| AdminHistory | Factory projects represent those projects which required specialised or tailored premises that the average plot on an industrial estate did not cater for; extension or alteration to existing premises; or the provision of advance factories so that space was available for occupation at all times. Those firms requiring the allocation of a 'factory number' to the creation of their premises in Livingston generally represent the larger enterprises.
By the 1990s the following process had been adopted for the completion of factory projects:
1. Inception.
2. Feasibility (and cost estimates) [see the Feasibility Studies series, LDC/CD/2/2]
3. Outline proposals; appoint planning supervisor and outline cost plan.
4. Scheme design and final cost plan.
5. Detailed design, including planning approval, warrant applications, steel design, landscape and mechanical and electrical.
6. Production information including architect, services engineer, structural engineer and civil engineer.
7. Bills of quantites including for steelwork, landscape and mechanical and electrical
8. Tender Action including for steelwork, landscape, and mechanical and electrical
9. Project planning.
10. Operations on site including steelwork erection, landscaping, roofing and cladding, and mechanical and electrical.
11. Completion.
12. Feedback.
Whilst the Technical Directorate undertook the technical aspects of the work, the Commercial Directorate was responsible for evaluating, supervising and providing costs for proposed projects. The Legal Department was responsible for negotiating leases and any other legal aspects that might be required in a landlord-tenant relationship. |