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13 SPRING 2015 AYRSHIRE COLLEGE’S NEW KILMARNOCK CAMPUS OVER ONE THIRD COMPLETE WORK IS PROGRESSING NICELY ON OUR NEW £53M KILMARNOCK CAMPUS AS THE BUILDING WORK REACHED ANOTHER IMPORTANT MILESTONE IN FEBRUARY: ONE THIRD OF THE WAY THROUGH COMPLETION. It is hard to believe that local MSP Willie Coffey marked the 25 per cent completion stage as recently as December! Construction work has now been going on at the site for 39 weeks. On track for a May 2016 completion, the campus on Hill Street will replace the Holehouse Road campus. The building will boast sector-leading facilities for sport and science, technology and engineering and will also have a vibrant learning mall with a casual dining restaurant, health and wellbeing centre, hair and beauty salon and a learning resource centre. Andrew Baillie, the College’s New Campus Technical Adviser, said “The steelwork is well underway and the skeleton of the building is rising from the ground. Over the coming months the building will put its jacket on, as blockwork and cladding starts being installed. Our main contractor is making very good progress on site and we’re on schedule.” Willie Coffey MSP Heather Dunk, Principal and Chief Executive, and Willie Mackie, Chairman of the Board of Management Ayrshire College “The building will boast sector-leading facilities for sport and science, technology and engineering and will also have a vibrant learning mall with a casual dining restaurant, health and wellbeing centre, hair and beauty salon and a learning resource centre.”