| AdminHistory | As part of the development of Livingston town centre, a number of office buildings were planned and built. The first of these, and one which was planned to be built at the same time as the shopping centre, was office block no.7 - later known as Pentland House. The theme of Scottish hill ranges was continued in later office blocks - Lomond (house) Sidlaw (house) and Lammermuir (house). As of 2013, Pentland house still stands. Sidlaw House was constructed in an identical manner to Pentland house and comprised 62,000 sq ft of office space. It was completed in 1980, became the headquarters of Livingston Development Corporation in 1984, and was later part of the endowment for the newly created West Lothian Council. Renamed West Lothian House, the building was sold to Land Securities when the Council moved into the newly completed Civic Centre. Land Securities subsequently demolished West Lothian House. |
| ScopeandContent | 18 files relating to the building of office buildings in the town centre, comprising architects', engineering and administration papers.
1. Regional Centre. Office Block Site 7 [Pentland House], 19/06/1973 - 05/06/1984
2. Regional Centre - Office development. 09/09/1976 - 11/04/1983
3. Regional Centre HQ, 09/11/1973 - 11/07/1978
4. Regional Centre Office & Entertainment Complex., 19/11/1975 - 23/06/1976
5. Almondvale Office Development - Office Block phase 2, 05/07/1989 - 04/02/1992
6. Regional Centre. Office Block No.3 Sidlaw House, 17/11/1978 - 31/12/1986
7. Almondvale office development - phase 2, 22/03/1979 - 10/02/1982
8. Regional Centre Office Block no. 3 North. 17/11/1979 - 13/08/1984
9. Regional Centre Office Block no. 3 North. 13/08/1984 - 18/09/1985
10. Regional Centre Office Block no. 3 North. 30/10/1985 - 25/04/1991
11. Regional Centre Office Block no. 3 North. 01/05/1991 - 30/09/1993
12. Sidlaw House - Refurbishment of Entrance Hall. 24/08/1987 - 02/06/1989
13. Proposed office development at Almondvale South Livingston, 06/06/1979 - 10/10/1979
14. Lammermuir House Office Block no. 4, 02/02/1979 - 13/10/1985
15. Lammermuir House Office Block no. 4, 14/10/1985 - 29/08/1991
16. Department of Employment. Unemployment Benefit Office. 05/06/1979 - 11/04/1983
17. Office Development no. 6 Bank of Scotland. 18/04/1985 - 01/07/1985
18. Regional Centre. Office Block No.4 Lammermuir House, 20/10/1978 - 19/04/1986
Engineering files generally relate to the installation of services, such as sewers, manholes, gas, electricity and structural information on buldings. They can also include correspondence with statutory authorities (such as Lothian regional council, which was responsible for sewers); papers on costs and materials (quantity surveying); copies of architects instructions, certificates of completions; maps/plans; invoices and other financial documentation and any other papers as necessary
Administration files can include: correspondence with contractors regarding the tendering process for specific jobs, and other administrative papers such as the provision of insurance documents and bonds of sureties; papers on general policy, such as papers presented to Corporation Board Meetings for approval, the recording of decisions in extracts of Board minutes; correspondence with the Scottish Office or other regulatory bodies and internal Corporation papers, such as memoranda and reports.
Architects include 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 on the project; maps and plans relating to area of work, and any other papers as necessary. |