The existing 2-story Beatley Building was razed, and a new five-story building is being constructed in its place. The existing, abutting, 5-story Lefavour Hall will also be renovated, and a new exterior created to match that of the new building.

To prepare for the demolition of the Beatley Building, which housed the existing library, a new interim library had to be created in LeFavour Hall, complete with utilities and communication system relocations. This affected classrooms and offices that occupy the interim spaces.

For the new skin of LeFavour Hall to function properly, a temporary facade first had to be constructed inside the building to create a proper safety and weather barrier. This occurred while the building was fully occupied and functioning.

The new, 61,900 s.f. Beatley Library building will be a concrete structure constructed via a pan slab system, thus creating greater floor-to-floor space than allowable with steel construction. The exterior will be comprised of glass curtainwall, brick, limestone, metal panels and punched windows. Three balconies will provide excellent views of the campus and surrounding city. The new structure will be connected to both Lefavour Hall and the Main Campus Building, and is attached so that the Beatley and Lefavour buildings will share common open spaces as well as a new, main mechanical and electrical room. Beatley Library will feature a grand entrance on Avenue Louis Pasteur that will serve as a main entrance into the campus.

The new Beatley Library will house ten high-tech classrooms, a large function space, a lecture area, multiple offices, a photo lab, computer labs and new facilities for the Archives and the Communications Department. Lefavour Hall will remain open and operational throughout construction.

Architect: Fletcher Harkness Cohen Moneyhun, Inc.