Estates and Facilities Management service disruptions

Updates on current disruptions affecting Estates and Facilities Management (EFM) services in University buildings, upcoming works which will affect EFM services and recently resolved issues.

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Current Maintenance Issues

We apologise for any inconvenience caused by the service disruptions described below and are working hard to resolve these as soon as possible.

Start date Building/area affected Details
12/11/2024 The Octagon

There is leak on the district heating supply for the to the Octagon.  This means that there will be no heating within the Octagon until Saturday 16/11/2024 at the earliest, pending identification and repair of the leak.

     

Upcoming Scheduled Maintenance

Start date Anticipated end date Building/area affected Details
21/11/2024 22/11/2024 Portobello Centre, Amy Johnson Building, Quarrell Laboratory,  Amy Johnson Annexe, Pam Liversidge

Heating Shutdown from 06:00pm Thursday 21st November for approx. 15 hours.

Recently Resolved Issues

Start date End date Building/area affected Details
11/11/2024 11/11/2024 Arts Tower The windows have been made safe and the car park restrictions have been removed.
Start date End date Building/area affected Details
31/10/2024 31/10/2024 Arts Tower

Paternoster - out of service

The issues with the Paternoster were solved and it is now up and running.

Start date End date Building/area affected Details
25/10/2024 25/10/2024 Cathedral Court

Following a power cut that is being investigated by North Powergrid, the Cathedral Court building was locked down by Security Services and will remain locked until the issues will be resolved. This is due to issues with the swipe access. 

All issues were resolved and services are back to normal.