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Completed Activities

The works that have been completed on-site include:

• Temporary site lighting has been installed.
• Completed brickwork to roof level.
• Ring beams to chimneys have been installed.

Commenced Activities

The activities that have commenced on-site during this period consist of:

• Roof pods, CLT and Glulam have started to be installed.
• Brickwork for the chimneys has begun.
• Mechanical first fixing to archive.
• Vapour control layer to roof pods.
• Scaffold adaptations for roof pods works.
• First floor electric basket install.
• Wiring to the first floor and ground floor.

Works due to Commence

There are a number of activities that are due to commence over the next period including:

• Flat roof membranes and chimney waterproofing to be started.
• Lightening protection tapes to roof area.
• Insulation and screed to ground floor.
• Underfloor heating ground floor.
• Door thresholds to be installed.

Completed Activities

The works that have been completed on-site include:

• Ring beam for chimneys made up ready to be installed.
• Hashtag lintels have been fitted.
• Second floor internal brickwork has been completed.
• Second floor CLT and Glulam installed.

Commenced Activities

The activities that have commenced on-site during this period consist of:

• External brickwork to second floor.
• Steel installation.
• Lift built to roof over-run height.
• Temporary site lighting has been installed.

Works due to Commence

There are a number of activities that are due to commence over the next period including:

• Roof pods, CLT and Glulam to be installed.
• Mechanical first fixing to ground floor and archive.
• Roof membranes and chimney waterproofing to be started.
• Lightening protection tapes to roof area.

Completed Activities

The works that have been completed on-site include:

• Plant room heating has been switched on.
• CLT and Glulam have been installed for second floor.
• Duct work to lower gallery space.
• Electrical install to lower gallery space.

Commenced Activities

The activities that have commenced on-site during this period consist of:

• Second-floor brickwork has commenced.
• Waterproofing of second floor CLT has begun.
• Ground floor electrical install.
• First floor window subframes have started to be installed.

Works due to Commence

There are a number of activities that are due to commence over the next period including:

• Windposts to external structure.
• Second floor chimney feature lintels.
• Raise rainwater pipes to next level.
• Commissioning of heating controls.

Completed Activities

The works that have been completed on-site include:

• Cladding to boiler house has been completed.
• Boiler house plumbing installation.
• Brickwork to second floor.
• Pre-cast concrete stairs to second floor.

Commenced Activities

The activities that have commenced on-site during this period consist of:

• First floor brickwork.
• Electrical installations to the new library.
• Install new gas meter.
• Brickwork continuing up to roof.

Works due to Commence

There are a number of activities that are due to commence over the next period including:

• Commissioning of plantroom.
• Dry riser and internal rainwater pipes.
• CLT second floor.
• Mechanical first fix.

Completed Activities

The works that have been completed on-site include:

• Demolition of the boiler house has completed.
• Setting out of first-floor brickwork has been completed.
• CLT for the first floor.
• Gas alteration works for new boiler house.
• Structure to boiler house.

Commenced Activities

The activities that have commenced on-site during this period consist of:

• Boiler house plumbing install.
• First-floor brickwork.

Works due to Commence

There are a number of activities that are due to commence over the next period including:

• Plumbing installations to new library.
• Electrical installations to the new library.
• Install new gas meter.
• Cladding to boiler house.

Completed Activities

The works that have been completed on-site include:

• External brickwork to ground floor has been completed.
• Rainwater pipes have been installed to second-floor level.
• First floor in situ concrete slab has been completed.
• Stairs to ground floor have been put into place.
• Slab pour.

Commenced Activities

The activities that have commenced on-site during this period consist of:

• Demolition of the boiler house has commenced.
• Setting out of first-floor brickwork has begun.

Works due to Commence

There are a number of activities that are due to commence over the next period including:

• Boiler house construction.
• CLT for the first floor is due to commence.
• Gas alteration works for new boiler house.

Completed Activities

The works that have been completed on site include:

• Service trench from north end of library to Chesterton lane boundary.
• Installation of scaffolding for internal work has been completed to first floor.
• Bricklayers have completed the internal brickwork predominantly up to first floor height.
• Wind posts from the first to second floor have now been installed ready for the CLT and Glulam install.

