5th Floor Construction Update, March 2026

Conduit installation affects availability of study tables

March 3, 2026
Image of toy construction workers standing and kneeling in front of a tin can meant to be a pipe

Update, March 11, 2026: The process is taking longer than initially expected, with the installation of the conduit on the Gravier Street side of the floor still not complete. It is hoped the work on the Gravier side and the Tulane Avenue side will be completed the week of March 16, 2026.

Original post:

Conduit will be installed in the ceiling on the Gravier and Tulane sides of the 5th Floor of the RCB, and this will affect the study tables on those sides of the floor. Starting on Wednesday, March 4, 2026, and lasting through Friday, March 6, 2026, the tables on the Gravier Street side of the floor will be covered and cannot be used. The project will move to the Tulane side of the floor where the study tables will be unavailable from Monday, March 9, 2026, through Wednesday, March 11, 2026.

This diagram provides the location and dates of the affected areas:

Drawing of a floorplan of a library marking the left side as affected by construction on March 4-6, 2026, and the left side affected by construction on March 9-11, 2026