Sterling Memorial Library - Nave Restoration

SCOPE OF SERVICE: Director-level leadership responsibility for Planning and Construction with overall accountability for Project success.  The preservation and complete restoration of the G. Owen Bonawit-painted leaded glass windows, skylights and frescoed Aisle ceilings were a major focus of our work.

TYPE OF PROJECT: Historic Restoration

YEAR: 2014

DESCRIPTION: Comprehensive restoration of entire interior and selective exterior elements of the Nave at the historic Sterling Memorial Library including; improved circulation, new MEPF and IT/security systems, restoration and cleaning of all interior stonework and historic custom light fixtures, cleaning of all decorative ceiling woodwork, limestone floors and the Yale Alma Mater as well as restoration of the internal courtyard and numerous elaborately-decorated reading rooms on the ground floor of the Library.

LOCATION: New Haven, Connecticut

OWNER: Yale University

ARCHITECT: Helpern Architects

GENERAL CONTRACTOR: Turner Construction

BUDGET: $23,000,000