The Scottish Parliament Building was officially opened on October 9 2004 in Holyrood. The building is a complex of several buildings including Debating Chamber, Tower buildings, MSP building, Canongate Buildings, Queensberry House, Media Tower and public facilities. The total floor area of the complex is around 29,000 square meters and accommodates the members of the Scottish Parliament and the parliamentary staffs. The construction started in late 1997 and its progress turned to a controversial issue from different aspect including the selection of the site, selection of the consultants and the considerable time and cost overruns.The project was planned to be finished in 2001 with estimated £40 million (AGS 2000 p.10). The project was finished in 2004 with final cost of £431 million(AGS 2004 p.1). There have been many reasons behind this escalation of the cost and time overruns which are well documented in the public inquiry reports published by Auditor General of Scotland in 2000 and 2004. Among the many reasons for cost and time escalation the effect of numerous design changes have been considerable. The design changes have increased the project cost and time in two ways; Firstly by the direct cost associated with the implementation of the requested changes and secondly by the ripple effect of the changes on rework and productivity of the project.
An auditor report with very interesting information can be found at the following address:
www.holyroodinquiry.org
This project has very good potentials to be further research for learning lessons for future project management practices.
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