BDP’s £4bn Parliament restoration programme in doubt

The temporary House of Commons chamber, designed by AHMM

Source: AHMM

AHMM’s temporary Commons chamber could also be axed in cost-cutting drive

BDP and AHMM’s £4bn plans to restore the Palace of Westminster have been thrown into doubt after a sweeping review was announced into the entire project.

Five years after a decision was finally made about how to protect Parliament’s rapidly deteriorating home, every option is back on the table.

These include keeping the building open so repairs happen while MPs and peers continue working.

If a full decant is dropped in favour of incremental work then AHMM’s plan to create a temporary Commons chamber in Richmond House would almost certainly be ditched.

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