Expand the Library for '3+3+4'
Preserve the Beacon for Posterity

Application to University Grants Committee (UGC) for library extension as a '3+3+4' project

Funding support confirmed by UGC

First meeting of Building Committee on Library Extension

• Tender procedures

Second meeting of Building Committee

• 7 architectural firms presented their technical submissions
• Some firms stated it is undesirable to have the library extension significantly taller than the Main Library Building
• One firm proposed to build the library extension over the Library Boulevard or Central Avenue

Meeting of Campus Planning Committee

• Supported a basement extension proposal
• Clearly stated the outlook of the Square must remain the same after completion

Approval of basement extension by UGC and Architectural Services Department

Meeting of Library Users Group

• Presentation of basement option
• It was mentioned that 'the Square might be closed during the construction period, but the outlook of the Square should remain the same after the construction of the basement.'

Re-tendering of extension work

Fourth meeting of the Building Committee

• 6 architectural firms presented their technical submissions

Appointment of Aedas Limited as project architect

Fifth meeting of Building Committee

• Presentation of initial design by Aedas
• Confirmed the University Square would need to be closed down during construction
• Clear instruction that construction must be less than a year and must not disrupt Congregation
• The University Square including the Beacon, the Forum and the Bushes have to be reinstated after the construction of the basement is completed

Meeting of Library Users Group