Atrium & stairs floor Sealing
The floor tiles of the atrium, stairs & foyer areas and the landings of the stairs to the mezzanine floors at the west end of the building will be cleaned & sealed over the nights of Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday of this week, 1st, 2nd & 3rd November starting at approximately 5pm. If you can avoid using these spaces during the cleaning & sealing operations it will be a great help.
Shonah Ion
Failed ventilation roof fan
The failed roof fan is due to be replaced on Wednesday this week. This fan provides forced ventilation to the inner labs at the eastern end of phase I.
Shonah Ion
Information
I know many of you have felt not enough information has been coming out about the refurbishment works and the ongoing works to make the building suitable for us. So here is what I know.
Space – there isn’t enough of it. The only space we have now for sitting people at desks is in the old Engineering building. There are 12 desks in A98, the room previously occupied by Space & Planetary science, we have at least 3 new PhD students in there currently, and 1 desk in A51 a 10 seat room. When we get the refurbished phase II returned to us we will have another large (35 seat) post graduate area which should allow everyone to have a little more breathing space for visitors and summer students. But until then it is going to be tight.
The ventilation in the inner labs of the eastern end of phase 1 has failed – see above note.
Shonah Ion
Kitchen area in Science & Technology building
Works are due to begin on the 7th November for 6 weeks to make a kitchen area in A95 that we will be able to use.
Shonah Ion
Rubbish removal
The debris that has appeared in the corridors since we have moved into phase 1 is not acceptable. Please take your rubbish to the large bins on the perimeter road. If you need help to move it there trollies available.
Shonah Ion
Use the main door for entrance & exiting
Please do not use the fire exits to leave the building. They do not close securely after exiting, leaving the building vulnerable to unauthorised access.
Shonah Ion
Physics and Isolab weekly updates
Please see below details of scheduled works on the Physics refurbishment and Isolab projects for next week.
Physics scheduled works
Section 2:
• M&E isolations and strip out
• External surface water drain connection
• Soft strip demolition
• Internal protection works
• External scaffolding
• Re-roofing to phase 2 inclusive of craneage of materials to the roof on Monday
Should you have any queries regarding these projects please contact the Senior Project Manager, Helen Wood, via the Facilities Helpdesk on facilities.helpdesk@lancaster.ac.uk or 01524 593333.
Madeline Asquith