Library Works
Hertford is creating a new library at the centre of college life – an inspiring space where students and academics come together to study, think and discover. It is scheduled to be completed during the summer of 2027.
Read on for the latest progress update on the building project.
15 May 2026:
Within the quad, the concrete ground floor podium slab (basement roof) is curing before the temporary works are removed.
The concrete upstand for the Powrmatic smoke vent has been poured.
Under the former chapel, the concrete blinding and waterproof membranes are laid. In the ‘extension’ area, Oxford Archaeology returned to remove the remaining archaeological features. The area is ready to lay the concrete blinding prior to the basement slab construction.
In the West Range, the 2nd fix joinery including skirting, door linings and ironmongery continued alongside plastering and the remaining tiling.
Archaeological excavations and internal temporary bracing and support work is being undertaken in the lift pit alongside underpinning works.
