Take a look at more snow and the Union Officer elections starting on the concourse.

We thopught we would show you what alll the drilling which has been going on ther past few weeks has been about. As you can see behind all those locked doors and temorary walls massive changes have been taking place making the areas you used to know and love unrecognisable. The old roof of level 3 has been removed and now the steel work for the spaces like the Gallery extension can begin, take a look at what it will be like when it is finished.

These are some images of the the new Sheffield Volunteering Office being built. The old STA travel space has been altered and the new doors for the Volunteering Office have been fitted. You can also see an image showing the layout of the new office when it is finished.

The builders have started to remove the ceiling of level 4 to fit new pipes for our new, more environmentally friendly, air conditioning units. The old units have been removed fromt he roof of level 3 because the roof is being removed to create a double height Main Entrance.

Footage showing the next section of steel framework of the new Main Entrance being put up. Why not take a look and see what it will look like when its finished?

Sorry I haven’t written a blog in a while, but the snow slowed me down,
well that’s a lie but it’s the excuse the builders used so I wondered if
I could get away with it.

I’m sure you haven’t failed to notice the immense steel structure that
is now at the front of the Union; they look pretty awesome don’t they?
It really makes it see just how much space the union is gaining at the
front of the building and just how amazing it’s going to look, when the
lift tower is finished and they’ve put LEDs into it, I’m hoping they’ll
light up the sky and you’ll be able to find your way to the Union from
anywhere in Yorkshire, but that’s just a pipe dream.

I’m hoping you’ve noticed the cut through we made from the Source to
Proper Pasty and the CopyShop as we did that ages ago, but in case you
haven’t ventured through it in a while, you may not know we’ve now got
the Union Express in there too. If you weren’t feeling up to the cold,
or the stairs to get to the main Shop when you were in the Source or The
Gallery, we’ve got the Union Express selling, Drinks, Sandwiches,
Chocolates, Newspapers and a few other treats, right there opposite
Proper Pasty waiting for you. To add more excitement to this, we’ve got
over the loss of NatWest and we’re gearing up to celebrate the arrival
of Santander into the building soon, bringing with them two more cash
machines. That’ll take us back up to the original five we had before,
and once the building work is complete, we’ll put the two back outside
and we’ll have SEVEN cash points all over the building.

If you enjoy just chilling in the Union, either sitting in the Gallery,
or in the Source or another random location, you may have noticed the
drilling sounds are getting a little louder than they had been before,
sorry about that, the roof of part of the Union that we’re removing is
basically pure concrete and short of strapping dynamite to it, there’s
now quick and painless way to get it all out, so it’ll be carrying on
for a while, but I guarantee once it stops, you’ll secretly miss it.

You might also have noticed that the Media Hub, and the meeting rooms
Dales and SatPal Ram have had to be taken out of action for six weeks.
This is because they’ll be removing the ceilings in there too,
(thankfully these aren’t concrete) as they are replacing our old air con
units with some nice new environmentally friendly system that will last
us for years, so whilst there is no ceiling in the room, we can’t have
any students meeting in there.

Over the next few weeks, you’ll see the new volunteering office in the
Source get completed, and you start to see more work happen at the
front, but I’ll keep it a good surprise for now.

Catch ya soon folks,

Martin

This means that the computer area in the Source will not be available as it is being used by the Media Hub so Forge Press and other student media services can continue to function. The computers upstairs in the Gallery are still be available for people to use.

The Media Hub has had to move temporarily because the new air conditioning system for the building is being fitted on the roof of level 4.

Why not take a look and see what the building will look like when it is finished for the start of next academic year?

Please note that the Dales and Sat Pal Ram meeting rooms are also out of use from February 24th for the same reasons. Contact Union Room Bookings for alternatives, other meeting rooms are currently unaffected.

Here you can see the framework for the tower being put up and some snow!

If you are unsure on how to get to Union Express these videos from the Finance Officer Martin Bailey show you how to get to it from the Coffee Revolution and East entrances.

Also dont forget to check out our future Union section to take a look inside your new building.