Category: Herschel

The Herschel Building lecture theatres and Curtis Auditorium were completed at the weekend and are back in use.  A feedback form will be circulated in due course.

The three lecture theatres and Curtis Auditroium are almost complete with the final AV commissioning taking place on Saturday 21st September ready for induction activity to commence on Monday 23rd September. 

Seating in Lecture Theatre 1 is almost complete and the framework has been installed in Lecture Theatre’s 2 and 3. All three rooms will be fully furnished by the end of the week with the installation continuing in the Curtis Auditorium from Saturday.

Decoration and flooring has been completed in Lecture Theatres 1, 2 and 3 ready for the new seating to be installed on from Monday 9th September.

The flooring in the Curtis Auditorium will be completed next week with the seating installation commencing on 14th September.

The AV installation will continue in the Curtis Auditroium and the projection booths throughout next week with testing and commissioning taking place the week after.

The AV installation has commenced in Lecture Theatre 1 and the projection booths to the rear of LT1 and the Curtis Auiditorium are being cabled ready to take the new projectors.

Over the weekend new doors were installed to all spaces which will be push-pad operated for ease of access.

The walnut acoustic panelling is now complete in lecture theatres 1, 2 and 3 with the final decoration and carpet laying now underway.

In the Curtis Auditorium the panelling is progressing well and the construction of the new accessible seating areas will commence on Saturday 24th August.

The high level works including new ventilation, lighting, ceilings and decoration are nearing completion. The scaffolding crash-decks will be removed from Thursday 1st August.

Installation of the new acoustic panelling has also commenced in Lecture Theatre 1.

The first fix power and data installation is also complete and once the crash decks are removed, the new raised floors will be installed.

Following strip out and investigative works in the lecture theatres, it has not been possible to channel the floor for new cabling as expected and an alternative solution has been worked up to overcome the unforeseen issue. This will allow the lecterns to be relocated and desk-top power to be installed as originally planned.

The revised proposal includes raising the floor of all three lecture theatres by 100mm to accommodate the new cabling beneath. Ramped access will be installed at all entrances with automatic doors (operated by push pads).

The revised layout can be viewed here: Herschel_Revised Layout

The project remains on programme with the first bookings scheduled for Monday 23rd September 2019.

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This week the contractors continued with the strip out works and began installing crash decks in the lecture theatre’s to allow safe access while working at height to replace the ceiling, lighting and AV cabling.

Work has also progressed on modifications to the two projection rooms to allow for high quality projectors to be installed. This will improve viewing angles for the audience in the Curtis Auditorium and enable dual projection in the three lecture theatres.

What a difference a week makes! The contractors have stripped out all of the seating, carpets, wall panelling and any loose fixtures.

Access into the Herschel Building is now via the north ground floor entrance (between the main building and Herschel Annex) or the rear doors off Brewery Lane.