Commenced Activities

The activities that have commenced on site during this period consist of:

• External brickwork to ground floor has commenced and progressed well with small areas to be completed.
• Rainwater pipes being installed to second floor level.
• The reinforcement has been made up and is being placed in position ready for the in situ concrete slab to commence.

Works due to Commence

There are a number of activities that are due to commence over the next period including:

• Final bricks to be delivered (excluding bricks to the chimneys).
• Further material deliveries to be made to allow commencement and continuation of activities.
• First floor in situ concrete slab is due to commence.

Completed Activities

The works that have been completed on site include:

• Reinforced concrete walls to rear elevation complete.
• Attenuation tank on grid line six is complete. All attenuation works are now complete.
• The insulated heating pipe to the new boiler house through the Masters garden has been installed.
• Hollow core planks have been installed to the archive store and fire stopped allowing progression of the brickwork walls.
• Steels to grid lines G2 and J4 have been installed.

Commenced Activities

The activities that have commenced on site during this period consist of:

• Service trench from north end of library to Chesterton lane boundary.
• Installation of scaffolding for internal work has progressed to first floor.
• Bricklayers have progressed the internal brickwork predominantly up to first floor height.

Works due to Commence

There are a number of activities that are due to commence over the next period including:

• Further brick and material deliveries to be made to allow commencement and continuation of brickwork activities.
• In situ concrete slab is due to commence.

Completed Activities

The works that have been completed on site include:

• Extended the plantroom slab in Master’s Garden.
• Install ducts to new plant room base in Master’s Garden.
• New water main laid up to Chesterton Lane.
• Ducts for data and electric have been laid up to Chesterton Lane.
• All non-visual bricks have been delivered and are on site.
• Completion of laying of insulated heating pipe to the new boiler house through the Master's Garden.
• Attenuation tank on grid line six has been completed.

Commenced Activities

The activities that have commenced on site during this period consist of:

• Bricklayers have commenced the internal brickwork.
• New footpath to Master’s Garden.
• Dry riser install to Chesterton Lane.
• Scaffolding around internal work has begun.
• Building of the archive walls.

Works due to Commence

There are a number of activities that are due to commence over the next period including:

• Service trench from north end of library to Chesterton Lane boundary.
• Further brick and material deliveries to be made to allow commencement and continuation of works activities.
• Steels to gridlines G2 and J4 to be installed.
• Installation of hollow core concrete slabs to archive room.
• Stair b install.

Completed Activities

The works that have been completed on site include:

• Remainder of foul water drainage has been completed.
• Formwork to the upper slab has been completed along with the upper slab.
• Waterproofing to reinforced concrete walls to the lower ground floor service void.
• All of the external brickwork has been completed up to the damp proof course.
• Services linking plant room A & B are now complete.
• Grid line one has been backfilled against the new retaining wall.
• Brick chamber built for data services.
• All steels to external chimneys up to first floor have been installed.
• Laying of insulated heating pipe up to Masters garden within the site area.

Commenced Activities

The activities that have commenced on site during this period consist of:

• Commence reinforced concrete walls to rear elevation.
• Bricklayers have commenced the internal brickwork.
• Attenuation tank on grid line six has commenced.
• Completion of laying of insulated heating pipe to the new boiler house through the Masters garden.

Works due to Commence

There are a number of activities that are due to commence over the next period including:

• Service trench from north end of library to Chesterton Lane boundary.
• Installation of scaffolding for internal work.
• Building of the archive walls.
• Further brick and material deliveries to be made to allow commencement and continuation of brickwork activities.
• Steels to gridlines G2 and J4 to be installed.

Completed Activities

The works that have been completed on site include:

• The foul water chamber has been completed and backfilled.
• The upper slab has had the steel reinforcement installed ready for the concrete slab to be poured.
• 8 steels installed within the chimneys ground to the first floor which will continue to the roof of the library.
• Waterproofing to the upper slab has been completed.
• Insulation and waterproofing to the upper floor ring beams.
• Completion of steel reinforcement to the ring beams.
• The walls to the lower ground floor service void have been poured.

