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Date | Area of campus | Details |
17 June - Ongoing | South Courts | Installation of solar panels. Some noise expected from impact drivers during erection and dismantlement of scaffolding. Isolations of power and hot water will be communicated to residents ahead of time. |
04 November 2024 - 28 February 2025 | All areas | Fitting of tap restrictors to all hand basins across campus in academic and accommodation areas. One basin will be worked on at a time, with each fitting taking a few minutes. Female and accessible facilities will be temporarily closed while male operators are at work. |
27 January - 28 February 2025 | Life Science | Replacement of a waste pipe to the toilet facilities on all floors. Please make use of alternative toilets on level 4 of the School for Health and Social Care, outside the Greenhouse Cafe, or on level 6 of the main academic building. |
30 January 2025 - ongoing | H3 lift, accessible via the Square 4, 4SE entrance | This lift is out of service for essential repairs. Please make use of the H6 lift at the opposite end of the corridor for access to levels 3-6, or the L2 lift in the 2001 Building for access to levels 7-8. |
05 February 2025 - ongoing | Silberrad Student Centre | The L84 lift at the rear of the Silberrad Centre is currently out of service awaiting replacement parts. |
10 February - 07 March 2025 |
Lecture Theatre Building |
The lift in this building will be out of service for essential control and equipment upgrades. |
17 February 2025 - ongoig | Lecture Theatre Building | The heating in LTB is currently down and awaiting parts/maintenance. It is not known when this will be resolved but updates will be posted as soon as they are available. |
19 - 25 February 2025 | Square 1 Buildings | There will be no services or access affected but there will be intermittent noise from drilling for fixings. |
04 - 06 March 2025 |
Library Extension |
Works will be carried out to gas safety discharge pipes. No services will be affected but there will be some intermittent noise from drilling for fixings and the abseiling used for access. |
21 February 2025 | Anne Knight - Accommodation | Water tank inspections 08.00am - 16.30pm. There will be no water supply to showers and toilets for the majority of the day. Showers and toilets will be available before 08.00am and after 16.30pm. There will be no water to the kitchen taps for the first half of each day. |
24-25 February 2025 | Essex Business School | Water tank inspections 08.00am - 16.30pm. There will be no loss of water to this building. |
25 February 2025 | Brain Science Building | Water tank inspections 08:00am - 16:30pm - there will be no water to kitchens, toilets, or drinking water. Please make use of alternative facilities in the STEM, Psychology, and Networks buildings. |
26 February 2025 | Albert Sloman Library and Extension | Water tank inspections 08:00am - 16:30pm - there will be no water to kitchens, toilets, or drinking water. The main library building will be undertaken first, taking half of the day. Please make use of the facilities in the extension building during this time. |
26 February 2025 | Networks Building L77 Lift | There will be no step-free access to levels 1,2 and 5 between 7:00am - 10:00am on this date. Level 3 remains accessible from square 1, and level 4 from square 2 bridge. For access to square 1 from under podia please make use of the lifts in the STEM and Psychology buildings. Please also make use of the STEM building for access from square 1 and 2. |
27 February 2025 | 2001 Building | Water tank inspections from 08:00amfor half of the day. There will be no water to kitchens, toilets, or drinking water. Please make use of alternative facilities in alternative buildings accessible from Square 4. |
1 - 2 March 2025 | Computer Science and Electronic Engineering Building | Power shut down for essential electrical infrastructure upgrades, impacting lighting and power outlets in some rooms on level 3, 4, and 5 (pdf.). The lift in this building will not be impacted. |
10 March - 04 April 2025 | Life Science Building | The L83 lift will be out of service for essential control and equipment upgrades. Please use the L4 lift within this building as an alternative route |
Some of the disruption across our Colchester Campus is due to the construction of major buildings, such as: