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Wood Lane Studios running on a tight schedule

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There is fear in the College Council that the contractor, ISG, who have the £39 million construction contract for the accommodation blocks at the new White City campus, may not be hitting their “target completion date”.

According to the September 2012 meeting minutes the venture was originally to end in September 2013, however an agreement was made to give accommodation to some students early. ISG therefore had a target competition date for the end of August 2013, a date that now looks overly ambitious. The College Council deemed the current timings “extremely tight” and have therefore asked that the situation be “closely monitored”.

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