The building in full use

The building is now complete but for a few minor jobs around the place and the various ne spaces are being used well. The photos below show some of the many wonderful 'new' spaces that are now being enjoyed.

Chilling out on the bridge

New Vs NCV in Master's Challenge

The New College Team, with 'ball boys'!

NCV wins the Table Tennis 4-1 for 2nd year in row

Band Night in the new courtyard

Watching Band Night from the bridge

Starting with the 2012 Fresher Dance

Getting ready to perform

Games Room in Use

New stairway from Dining Room to Courtyard

Almost Done!

We're within a few days of completion of the work on the building. The first half of the courtyard became available for use on Tuesday and the new Games Room, Lounge, Kitchen and Bridge should follow early next week. The residents plan to celebrate the refurbishment with its use for Band Night. The 'new' space will be perfect for activities like Band Night. It offers a more open venue without the skylights and, of course, it's an all weather space.  Below are some of the latest images.

View from 1B

The floor has a blackbutt wooden floor insert

In the background are the bench seats that are primarily to ensure ventilation of the space via plenums to the external walls

Bridge and Games Room almost ready for use

Latest Photos of the Kitchen, Bridge, Courtyard & Roof

The courtyard, resident kitchen, bridge and games room, lounge and central stairway should all be completed by the 24th. Here are the latest shots.

 

 

Quite a view!

A tribute to St Patrick's Day, our proud Irish bridge builders!

The courtyard takes shape - timber and tiles

Central stairway down to the dining room

Roof with the louvres installed

Almost Done!

While there still seems a lot to finish the renovations to New College are nearing completion. The shots below were taken last Wednesday. Progress has continued since these photos were taken. Major progress has been made to:

The courtyard - most paving is now done and should be finished early next week.
The Bridge is finally looking as designed.
The Games Room & Lounge are taking shape.
The kitchen needs its oven and the floor tiling.
The central stairway is within a few days of completion.
The roof is completed although the downpipes and louvres to the sides are not finished.
Our expectation is that the majority of the work will be completed in a week.

The view from the 2A balcony

The floor is close to completion

The roof is finally covered with glass & polycarbonate

Louvres starting to take shape

Steady Progress on the Roof & Courtyard

I haven't posted for two weeks, but O'Week has kept us all busy. Progress on the building has been good. While visually it has been hard to see the dramatic progress of some weeks, a great deal of work has been done on the courtyard floor, the Games Room and, the Lounge & Kitchen. As well, work on the louvres that protect the sides of the roof from rain has been underway. The engineering residents have had a field day observing the action form the balconies. All the while life in the common rooms and dining room has returned to 'normal' (if we ignore the noise and zones that residents can't access). However, completion of all spaces is expected within two to three weeks. Key achievements in the last two weeks are:

The courtyard slab floor has now been poured
Tiling is set to commence
The games room is taking shape with most of the glass walls installed
The ground floor apartments for visiting scholars and guests have been completed
The shared kitchen is almost ready for use

The photos below give some sense of progress.

Games Room Taking Shape

Completing the Courtyard Floor

New College Viewed from the top of the NCV

Normal O'Week Life in the Common Rooms

The first residents return and the glass goes in

It was exciting to welcome back the advance party of residents to the building on Tuesday. The RAs returned after our annual retreat for residential advisers. The RA flats weren't quite done so they bunked in 3D. The NCSA exec and the O'Week Team returned yesterday. While the courtyard and the new shared facilities are about 2-3 weeks from completion, the rooms and common rooms look fantastic and the ground floor will be back to normal by Friday. The images below capture some of the early moments from Damien Wang's camera and my photos of the first glass sheets going onto the roof are from my excited camera.

The elevator now talks!

First look at 3E Common Room

Smile Trev & Amy

Sad Liz, "Where'd my old room go?"

Down the stairs

First sheet of glass is in!

Now the 2nd!

This is freaking me out!

We have interim occupancy!

We reached a significant milestone today with the granting of an Interim Building Completion Certificate. This allows us to welcome back residents. The RAs have moved in this evening, although most won't get into the RA flats until tomorrow after a final clean and set up. They will be 'camping' in 3D tonight. The rooms and common rooms are virtually all complete with only a final clean, minor touch-ups and some furnishing and bed making to be completed. Residents will be welcomed back progressively over the next five days. Tomorrow we will welcome back members of the NCSA executive and the O'Week team. On Friday and Saturday most of the returning residents will move in and on Sunday all the Freshers will arrive and O'Week begins!

Fenced zone on level 1 for access

Of course, there is still work to be done on the courtyard, atrium roof, games room, bridge, shared kitchen and new apartments on the ground floor for visiting scholars. This sounds a lot but once the roof is completed progress should be fast. The work will take another 2-3 weeks. This will mean that there will be only limited perimeter access to the courtyard until it is finished. We hope that by the end of this week that the courtyard roof will be fully glazed (the glass panels will start to go in tomorrow). This will speed up the completion of the courtyard floor.  Residents will need to be prepared for the fact that there will be several construction zones in the building which will be restricted and fenced areas. There will also be 20-30 workers in and around the building each day (mainly in the courtyard and on the roof). This will only be for a limited amount of time.

The rooms and common rooms look fantastic, as you can see from the images below. It really is a 'new' New! The RAs have given them the tick of approval.

Each floor has a different colour in common room (purple, blue and green)

Fridges to go in tomorrow

 

Hallways are bright and fresh

The new bed covers look good