Pure cafe

PURE Café at Worsley opening shortly

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As part of the refurbishment work taking place in the Worsley Building, work has been undertaken to create a new café and dining area on Level 9.

Pure is the latest café to be added to the Great Food at Leeds portfolio, the University owned catering facilities.

The £41m investment to upgrade office space and teaching facilities is now 75% complete, with project completion expected at the end of this year.

Staff from the School of Medicine have settled into the new Faculty Office on Level 9 and work has commenced ahead of programme in the Dissection Labs, which will be complete in time for the start of term.

The new café, PURE, will focus on healthy and seasonal food options and follows the shifting trend towards health and wellbeing amongst students and staff.

Other completed areas include the roof garden, Level 11 offices which have now been handed back and the western half of Level 10 which is now in the process of being occupied by Leeds Institute of Clinical Trials Research colleagues.

Work to the main building entrance and dental changing areas on Level 4 is now underway. Good progress is also being made on work to improve central teaching spaces on Level 8, with most of the work being carried out during nights and weekends, to limit disruption to colleagues using the building.

Find out more about the Worsley Building project

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LUU reception foyer

Key facilities re-open for autumn term

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Leeds University Union and the Edward Boyle Library will partially re-open their doors as students make their return to the University in late September.

Edward Boyle Library Refurbishment

Significant refurbishment work has been underway to transform, modernise and upgrade both facilities.

Phase 3 of the refurbishment programme for the Edward Boyle Library will see the opening of the new Postgraduate Research Hub on Level 13 and 1000 new study spaces. Full completion of the project is on schedule for early 2017.

Partial completion of upgrade work at the Union building will mean that current and new students will be able to kick-start term with full access to the Old Bar and Pyramid (formerly Mine).  All of which have been upgraded as part of the £16.8m investment. Full completion of the project is planned for April 2017.

Find out more about the Edward Boyle Library project

Find out more about the Leeds University Union project

No vehicle exit from Cemetery Road to Woodhouse Lane

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Where: Exit road (side of Boiler House) Central Boiler house

When: 23rd & 24th August

Effects of this interruption upon building occupants: No vehicle exit from Cemetery Road to Woodhouse Lane. All other Entrances/Exits remain fully open.

Reason for works/services interruption:  Please be aware that enabling works for the North East Quarter will be taking place. The exit road between Central Boiler House & Electrical Engineering will be closed due to the erection of access equipment.

Contact name responsible (to whom any queries should be directed): Steve Molloy

Contact Telephone No. : 0113 343 5786 

Email:  S.E.Molloy@leeds.ac.uk

If the above member of staff is unavailable, you have any general queries about our services or would like to add or remove a person from this email list, please contact the Estate Services Helpdesk on 0113 343 5555 or e-mail: eshelp@leeds.ac.uk

Thank you for your patience and apologies for any inconvenience caused.

Installation of handrails – Chemistry Building (main block only)

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Where: 0016-Chemistry Building (main block only)

When: Wednesday 24th August- Friday 30th September 2016

Effects of this interruption upon building occupants: Presence of contractor working on one half of each stairwell behind fixed barriers.

Reason for works/services interruption:  DDA Improvement works across campus. Installation of handrails.

Contact name responsible (to whom any queries should be directed): Ed Batty

Contact Telephone No. : 0113 343 6820 

Email: e.s.batty@leeds.ac.uk

If the above member of staff is unavailable, you have any general queries about our services or would like to add or remove a person from this email list, please contact the Estate Services Helpdesk on 0113 343 5555 or e-mail: eshelp@leeds.ac.uk

Thank you for your patience and apologies for any inconvenience caused.

Access restrictions – Installation works on Clarendon Road

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Where: We have been notified by Northern Powergrid that they are carrying out installation works next week along Clarendon Road and across the site entrance of the entrance to Western Campus adjacent the Charles Thackrah building. They will be starting work on Monday 22nd August.

Unfortunately they will be causing a small amount of disruption while they excavate across the site entrance.  Obviously they will aim to get this completed as quickly as possible while remaining safe however because of the width of the entrance they cannot leave enough of a gap open to leave access.

While the access/egress off Clarendon Road is not accessible the barrier off Moorland Road, adjacent the Liberty Building, will be left open. Please access/egress Western Campus from there.

When: Week commencing 22nd August 2016

Effects of this interruption upon building occupants: Access restrictions.

Reason for works/services interruption: Installation works

 Contact name responsible (to whom any queries should be directed):  Brian Ford

Contact Telephone No. : 0113 343 7855

Email: b.r.ford@leeds.ac.uk

If the above member of staff is unavailable, you have any general queries about our services or would like to add or remove a person from this email list, please contact the Estate Services Helpdesk on 0113 343 5555 or e-mail: eshelp@leeds.ac.uk

Thank you for your patience and apologies for any inconvenience caused.

