Site Visit: St Catherines College
20th November 2025: 4pm (do not arrive before 3.45pm)
Hosted by Beard and Rise4
Location: Manor Road, Oxford, OX1 3UJ
Meeting point: Porters Lodge
Join us for this fascinating site tour to see how Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC) removal is being undertaken in Grade I Listed Buildings across a live site.
Due to the limited number of spaces, if you went to the previous tour in July, please refrain from booking onto this event to allow others to attend instead.
Since September 2023, the College has restricted access to various areas within the College due to the presence of RAAC in the College’s roof structures, principally the original Grade I Listed Arne Jacobsen site. This included the Kitchen, Dining Hall, JCR, SCR, Administration Block, Wolfson Library, the Bernard Sunley Building and the top floor of the Accommodation Blocks Staircases 1 to 16.
The complexity of this project is driven by the fact that many of the impacted buildings are Grade I Listed, therefore requiring sensitive design and extensive consultation with the Local Planning Authority and Heritage England. In October 2024, the College signed a construction contract with Beard to begin the remediation works and work is now on site.
The meeting point for the site tour is the Porters Lodge. Please arrive between 3.45pm and 4pm. Do not arrive before 3.45pm.
Please note the requirements for PPE below.
Important Information:
To ensure that you get the most out of this event please contact jenny.beilby@atkinsrealis.com in advance with requirements (e.g. access) for our consideration. We will ensure that we do our best to accommodate any request for reasonable adjustments.
Access and Parking
There is no parking available on site, the nearest public parking is the on street parking around Mansfield Road (£15.20 for two hours). Alternatively, St Catherines College is a 10 minute walk from public transport on High Street.
Mandatory PPE: Attendees are asked to bring their own PPE (hat, hi-vis jacket/vest, safety boots and gloves)
