where the voters
EC4B Engineering provided overwhelmingly approved the new
mechanical, electrical, and plumbing library. Once the project was approved
engineering services, and Vargas by the public, there was significant
Associates provided interior design collaboration between engineering
and move management services. professionals to finalize the design.
The Towns own engineers completed
the site design. Christa Construction Passero Associates worked directly
served as the construction manager with the Town of Henrietta Engineers
for the project. The prime contractors to coordinate the civil / site design
included Javen Construction, and the building systems, which
DiPasquale Construction Inc., Ramar included an elaborate geothermal
Steel, Kaplan-Schmidt Electric, T. Bell building heating and cooling system
Construction, and Thurston Dudek. under the parking lot. The design
team also worked with Rochester
Functional and Institute of Technology a leading
Community-Centered Design engineering and technology university
Light, transparency, and sight lines are to host their annual industrial design
overarching themes seen throughout competition in association with the
the design. Where the previous library new library. The winning end result
was dark and inwardly focused, the was a sculptural installation of a tree
new library provides ample daylighting playhouse in the childrens library that
and a connection to the outdoors with was designed and constructed by the
large windows at the perimeter and industrial design students.
skylights on the second floor. A large
grand stair, made of cast-in-place The American Council of Engineering
concrete, in the center of the space Companies of New York has in New York City on April 4, 2020.
provides a visual connection between announced the winners of the 2020 This event is co-sponsored by the
the first and second floors and the Engineering Excellence Awards. In ACEC New York Scholarship Fund,
skylight above brings daylight into the total, 139 projects will be honored and in conjunction with the Gala, our
interior of the building on both levels. at the 53 Annual Engineering scholarship program will award more
rd
The use of glass railings in this area Excellence Awards Gala, which will than $50,000 to NYS engineering
almost disappear, increasing the take place at the Hilton Midtown students. q

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