Building works at Colchester Campus

 

Works impacting lifts 

Date Location Details
Ongoing L8 lift Lift out of service due to emergency works.
Ongoing Silberrad Student Centre  Front lift (L84) out of service. Front lift (LO84) is in use as an alternative. 
4 - 14 August 2026 Colchester campus all lifts Insurance inspections will be taking place. Each lift will be out of service for around 30 minutes for an inspection. Where there are multiple lifts in an area, only one will be taken out of service at a time. If you need to use a lift while it is being inspected, please ask the Lift Technicians present and they will put the lift back into service for you. 
7 July - end of December  L2 lift in 2001 building  Lift out of service due to engineering works. H3 lift is in use as an alternative. 
    

Works across campus 

Date Location Details
18 May - 14 August 2026 Plant Room 1.521 Refurbishment works, intermittent noise may be heard nearby.
1 June - 10 July 2026 Albert Sloman Library (first floor of south side and central stairwell)  Lighting upgrade to LED. There will be no access to the south side of the first floor during these works.
8 June - 10 July 2026 Square 3 Waterproofing works to sections of Square 3, outside Zest, Crumbs, and the Life Sciences Building. Some noise may be heard nearby while concrete is broken up at the start of the works.
29 June - 29 August 2026  The Hexagon  Refurbishment in preparation for East 15 relocation. Works between 7.30am and 4.30pm. Noise and disruption kept to a minimum where possible. All levels of the Hexagon closed. Launderette remains open. 
29 June - 31 July (paused during Graduation)  Boundary Road at the back of Colchester-bound bus stop, opposite Valley Road  Works to storm water outfall head wall works within the Boundary Road ditch. 
6 July - 4 December 2026  2001 Building and the Square 5 Building  Refurbishment in preparation for East 15 relocation. Noise and disruption kept to a minimum where possible. Some noise during scaffolding installation and demolition. No access to either building. 
11 July - 9 October 2026  Main academic building Level 6 corridor  Undertaking works to create a new Dental Suite. No access for first 2 weeks from level 6 to Sociology. Some demolition noise may be heard during these works. 
18 - 19 July 2026  Main academic building floor 3 to floor 6  Undertaking works to upgrade the electrical infrastructure, intermittent noise may be heard nearby. No power to the affected areas and minimal lighting for approx. 12hours each day. 
11 - 12 July 2026 Underpodia; between Square 3 and the entrance to underpodia Netting works to be undertaken at high level via lifting machinery. Please remove vehicles from these areas ahead of 10 July 2026.
20 - 24 July 2026 Gas substations: entrance to car park B, behind Grounds Barn, and in the meadow along Clingoe Hill  Upgrade works to gas substations on campus, including replacement of substation kiosk behind the Grounds Barn.
 

Works in main campus accommodation

Date Location Details
19 June to end of July 2026 South Courts external areas and some loft access CCTV works
22 June to mid-August 2026 Harwich Court 1-3 Redecoration works 

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