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Congratulations to Apala Majumdar who has been awarded the British Liquid Crystal Society Young Scientist Prize for 2012.

Nick Woodhouse is to become President of the Clay Mathematics Institute from 1 July 2012, and at the same time the CMI will move their President's Office to Oxford. The work of the CMI in supporting mathematics is well known and this is an exciting development for both CMI and Oxford.

More details can be found at http://www.claymath.org/May2012Anc/ .

Jen Pestana has been awarded the prize for the best student paper at the 12th Copper Mountain Conference on Iterative Methods.

More details are available.

General

Position:- The project remains 1 week ahead of programme with the more critical activities running through the south.

Curtain Walling Mock Up:- The mock up with the reconstituted stone and corner connections has been erected and inspected.

Visits:- The Maths Department visited the site on 27/4/2012 to view the latest progress.

Future works for April

Drainage & Basement Slab:- The last remaining central basement slab (6B) was poured on Monday 23/4/2012.

Steel Beams & Columns:- Steelwork is being delivered and erected as required.

Blockwork:- The block walls that form a straight face in front of the structural secant piles commenced on 30/4/2012 in the basement. The hoist is used to serve the blocklayers with materials.

Mezzanine Floor:- The central area mezzanine level slabs have been half completed with the remaining to be completed by mid May. As the slabs are completed and gain strength the temporary large yellow props spanning across the site will progressively be removed.

Ground Floor:- The next critical section on the south is targeted to be poured on 8/5/2012. The various level changes and upstand beams required to edges means that the ground floor slabs will be poured in smaller sections.

1st Floor:- The initial slab on the south to the 1st floor was poured on 3/5/2012. These slabs consist of a set of precast concrete planks (temporarily supported) with an insitu concrete topping with strands (steels within tubes) which are stressed (tightened at the ends) after the concrete has set hard.

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Congratulations to Gui-Qiang Chen, Philip Maini and Thaleia Zariphopoulou on becoming SIAM fellows.

Further information is available on the SIAM pages.

Congratulations to Dominic Joyce on his FRS.

Further information is available on the Royal Society pages.

General

Position:- The project remains 1 week ahead of programme with the more critical activities running through the south.

Hoist:- A hoist from ground level to mezzanine and basement levels was installed in position on 19/4/2012.

Curtain Walling Mock Up:- The curtain walling mock up comprising of stone fins and corner connection at corners is complete and is situated close to the site office.

Temporary Yellow Props: The large cylindrical yellow props will gradually become redundant as the completed slabs at mezzanine and ground will form the permanent strut.

Future works for April

Drainage & Basement Slab:- The last remaining central basement slab (6B) is targeted to be poured on Monday 23/4/2012.

Steel Beams & Columns:- The first steelwork within the entrance atria has been erected. As areas progress the remaining steels will be called in as required. Holding down bolts are fixed accurately to the formwork / reinforcement in order that steel I beams and columns can be bolted to the structure after the slab is poured.

Plant Room & Services:- The majority of service trenches to the centre have now been poured (remainder to pour on Monday 23/4/2012). Removable cover slabs will be added once the services are installed.

Mezzanine Floor:- The north the south mezzanine level slabs were completed on the 16/4/2012. The central area mezzanine level slabs are targeted to be complete by mid May.

Ground Floor:- The ground floor slabs will be poured in smaller sections as the levels change and upstand beams are required to edges. As the slabs are completed and gain strength the temporary large yellow props spanning across the site will progressively be removed.

1st Floor:- The initial slab to the 1st floor was poured on 18/4/2012. These slabs consist of a set of precast concrete planks (temporary supported) with an insitu concrete topping with strands (steels within tubes) which are stressed (tightened at the ends) after the concrete has set hard.

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Nomura Lecture 2012 will be given by Jose A Scheinkman (Theodore Wells '29 Professor of Economics at Princeton).

Title: Speculation and bubbles.

more details...

General

Position:- The project is 1 week ahead of programme with the more critical activities running through the south.

Curtain Walling Mock Up:- The curtain walling mock up is in progress and is expected to be complete by Easter.

Visits:- The Maths Department visited the site on 30/3/2012 to view the latest progress.

Future works for April

Drainage & Basement Slab:- The central basement slab (5B) was poured on 30/3/2012. The remaining two pours in the basement will now follow including the last core 3 area. It is targeted to have all the central basement complete by mid April.

Steel Beams & Columns:- The steelwork over the lower plant room was installed on 26/3/2012. The double height steel columns that support steel beams over the small lecture theatre have also been installed. Holding down bolts are fixed accurately to the formwork / reinforcement in order that steel I beams and columns can be bolted to the structure after the slab is poured.

Plant Room & Services:- The service trenches to the centre have commenced now that the bulk dig removal has finished.

Mezzanine Floor:- The mezzanine level pour 9 was poured on 5/4/2012 in the south with following pours progressively moving towards the NW corner.

Ground Floor:- The second main ground floor slab (16B) has been poured in the north on 4/4/2012. As the slabs are completed and gain strength the temporary large yellow props spanning across the site will progressively be removed. To the south the first main slab (13D) was poured on 3/4/2012.

1st Floor:- The initial slab to the 1st floor is expected to be poured after Easter in w.c. 13/4/2012. These slabs consist of a set of precast concrete planks (temporary supported) with an insitu concrete topping with strands (steels within tubes) which are stressed (tightened at the ends) after the concrete has set hard.

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The departmental mail system suffered a fault at about 11:25am today and is currently down. Work is underway to restore service as quickly as possible.

Service was restored by 12:20pm.