2022 Report details for project: Natural History Museum at Harwell

Project name Natural History Museum at Harwell - there are 2 reports for this project: 2021, 2022
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Organisation DCMS (D5 ) - see all reports for this organisation
Report year 2022 (data is from September 2021)
Category Infrastructure - see all reports for this category
Description: The £182m DCMS-funded NHM@Harwell programme will create a Science and Digitisation centre to advance global scientific knowledge and the scientific, cultural and wider objectives of the UK Government by transforming the NHM collections' physical environment and improving physical and digital research access to the collections and their associated data.This will enable the Museum to secure and digitise its growing collections for increased research use throughout this century and into the next, providing a springboard for partnerships, and employing and developing new technologies.
DCA (RAG) Exempt FOI
DCA text: Exempt under Section 43 of the FOI Act 2000 (Commercial Interests) - Commercial interests.
Start date 2019-05-15
End date 2026-12-30
Schedule text Exempt under Section 43 of the FOI Act 2000 (Commercial Interests) - Commercial interests.
Baseline £6.55m
Forecast £2.92m
Variance -55.00%
Variance text: The budget variance exceeds 5%. Reduction of capital spend in the year due to delays to RIBA (Royal Institute of British Architects) stages 2 and consequent deferral of RIBA 3. This has led to capital expenditure being pushed later into the project life, and this variance in expenditure being pure phasing of costs and not project underspend. Awaiting guidance on spending review submission points from HM Treasury, which will come at OBC gateway stage.
Whole Life Cost £182.00m
WLCost text: Compared to 2021-Q4,the projects Baseline Whole Life Cost remained at 181.76 (£m). This is primarily due to the following factors: Full Budgeted Costs unchanged since previous iteration. Fully funded by DCMS.
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