Construction Timeline
The three-storey building is located on the edge of Fellows Garden, next to the Grade I listed Pepys Building.
Compressed Project Timeline
Detailed Build Programme
The New Library is a significant building project and the information below details the major steps and key elements of construction over the duration of the project. You can find details of work already completed listed on the News and Updates page.
Substructure: October 2018 - March 2019
- Piling (for limited time only)
- Construct crane base
- Construct lift pit and ground beams
- Construct substructure walls
- Place beam and block flooring
Superstructure: March 2019 - October 2019
- Masonry walls to damp proof course
- Install windposts
- Masonry walls on all three floors
- Timber joists and panels on the first floor
- steelwork and lintels for chimneys
- Construct chimneys above the second floor
- Install beams and panels on the second floor
- Install beams and panels at the roof level
External Envelope: October 2019 - April 2020
- Adapt scaffold
- Roof carpentry
- Install glazing to gables
- Zinc roof covering
- Install windows and doors to all floors
- Decoration
Ground Floor: October 2019 - June 2020
- Insulation and underfloor heating
- Firestopping and Inspections
- Board and skim ceilings
- Mist coat
- Floor Tiling
- Hang doors
- Fit kitchen
- Wall Tiling
- Timber wall lining
- Decoration
- Builders clean
- Fitted furniture
- Carpet and entrance matting
- Loose furniture
- Sparkle clean
First Floor: January 2020 - July 2020
- Insulation and underfloor heating
- Firestopping and Inspections
- Board and skim ceilings
- Hang doors
- Mist coat
- Floor and Wall Tiling
- Decoration
- Builders clean
- Fitted furniture
- Floorboards
- Timber wall lining
- Loose furniture
- Sparkle clean
Second Floor: January 2020 - August 2020
- Insulation and timber battens to under side
- Insulation and underfloor heating
- Firestopping & Inspections
- Board and skim ceilings
- Hang doors
- Mist coat
- Floor and Wall Tiling
- Decoration
- Builders clean
- Fitted furniture
- Veneered ceilings
- Floorboards
- Timber wall lining
- Loose furniture
- Sparkle clean
Additional Internals: February 2020 - August 2020
- Install Lift
Check out the site construction as it happens on the Construction Gallery, we will be regularly uploading new photos of the exciting things that are happening on site as they occur.