Senedd
Timeline of cost increases and time delays

Senedd

Section Title: Timeline of cost increases and time delays
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Construction period	Date	Estimated and final cost	Estimated completion date	Notes

Phase 1 including selection processes	July 1997	c£12M	April 2001	The first estimate by the Welsh Office in the A Voice for Wales white paper.

16 October 1998	£11.6M (total) £8.4M (construction)	RRP estimated cost at time of the design selection process.

January 2000	£22.8M	Revised estimate by RRP after changes to the design of the building by the National Assembly.

March 2000	£26.7M	January 2003	Estimate produced by Turner and Townsend for the National Assembly.

May 2001	£37M – £47M (total) £28M (construction)	Estimate from a 3-day workshop by the National Assembly and all contractors involved in the project.

Phase 2	September 2001	July 2004

January 2003	£29.3M (construction)	Estimate from Taylor Woodrow, Schal and Northcroft, which was based on an incomplete design.

30 May 2003	£41M (construction)	August 2005	Tender submission by the Taylor Woodrow Strategic Alliance Partnership after value engineering.

July 2003	£66.1M (total) £48.2M (construction)	The final construction lump sum offer made by the Taylor Woodrow Strategic Alliance Partnership.

7 February 2006	£69.6M (final total cost) £49.7M (final construction cost)	Completion date	The total project cost, including £7.5M from phase 1.

1 March 2006 (Royal opening ceremony)	The project was 580% over budget compared with the original budget forecast in April 1997 (phase 1) and was four years and 10 months late.

Sources: National Audit Office Wales, Accommodation Arrangements for the National Assembly for Wales and Wales Audit Office, The Senedd

Sentence(s)

The cost of the Senedd increased from £12M in 1997 to £69.6M in 2006, an increase of 580%.

final_sentence: The cost of the Senedd increased from £12M in 1997 to £69.6M in 2006, an increase of 580%.