A DISPUTE that threatened to further delay an overdue university campus has been resolved with workers returning to the site.
Ulster University's (UU) Belfast campus project is the largest venture of its kind in the north.
It has been beset by delays and rising costs.
The massive city centre development was to open in 2018 but is not expected to be fully operational until at least 2022.
It is still expected that some students will start classes at the former art college site from September.
The price tag is now estimated at £363.9 million - 43 per cent in excess of the original budget.
Being led by Somague from Portugal and Spanish construction company Sacyr, there are about 45 companies working across the site.
One of the subcontractors told The Irish News last month that it was trying to resolve issues with the lead contractors.
This came amid reports that more than 100 workers walked off the site earlier in the month in the latest setback to befall the project.
Dowds Group is a mechanical, electrical and specialist contractor with a diverse range of clients across Britain and Northern Ireland.
It has been working at UU since July 2019, across all 15 floors of the campus.
A spokeswoman last night said workers returned this week.
"Dowds Group is pleased to confirm that negotiations in relation to work at the Ulster University's Belfast Campus have been successfully concluded with our agreement to reinstate our teams on site," she said.
