Mace Construct is set to leave the £200m Daubeny Buildings project at Oxford Science Park at the end of this year following a major redesign of the partially built scheme.
The contractor will complete its present package before handing the next stages of the project to a new builder.
The Ellison Institute of Technology has yet to name Mace’s replacement, although Sir Robert McAlpine is among the contractors being linked with the next phase.
The potential involvement of McAlpine comes