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A topping-out ceremony has taken place at the Old Road Campus to mark the completion of the main structure of the University’s new Global Health Building

Susanna Dunachie, Richard Haynes, and Trevor Payne add the last concrete to the top of the building

A topping-out ceremony has taken place at the Old Road Campus to mark the completion of the main structure of the University’s new Global Health Building – a major new teaching and research facility and a key part of the University’s efforts to improve health and save lives all over the world.

Professor Susanna Dunachie, Director of the Centre for Global Health Research in the Nuffield Department of Medicine, Richard Haynes, Professor of Renal Medicine and Clinical Trials, in Oxford Population Health, and Trevor Payne, the University’s Director of Estates, marked the milestone by adding the last concrete to the top of the building’s structure. Also present for the topping-out was Steve Vaux, Operations Director at main contractor Morgan Sindall. Work will now continue towards an expected completion date in summer 2026.

Read the full piece on the University Estates Services website