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Help for Hale: Belfor Property Restoration

Posted on by Rebekah Branch

Hale Library is in recovery, but we would not be as far as we are now without Belfor Property Restoration. Their crews have been working very hard for up to twelve hours a day, six days a week in challenging conditions.

A group of people gather around each other in Yellow vests.
A fraction of the Belfor crew gathers on the walking mall east of Hale Library. There are nearly 200 Belfor employees that are working on the recovery. June 11, 2018.
A Belfor worker in an orange vest in front of Hale next to a red tent.
In order to get in and out of Hale Library, you must sign in with Belfor staff. There is always a worker stationed at the check-in tent. June 28,2018.
A pallet of bottled water sits in the back of a black truck.
Belfor crews are tackling labor-intensive work. In order to ensure they are healthy and hydrated, Belfor buys pallets of water in large quantities for their workers. June 28, 2018.
A Belfor worker in a yellow vests lifts up carpet next to white bookshelves.
A Belfor worker tears the flooring out of Room 117. Room 117 is one of the areas that sustained the most damage since it was under the Great Room. June 28, 2018.

Every inch of the library must be cleaned, including the spaces above the drop ceiling grid and the duct work. A Belfor worker stands on a ladder cleaning with a chemical sponge in order to remove the soot. June 28, 2018.

Red scaffolding on wheels sits under an exposed ceiling that has silver metal tubes sticking out of it.
The duct work and the ceiling all need to be cleaned, so they have portable scaffolding to reach everything safely. June 28, 2018.
A Belfor worker builds scaffolding in front of the Ornamental windows in the Great Room.
Belfor workers build scaffolding in the Great Room to help restore the space.  June 28, 2018.
Belfor workers stand on metal scaffolding under a giant hole in the ceiling.
The scaffolding on the south side of the Great Room will allow workers to preserve the murals. June 28, 2018
A dark room with metal beams, shelves with books, and cement flooring is lit up by a single bulb.
Some of the work was done by flashlight since commercial power has only been restored to the data center and a few of the elevators. May 31, 2018.
A dark room is lit up by a light in the distance that shows people in yellow vests working.
While much of Hale Library is still dark, portable lighting powered by generators is available in parts of the building. June 28, 2018

 


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