Editing HM Treasury (section)

== History of the Treasury Main Building ==
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The Treasury Main Building at 1 [[Horse Guards Road]], often referred to as the Government Offices, Great George Street (GOGGS), was designed by [[J. M. Brydon|John Brydon]] following a competition.<ref name=history>[http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/about_goggs.htm HM Treasury: About GOGGS]</ref> Construction took place in two phases. The West end was completed in 1908 and the East end was completed in 1917.<ref name=history/> It was originally built as offices for the [[Board of Education (United Kingdom)|Board of Education]], the [[Local Government Board]], and the [[Ministry of Works (United Kingdom)|Ministry of Works]] Office; HM Treasury moved into the building in 1940.<ref name=history/> A major refurbishment of the building was procured under a [[Private Finance Initiative]] contract in 2000. The works, which were designed by [[Foster and Partners]] together with Feilden and Mawson and carried out by [[Bovis Lend Lease]] at a cost of £140 million, were completed in 2002.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lendlease.com/emea/united-kingdom/sectors/commercial-office |title=Lend Lease – Commercial Office |access-date=2014-05-19 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140519131710/http://www.lendlease.com/emea/united-kingdom/sectors/commercial-office |archive-date=19 May 2014}}</ref>