Project manager details marble restoration, complex build at Ilsley renovation
Construction superintendent Ben Scribner described technical challenges during the Ilsley Public Library renovation, including integrating historic 1924 features, matching marble siding from a defunct quarry, relocating utilities and coordinating more than 200 subcontractors.
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Ben Scribner, the superintendent who managed on-site work, told attendees the renovation presented unusual technical challenges and required creative solutions. "With over 40 exterior walls, 52 different elevations in the concrete, and 7 different exterior siding types," Scribner said, the project also involved salvaging and reshaping marble siding from a 1977 edition to reuse on the new grand stairs and tracking down marble that matched the original finish.
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