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Facilities & Projects Team Blog – Dutch Reading Room Refurbishment 

By Collette E M Lawrence, on 9 June 2022

Dutch Reading Room Refurbishment

Our team information can be found at the following link Facilities & Projects Team

We have just received confirmation from the contractor with regards to work taking place next week.

Thursday 16th June 2022 The Dutch Reading room will be having its furniture replaced so this room will be closed on this day.

If you have any issues or queries regarding this please contact the Library Facilities & Projects Team at lib-facilities@ucl.ac.uk

Facilities & Projects Team Blog – DMS Watson Closure due to Water shut down

By Collette E M Lawrence, on 7 June 2022

DMS Watson Closure due to Water shut down – Our team information can be found at the following link Facilities & Project Team

We have just received confirmation from the contractor with regards to work taking place this weekend.

The Science Library will be closed on the 12th June 2022 due to our contractor, Arctic, being instructed by Estates, to carry out essential work, which involves replacing two valves in the plant room of the Science Library.

In order to do this, Artic will need to isolate the water supply to the whole building, for the entirety of the day, which has resulted in the decision to close the library for the duration of the works, and to re-open, as usual, on Monday 13th June, at 08:45.

Staff will be relocated to the Main Library while this work is carried out, please speak with your line manage if you require further information on this.

If you have any issues or queries regarding this please contact your building manager or the Library Facilities & Projects Team at lib-facilities@ucl.ac.uk

Facilities & Project Team Blog – Window cleaning in Wilkins Building

By Collette E M Lawrence, on 1 June 2022

Window Cleaning at the Wilkins Building

Our team information can be found at the following link Facilities & Project Team

We have now received confirmation from UCL Estates with regards to window cleaning taking place internally and externally in the Wilkins Building. We have only been give the start date for this work, sorry no timetable has been provided.

Monday 6th June 2022 – internal and external window cleaning at Wilkins Building is due to commence on next week. If possible, could you please move items away from the window sills, and let the Facilities & Projects team know if there are any locations where additional/alternative arrangements for access will need to be made.

If you have any issues or queries regarding this, please contact the Library Facilities & Projects Team at lib-facilities@ucl.ac.uk

Facilities & Projects Team Blog – Fire Alarm Testing

By Collette E M Lawrence, on 25 May 2022

Fire Alarm Testing re-commencing

Our team information can be found at the following link Facilities & Project Team

Following the ending of Covid procedures, UCL is re-introducing weekly fire alarm testing into all buildings. The decision has been taken to reschedule these tests to be conducted on weekdays only and between the hours of 08-00 -11:30hrs. This applies to all UCL managed buildings, if you are an NHS Trust building, or one not managed by UCL, there will be local arrangements for fire alarm testing.

The new Fire Alarm Test schedule will come into effect from Monday, 6th of June 2022. The decision to testing the alarms “in-hours” has been approved by the Estates Health and Safety Committee. One of the reasons is to ensure that students and staff know what the bell sounds like.

The fire alarm test will last no longer than 60 seconds, so students and staff should wait up to 60 seconds before evacuating the space.

Please see list below for Library Services testing schedule and link to the Fire Safety Technical Note – TN062:

UCLFire_TN_062 (WeeklyFireAlarmTesting)-06Jun22.pdf

  • Monday – 0800-1130hrs – DMS Watson Library
  • Monday – 0800-1130hrs – Foster Court
  • Monday – 0800-0930hrs – Institute of Child Health
  • Tuesday – 0800-1130hrs – Institute of Education
  • Tuesday – 0800-1130hrs – Language & Speech Science
  • Tuesday – 0800-1130hrs – Institute of Neurology
  • Tuesday – 0800-1130hrs – School of Pharmacy
  • Wednesday – 0800-1130hrs – Bartlett
  • Wednesday – 0800-1130hrs – Institute of Archaeology
  • Wednesday – 0800-1130hrs – School of Slavonic and East European Studies
  • Thursday – 0800-1130hrs – Main Library/Special Collections(B06)/Graduate Hub
  • Friday – 0730hrs – Ophthalmology
  • Friday – 0800-1130hrs – Student Centre
  • Saturday & Sunday – 0800-0900hrs – Cruciform

If you have any issues or queries regarding this, please contact the Library Facilities & Projects Team at lib-facilities@ucl.ac.uk

Facilities & Projects Team Blog – Fire Alarm Testing & Ceiling work

By Collette E M Lawrence, on 19 May 2022

Fire Alarm Testing & Ceiling work – DMS Watson

Our team information can be found at the following link Facilities & Project Team

We have now received confirmation from the contractor working on Fire Alarm upgrades, testing and ceiling works in DMS Watson. CESB will be putting up signage in and around the site.

Saturday 21st May 2022 & Sunday 22nd May 2022 – All Day The Ground Floor bookable student pods will be unavailable this weekend due to snagging work with Fire Alarm, some additional sounders will be fitted in this area to ensure within the pods the legal minimal decibel level is met.

Monday, 23rd May 2022 – 07:00 to 09:00 – The Fire Alarms will be tested for 2 hours, floor by floor, This is to tally with the usual fire alarm testing that takes place on Monday’s, so hopefully will be a familiar sound to students and staff.

Monday, 6th June 2022 (early morning) – Investigative works to the 1st floor ceiling will be carried out to plan the works and equipment needed for the weekend, but that will not impact too much, as it will be just a member of the install team and a step ladder assessing the ceilings.

