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Ł440m Parliament 'near completion'

Archiseek / UK / Scotland / News / 2006 / February 19

Almost a year and a half after it was officially opened by the Queen, the end of the road might be in sight for Scotland's most expensive and controversial building. Holyrood chiefs have revealed that the number of finishing jobs in their shining new Scottish Parliament has fallen below the psychologically important 100-mark. There are just 74 more "snagging jobs" left to be done around the building, which has ballooned in cost from original estimates of Ł40m to a staggering Ł440m, but Holyrood officials have emphasised that the finishing jobs will not add to the overall cost of the project. Many of the jobs are minor, including a valve to a heater in the main chamber of the Parliament, paint work for a lamp post and the wrong label on a fan.

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