Costs of St Andrew's House redevelopment: FOI release

Information request and response under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.


Information requested

A breakdown of the costs of the wing that is under redevelopment in St Andrew's House.

I would like this to be broken down by each individual item with description and cost e.g. carpet -£X.

Please also provide design drawings for this space.

If this work was undertaken by any third parties, I would like to know the total costs payable to them as well.

Response

1. A breakdown of the costs of the wing that is under redevelopment in St Andrew's House.

2. I would like this to be broken down by each individual item with description and cost e.g. carpet -£X.

The pilot shared space project delivered in St Andrew’s House formed part of our aims to address accessibility issues in the building as part of meeting our legislative requirements, and provides shared workspace to maximise the use of the building.

The costs to undertake this work are detailed below:

SAH Pilot Project - Cost Breakdown

 

 

 

Professional Fees

Principal Designer, Architectural Services, M&E Consultants, Structural

Engineer and Quantity Surveyor

 

 

Total

£76,499.43

Project Costs

Description

 

Contractor Preliminaries

Site specific contractor overheads and

profit

£64,781.94

Strip Out/Downtakings

Strip out and downtaking works, including

removal of previous furniture.

£24,522.21

Wall Finishes

Decoration works to walls including

acoustic panelling.

£20,020.80

Floor Finishes

Floor coverings, including preparation and underlays. Modifications to raised

access floor.

£47,974.01

Ceiling Finishes

Decoration works to ceilings.

£13,062.51

Fittings, Furniture & Equipment

Accessible kitchen, light fixtures, acoustic curtain, signage, IT peripherals, desking, breakout furniture, collaboration furniture,

pods, accessible pods.

£367,658.59

Mechanical, Electrical & Plumbing

Electrical upgrades, floorbox upgrades, data cabling, plumbing alterations, lighting, CO2 monitor, auto doors, fire

alarm modifications

£123,544.48

 

Total

£661,564.54

 

 

 

 

Total Project Cost - Exc VAT

£738,063.97

3. Please also provide design drawings for this space.

The design drawings for the space delivered in the building are provided in Annex A.

4. If this work was undertaken by any third parties, I would like to know the total costs payable to them as well.

The works were managed and delivered by Scottish Government’s Facilities Management Framework Contractor, Mite and the total costs paid to Mitie are broken down above.

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