Commenced Activities

The activities that have commenced on site during this period consist of:

• Remainder of foul water drainage which will be completed in this period.
• Formwork to the upper slab which will be complete prior to the concrete slab pour.
• Soak away works have commenced.
• Waterproofing to reinforced concrete walls to the lower ground floor service void.
• Continued regular brick deliveries.

Works due to Commence

There are a number of activities that are due to commence over the next period including:

• Bricklayers to commence, initially they will build the sample wall then move onto the substructure brickwork.
• Concrete pour to upper slab.
• Remaining steels to east elevation chimneys to be installed.
• Further brick and material deliveries to be made to allow commencement and continuation of brickwork activities.
• Commence reinforced concrete walls to rear elevation.

Completed Activities

The works that have been completed on site include:

• The concrete has been poured for the second half of the ring beam and the lower section of the slab.
• The foul drainage has now been completed, including the installation of the pumping chamber.
• Waterproofing to the sides of the ground beams and lower ground slab has been completed.
• The insulation to the lower ground slab has been installed.
• The rainwater drainage has been put in from the site compound to the culvert and then to the river.
• The tower crane has been erected and is now in use.
• The reinforced concrete walls which extend around the service voids are complete.

Commenced Activities

The activities that have commenced on site during this period consist of:

• Insulation and waterproofing to the upper floor ring beams.
• Continued regular brick deliveries, 45K bricks now on site.
• Continuing with the fixing of the steel reinforcement for the floor slabs and beams.
• Proceeding with the pouring of the walls to the lower ground floor service void.

Works due to Commence

There are a number of activities that are due to commence over the next period including:

• Further waterproofing to the reinforced concrete walls.
• Soakaway/attenuation works to begin.
• Construction of the upper ground floor slabs.
• Begin substructure blockwork.
• Install ground to first-floor structural steel.

Completed Activities

The works that have been completed on site include:

• Piling and pile cropping
• Installation of site accommodation.
• First half of lower ring beam concreted and waterproofing applied.
• Second half of lower ring beam shuttered, waterproofed, steelwork done and installed.
• Foul drainage installed
• All of the piles have been tested and passed.
• Archaeology visits complete for the footprints of the library.

Commenced Activities

The activities that have commenced on site during this period consist of:

• Concrete second half of ring beam and lower section of the slab.
• Foul drainage including pumping chamber.
• All waterproofing to the sides of the ground beams and lower ground slab.
• Insulation to the lower ground slab.

Works due to Commence

There are a number of activities that are due to commence over the next period including:

• Surface water drainage.
• Shuttering for lower section slab.
• First brick delivery due on the 11 December 2018.
• Tower crane on site 12 January 2019.
• Pour ground slabs.

Completed Activities

Construction on site for the New Library at Magdalene has started and so far the works that have been completed include:

• Getting the site ready.
• Installation of piling mat.
• Erect hoarding and fencing.
• Temporary removal of section of garden wall.
• Temporary haul road and working platforms.

Commenced Activities

The activities that have commenced on site during this period consist of:

• Piling commenced on the 24th October 2018 and finished ahead of schedule in early November 2018.
• Installation of site accommodation for the construction team

Works due to Commence

There are a number of activities that are due to commence over the next period including:

• Surface water drainage.
• Shuttering for lower section slab.
• First brick delivery due on the 11 December 2018.
• Tower crane on site 12 January 2019.
• Pour ground slabs.

• The project commenced on site on 8 October 2018.
• The site hoarding in the Fellows’ Garden has been erected and will be painted green.
• Riverside pathway reopened to College Members (19 October).
• A section of the old wall at the boundary of the Master’s Garden has been removed as the site is prepared for the piling mat.
• Timber hoarding to the Master’s Garden has been erected.
• The piling rig will arrive on site on 22 October.
• Cocksedge wants to implement the dewatering stage of the programme early. The permanent drainage for the rainwater from the new building needs to be partially created to permit extra storage for the dewatering. There needs to be trenching at the rear of the Pepys Building and past the Gardener’s Cottage to join the drain at the corner of the Bright’s Building. Provisionally planned for early December.