| AdminHistory | There were several issues with heating in housing in Livingston. The Corporation, in its first houses, installed a mixture of gas and electrical powered heating systems. The electrical systems proved to be prohibitively expensive following rises in the cost of electricity. Tenants found the cost of such heating a severe burden on their finances. The Corporation, as a result, instigated a heat-with-rent scheme in the 1980s and installed improved insulation.
A secondary issue was that of wear and tear. By the 1980s those heating systems installed in the 1960s and early 1970s were on the verge of obsolescence and had been superseded in both efficiency and safety standards. As a result, the Corporation undertook large scale replacement programmes. |
| ScopeandContent | 30 Technical Administration and Architects files relating to heating, condensation and insulation in Corporation owned houses in Livingston.
Architects files contain a variety of papers including: architects' instructions, which comprise specifications and briefs for work to be done and materials to be used; correspondence and minutes of meetings with contractors relating to the work they have been employed for; copies of invoices, contracts, certificates of completion and other financial papers; extracts of board minutes (relating to policy and approvals); internal memoranda; maps and plans relating to area of work and any other papers as necessary.
Administration files include: correspondence with contractors regarding the tendering process for specific jobs, and other administrative papers such as the provision of insurance documents; papers presented to the Board on specific issues, and extracts of boards minutes regarding policy and approval of decisions made by Chief Officers; correspondence with the Scottish Office mainly regarding approvals of expenditure; internal memoranda, and any other papers as necessary.
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