Building work is to resume at NUI Galway after projects had to be abandoned last year when McNamara Construction went into receivership.
College authorities have awarded a new contract to JJ Rhatigan and Co to complete the work on five projects at the city centre campus.
Around 400 sub-contracting jobs will be restored as work begins on the €75m development.
The building projects are Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences as well as two buildings dedicated to Biomedical Science Research.
The work will be completed on a phased basis from the end of 2012 into early 2013.
In November 2010, workers were left in limbo when NAMA appointed a receiver to Michael McNamara Construction.
Wages were left unpaid and expensive equipment and tools were left on site at the time.
