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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. |
16 December 2024 - Ongoing | Albert Sloman Library | Visual inspections to external concrete. There is minimal disruption expected. |
20 January 2025 | Main Academic Building, accessible via square entrances 3SE, 4SE and 4SW | Water tank inspections 08.00am - 16.30pm to the section of the Main Academic Building previously referred to as 'Physics'. There will be no loss of water to these areas. |
21 January 2025 | Alresford Court, houses 1-6 | There will be no power to any buildings in this block 9.00am - 4.00pm. There will be noise from digging outside house 6 |
21 - 22 January 2025 | Main Academic Building, accessible via Square entrances 3SW, 2NW and 2NE | Water tank inspections 08.00am - 16.30pm to sections of the Main Academic Building, including areas of the Life Science building. There will be no water supply to kitchens, toilets, or drinking water. Please make use of the facilities in alternative buildings off of square 2 and 3. |
22 January 2025 | Main Academic Building, accessible via square entrances 3NE and 4NW | 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 this building. |
23 - 24 January 2025 | Swaynes House - Accommodation | Water tank inspections 08.00am - 16.30pm. There will be no water supply to showers and toilets for the majority of this time-frame. 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 January 2025 | Social Science Research Centre | Water tank inspections 08.00am for half of the day. There will be no water supply to kitchens, toilets, or drinking water. Please make use of the facilities in alternative buildings off of square 2. |
24 - 25 January 2025 | Under Podia | Under podia netting inspection will be taking place on these dates. There will be some noise from the engine of the MEWP being used and areas will need to be barriered off. There will be a banks person present to guide traffic. |
27 January 2025 | Sports Pavilion | Water tank inspections 08.00am - 16.30pm. There may be a loss of water supply to kitchens, toilets, showers, and drinking water. Please make use of the facilities in the Sports Arena. |
27 January - 03 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. |
29 January 2025 |
STEM Building |
Water tank inspections 08.00am - 16.30pm. There will be no loss of water to these areas. |
30 January 2025 | Richard Wood - Accommodation | Water tank inspections 08.00am - 16.30pm. There will be no water supply to showers and toilets for the majority of this time-frame. 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. |
31 January 2025 | Tawney Tower | Water tank inspections 08.00am - 16.30pm. There will be no water supply to shower, toilets, or kitchen taps for the duration of this timeframe. Water will be available before 08.00am and after 16.30pm. |
07 February 2025 | Wivenhoe House Hotel | The main passenger lifts will be taken out of use during the inspection for 45-60 minutes at a time. Only one of the lifts will be out at a time, so please use the alternative lift in the building during the inspection. |
10 February - 07 March 2025 | Lecture Theatre Building | The lift in this building will be out of service for essential control and equipment upgrades |
06 February 2025 | Silberrad Student Centre | The main passenger lifts will be taken out of use during the inspection for 45-60 minutes at a time. Only one of the lifts will be out at a time, so please use the alternative lift in the building during the inspection. |
06 February 2025 | Albert Sloman Library | The main passenger lifts, including the paternoster, will be taken out of use during the inspection for 45-60 minutes at a time. Only one of the lifts will be out at a time, so please use the alternative lifts in the building during the inspection. |
07 February 2025 | Constable Building | The stairlift in the Constable building will be inspected between 11am-3pm for an hour. |
07 February 2025 | Silberrad Building | The Estates team will be carrying out repair works to the fire curtain on the ground floor of the Silberrad building. There will be no noise or access issues. |
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: