- Begin spray insulation work for the Community Commons
- Continue to close in the “envelope” of the structure.
- Board outer walls boarded in preparation for windows,
- Demolition of kitchen complete
Community Commons Timeline
There are many steps along the way as we prepare to welcome students to the new Community Commons in Fall 2025. Building a new dynamic heart of our campus, linking our existing high-performance facilities with a hub for learning, teaching, collaboration and authentic student engagement takes careful planning, coordination, and execution.
Follow along our journey as we transform our campus, reimagining and expanding the Conklin Library and Mead Dining Hall. The Kingswood Oxford community will soon have new and exciting opportunities to learn together and independently, share ideas and experiences, and benefit from state-of-the-art spaces, resources and tools.
January 2025
December 2024
- Construction focus begins for the interior of the building
- Relocate remaining kitchen supplies to the temporary kitchen
November 2024
- Critical phase for the utility construction
- Pavement cutting and trench digging along the backside of Seaverns
- Begin a large cement pour for the construction project
- Roof over the library portion of the building is completed
- Begin work on the middle and dining hall sections of the building
- Final section of roofing over the kitchen completed
October 2024
- Begin work on the site utilities
- Masonry work on the exterior of the library by the turf field begins
- Begin roofing
- Completion of the cement pour of the new atrium
September 2024
- Exterior of the roof begins
August 2024
- Steel erected for the new atrium
- Opening of the temporary dining hall located in the Soby Gym for students and Black Box Theater for seniors
July/August 2024
- Build a temporary kitchen in the athletic office space
July 2024
- Concrete foundations laid
- Demolition of library window wall
- Heavy demolition of the center portion of the building
June 2024
- Transition Soby Gym into temporary dining hall with temporary flooring
- Students and trustees break ground on the Community Commons project
- Demolition of the interior and exterior of the library