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Weyburn Terrace openings delayed

Construction delays will further postpone the move-in date at
several units in a Westwood university apartment complex originally
scheduled to be completed this summer.

Weyburn Terrace will house about 1,400 single graduate students
when complete, but the opening of Aloe, Olive and Sycamore Courts
in the complex ““ slated to open today ““ will not begin
until Nov. 16, said UCLA Housing Director Michael Foraker in an
e-mail.

According to UCLA Housing’s Web site, updated Oct. 7,
Olive Court will be the first to open, followed by Sycamore Court
on Nov. 22. Aloe Court will not open until Jan. 3, 2005, the same
day students are now expected to move into Cypress Court, which was
scheduled before to open Dec. 1.

Three of seven units in the complex opened between July and
September, but only after a series of delays forced graduate
students to move in later than anticipated.

The delays made Housing put some students temporarily in
families-only university apartments south of campus during the
summer. Some of those students opted to move into Weyburn Terrace
in mid-September, a month after their academic year began.

In earlier interviews, Foraker said because Housing is dependent
on contractors’ schedules, it is often difficult to predict
the exact time line for any given construction project. In the case
of Weyburn Terrace, contractors reported difficulty in securing
materials like plywood, steel and concrete, he said earlier.

Compiled by Charlotte Hsu, Bruin senior staff.