Building maintenance and construction work

Work on the fire installation in the period starting July 21th until August 15th
We’ve tried to postpone the work on the fire installation, so that it didn’t overlap the busy periods in the lab (spring due to thesis and internships in the lab). However, the work should be done quickly in order to meet the fire safety requirements. So it has been postponed to weeks 30-33 (July 21…
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Summer time in the lab 2025 – Updated June 18
We are eagerly anticipating summer! If you are planning to work in the lab during the summer, please take note of the following: From Monday July 21-Friday August 22, opening hours will be restricted to 8.00-17.30h. The closure of almost all UU buildings will NOT apply to Janskerkhof 13 – the building will be open…
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Construction work on doors in Janskerkhof 13(a) starting march 18th
In order to meet modern fire regulations, the doors in Janskerkhof 13(a) have to be adjusted. The main reason is to buy some extra time to flee in case of fire. So not every door will need maintenance, but mainly those in the hallways and in “technical” rooms. For the basement its scheduled between march…
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New noisy labor at the channel walls of the drift
The municipality and their contractor are going into a new phase of the channel wall fortification. This was supposed to be a relatively silent phase, but the method they had in their minds didn’t work as planned. They are now doing a much noisier drilling/hammering large metal object into the fortifications. If you are working…
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Work on parking places janskerkhof
In order to make our life a bit nicer… the municipality has decided to start working on the car parking at janskerkhof starting December 2nd for three weeks. They are adding extra places to store your bike, and they are removing parking spots at janskerkhof. So be prepared to extra noisy days at the lab.
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