NCV Update #3
25/01/2008
About the NCV - the New College Village development project involves the construction and operation of the New College Village (NCV) at UNSW. New College has entered into a partnership with the University and Sydney based construction company Lipman, to complete the building of this major new postgraduate residential building on campus.
New College Village Project Launch – invite to alumni and friends
An important symbolic event in the life of the College will be held on Tuesday February 12th February 2008.
The Vice-Chancellor and President of the University of NSW, Professor Frederick G Hilmer AO will unveil a Foundation Stone for the New College Village building development project to mark the commencement of building.
This important function will note the significant achievements of the New University Colleges Council (NUCC) and highlight future directions in fulfilling the original vision today. There will also be a tour of the New College Village construction site.
It was the collective vision of NUCC that led to the foundation of New College. On this special occasion New College will celebrate and acknowledge the work of the original NUCC. Download your invite here»
Promoting & marketing the New College Village
The process of promoting the New College Village as a place to live has begun in earnest. The erection of a 12 x 2 metre sign just before Christmas was the first stage in actively promoting the New College Village. The College will be appointing a staff member to market & promote the New College Village this year. Expressions of interest would be welcomed from friends and alumni of New College. To see an a detailed outline of this new role, click here»
Please forward this information to contacts in your network whom you think would be interested in applying.
Progress on the ground floor
The past week has seen excellent progress on the form work for the key suspended ground floor slab over the basement. This is a critical element in enabling all other ground floor slabs to be completed. Once this happens we will see the construction rising vertically at a much faster rate with the structure expected to reach its full height by June/July. The slab is quite complex due to level changes and the wonderful internal courtyard (see below) that has a combination of open grass, steps, raised seating and gardens. It is exciting to see the shape of the ground floor emerging.
There has also been good progress on the final pier caps and foundations that are necessary before the non-suspended ground floor slabs are poured.
Some key achievements in the last two weeks have included:
- The piers were completed last week.
- The western elevator pit was poured this week.
- The final bridging caps in the basement area were poured.
- Good progress has been made on the pile caps at the ground floor level.
- The ground floor suspended slab has progressed well and the first section was poured this week with more sections to come soon.
- The New College Big Top (see previous post) has largely been removed with the last of back filling taking place and some sand being trucked off site.
To find out more about this project please see the following useful web links:
