The Niels Bohr Building should have been ready 1 July. But just over one month before the cut-off date, the owner has announced that the building will be delayed once again. This is the 13th time that the building has been delayed. This means that the many students and staff who were supposed to start their daily work in the building must once again have patience.<\/p>\n
In an email to the Licitationen<\/em> news site, the Danish Road Directorate, which is the owner of the project, writes that they are in dialogue with the University of Copenhagen (UCPH) on setting a date for the transfer of the building, which will be \u00bbon the other side of the summer recess\u00ab.<\/p>\n Uffe Gebauer Thomsen, deputy director for Campus Service at UCPH is not surprised that the construction work now has been postponed for the 13th time.<\/p>\n \u00bbWe are keeping an eye on things, and it does not look like it is anywhere near ready. When you are in the building, you can see things like ceiling panels and ventilation ducts that have been taken down.\u00ab<\/p>\n The Danish Road Directorate informs the Licitationen site that they do not have any further information about the causes of the delay at this point in time.<\/p>\n Uffe Gebauer Thomsen points out that according to the tenancy agreement from 2013, the University of Copenhagen must have a prior notice with a date. And the phrase \u2018on the other side of the summer recess\u2019 is just not accurate enough. The university will now therefore ask for a new prior notice.<\/p>\n \u00bbAccording to the agreement, the building must be functional and completed when UCPH takes over. But it has not ever been so, and it will not be completed after the summer holidays of 2022. In this way, the statement is in continuation of a number of unrealistic prior notices,\u00ab he reckons.<\/p>\n He explains that the many broken agreements about dates mean that UCPH has stated to its employees that they should give no credence to dates that are released in the media, and instead await plans from UCPH management.<\/p>\n \u00bbAnd here there are no messages about anybody moving anywhere. We have no deadline, and we cannot immediately see when it should be completed.\u00ab<\/p>\nUnrealistic dates<\/h3>\n