Essential maintenance on the Chemistry fume extraction systems over the weekend of the 20th – 21st August

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Where: Chemistry & Chemistry West Block – 0016

When: Saturday 20th August  and Sunday 21st August – 0800-1630

Effects of this interruption upon building occupants: During the work there will be a total loss of extraction, which may result in an unpleasant/hazardous odour/atmosphere build up in the labs.  Therefore, it is not permitted to work in or occupy the labs during this time.

This includes offices within labs. Please make sure that you leave your fume cupboard safe and with the sash in the lowered position. All fume cupboards are likely to go into alarm.

Reason for works/services interruption: Essential upgrade work to fume extraction system.

 Contact name responsible (to whom any queries should be directed): Bob Douglass

Contact Telephone No. : 0113 343 5794 

Email: r.douglass@leeds.ac.uk

Estate Services apologises for the inconvenience which this may cause your department. Unfortunately it is necessary to shutdown or interrupt our services in order to undertake essential maintenance or repair activities and for some new works projects.

Service road and areas between the rear of the Parkinson Building and Brotherton Library closed this weekend

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Where: Brotherton Library, Parkinson Building, Baines Wing, and Chemistry 

When: 13 & 14 August 2016

The service road and service areas between the rear of the Parkinson Building and the Brotherton Library will be closed to allow construction work to be undertaken for the installation of a new lift to the Brotherton Library. Please bear with us while we carry out the removal of brickwork panels to the building. 

Effects of this interruption upon building occupants: Restricted vehicle and pedestrian access to the service area.

 Contact name responsible (to whom any queries should be directed): Mark Lines

Contact Telephone No. : 0113 34 35785

Email: m.e.lines@Leeds.ac.uk

Estate Services apologises for the inconvenience which this may cause your department. Unfortunately it is necessary to shutdown or interrupt our services in order to undertake essential maintenance or repair activities and for some new works projects.

Potential Disruption – Edward Boyle Library

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Where: Edward Boyle Library – Building Number 0091 and area outside main entrance

When: Monday 1st August 2016

Effects of this interruption upon building occupants: Pedestrian access in front of the library will be re-routed around the back of the contractor’s compound.  Vehicular access will be unavailable.  The road behind the Ziff building and access to the Student Union loading bay will also be blocked during delivery and removal of the crane. 

Effects of this interruption upon building occupants: No building will be affected, this only affects access from Social Sciences along level 9 in front of the library towards Maths.

Reason for works/services interruption:  The 24.7m upgrade of the Edward Boyle Library is currently in its second phase of refurbishment work. It will re-open in autumn 2016 with refurbished areas accessible for all users.

 Contact name responsible (to whom any queries should be directed): Richard Creaser

Contact Telephone No. : 0113 343 5951

Email: r.j.creaser@leeds.ac.uk

Estate Services apologises for the inconvenience which this may cause your department. Unfortunately it is necessary to shutdown or interrupt our services in order to undertake essential maintenance or repair activities and for some new works projects.

Cycle track

Cycle Track and Sports Park Weetwood Pavilion on-track for 2017 opening

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Planners at Leeds City Council have given consent to the planned £5m investment that will create significant training facilities for cycling and triathlon in Leeds.

Work began last week on the project that will create an outdoor cycling circuit and refurbished sports pavilion on the University’s Bodington playing fields in North Leeds.

The main contractor appointed to carry out the works, that are due for completion in January 2017, is Geo.Houlton and Sons Ltd.

Dave Padden, Construction Director of Geo.Houlton and Sons Ltd. commented:

“Houlton are very excited to be involved in this project. The scheme is going to offer students first class, state of the art facilities as well as continuing to provide grass roots sports in the wider community.

For us, the fact that Houlton, a long established company with a tradition of providing investment and opportunity for its own staff, has been given this opportunity, to be associated with  the University’s investment in its aspiring athletes of the future as well as existing Elite athletes, makes us immensely proud”

Patrick Craig, Assistant Head of Sport commented:

“We are delighted to be able to add this new cycle track and sports pavilion to our growing portfolio of top class sport facilities. To be able to do this in partnership with world leading sports bodies including British Cycling, British Triathlon, UK Sport and Sport England reinforces our vision of becoming the number one provider of higher education sport and physical activity experience in the UK and demonstrates our desire to support the development of sport on the world stage”

The proposals, which are part of the University’s sports and physical activity strategy, have been drawn up in partnership with British Cycling, British Triathlon, UK Sport and Leeds City Council.

Partnership funding from Sport England, British Cycling and UK Sport is contributing £1m to the project, with the remaining funding provided by the University.

Find out more about the cycle track.
Read more on the University of Leeds website.

North East quarter The Bragg Centre

North East Quarter project

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Find out more about the North East Quarter project.