Dixon Jones' Oxford plans stall as client queries cost

摘要

A flagship scheme by Dixon Jones to expand the prestigious Said Business School is to be delayed by at least a year in a fresh blow to Oxford University's expansion plans.rnWork on the £25 million building was due to start in the spring and be completed in 2010 with preparatory work already carried out by contractor Mace.rnBut the project stalled after Wafic Said, the Syrian-born billionaire arms dealer and benefactor of the school, raised concerns about whether he was getting value for money and called in an Oxford contractor for a "price check".