Saturday, 11th, Sunday 12th and Monday, 13th June 2022 – Ceiling works on the 1st floor will be taking place. The area will be barriered off for the duration, so will affect the Accessibility entrance and the use of the 1st floor toilet over this period.

If you have any issues or queries regarding this, please contact the Library Facilities & Projects Team at lib-facilities@ucl.ac.uk

Facilities & Projects Team Blog – SSEES Lighting Upgrade

By Collette E M Lawrence, on 28 April 2022

SSEES Lighting Upgrade

Our team information can be found at the following link Facilities & Project Team

We have now received confirmation from the contractor working on SSEES Lighting Upgrade.

Due to essential electrical work, which forms part of a lighting upgrade in collaboration with Library Services, Estates and Sustainability, the Lower Ground floor of SSEES Library will be CLOSED to users all day on Saturday 30th April 2022. Unfortunately, it will not be possible for staff to offer a fetching service for material and journals during the closure, as there will be no lighting in that area.

Other floors of the Library are not affected and will be open as normal, on Saturday.

If you have any issues or queries regarding this, please contact the Library Facilities & Projects Team at lib-facilities@ucl.ac.uk

Facilities & Projects Team Blog – DMS Watson 3 Room Refurbishment Project

By Collette E M Lawrence, on 21 April 2022

Our team information can be found at the following link Facilities & Project Team

We have now received confirmation from the contractor working on the DMS Watson, 3 Room Refurbishment Project.

The installation of 3 Fire Doors will be taking place, tomorrow and part of next week, between the 22nd and 27th April 2022. Due to this work taking place, the installation may impact on the corridors by B12, B12a and B13, for short periods, so please be aware of this when walking in these areas.

If you have any issues or queries regarding this, please contact the Library Facilities & Projects Team at lib-facilities@ucl.ac.uk

Facilities & Projects Team Blog – Wilkins Building Infrastructure Project

By Collette E M Lawrence, on 30 March 2022

Wilkins Building Infrastructure Project

Our team information can be found at the following link Facilities & Project Team

We have received confirmation from the contractor with regards to work taking place in the Wilkins Building next week.

A cold water storage tank is being installed in room B15D, which is forming part of the Wilkins Infrastructure project, this is working towards a permanent solution to the heating issues within the building, which will include the Main Library.

This work will be taking place over 3 days, the 4th, 5th & 6th of April 2022, with pipe works also being installed in the following areas, JBR and surrounding toilet area, which requires these toilets being closed for the duration of the works, the old Refectory and an office off of the North Cloisters.

There will be some localised noise disruption, possibly, permeating through to the Main Library and Information Point areas.

If you have any issues or queries regarding this please contact the Library Facilities & Projects Team at lib-facilities@ucl.ac.uk

Facilities & Projects Team Blog – Science Library Fire Alarm Upgrade – Stripping out and making good

By Collette E M Lawrence, on 1 March 2022

Facilities & Projects Team Blog – Science Library Fire Alarm Upgrade – Stripping out and making good

Our team information can be found at the following link Facilities & Project Team

Apologies for the short notice we have just received the updated programme.

The new fire alarm system is now commissioned and working, we are now moving to the strip out of the old system,

From Wednesday 2nd March 2022 W Portsmouth will undertake the strip out and making good of the existing redundant fire alarm systems on nights commencing as per the below schedule, during these time the floors will not be accessible:

  • Fourth Floor – Wednesday 2nd March – 9PM-7AM
  • Fourth Floor – Thursday 3rd March – 9PM – 7AM
  • Third Floor – Friday 4th March – 9PM-7AM
  • Third Floor – Monday 7th March – 9PM-7AM
  • Second Floor – Tuesday 8th March – 9PM – 7AM
  • Second Floor – Wednesday 9th March – 9PM – 7AM
  • First Floor – Thursday 10th March – 9PM – 7PM
  • First Floor – Friday 11th March – 9PM – 7PM
  • Ground Floor – TBC – Provisionally – Saturday 5th March – 6PM – 10.30AM

If you have any issues or queries regarding this please contact the Library Facilities & Projects Team at lib-facilities@ucl.ac.uk

Refurbishment of three rooms in DMS Watson Basement

By Jay Woodhouse, on 3 February 2022

Contractors will be starting work on three rooms in the DMS Watson Science Library basement on Monday 8th February, as part of the ongoing works to support Special Collections national accreditation.

 

Rooms B12, B12A & B13 will be refurbished and brought back to a usable condition over the next six weeks. Initial works will be on B12 & B12A. All works, except the replacement of the doors, will take place within the rooms. Access along the basement corridor and to Special Collections and the B13 Locker Room will not be affected. If there are any needs to restrict access, these will be notified in advance.

 

Once B12 has been completed, the Locker Room will be relocated from B13 to B12. Advanced notice will be given when a date is known for this move. We will request that any fragile or valuable items are removed from the lockers prior to this move. Please note the Locker Room will be unavailable for two days while it is being moved.

 

The relocation of the Locker Room will allow for improved security arrangements for Special Collections, with the card-controlled door in the basement corridor being restricted to Special Collections Staff or with access approval by the Head of Special Collections.

 

Work on B13 will then be undertaken. Once these rooms are completed, they will be used by Special Collections as a digitisation suite and the storage of conservation materials, which are currently held in the collections spaces.

 

For further information or to raise any concerns please contact Library Facilities