| AdminHistory | As part of the development of the town there were a number of proposals for the beautification of area, and the provision of leisure facilities. Such proposals included the creation of artificial lochs (later water gardens), the creation of a canoe course, the creation of a miniature railway, the building of a sports' centre, the creation of major pieces of sculpture and other artwork and the building of a skate park and oval for stock car racing. Not all proposals made it past the design stage, but there are several pieces of public art in the town centre, as well as a world class skating facility. |
| ScopeandContent | 23 files relating to the planning of sports, leisure and cultural facilities within the central valley area of Livingston. For those proposals which made it past the design stage there are papers relating to the creation of the facility - most notably on the major sculptures in Livingston. These files include 14 Architects/planning files, 4 engineering files, and 2 technical administration files.
1. Regional Centre. Water Landscaping of River Almond and Artificial Lochs, 09/06/1970 - 17/04/1978
2. Regional centre - Landscaping at River Almond, 04/01/1976 - 17/04/1979
3. Regional Centre - Central valley, Landscaping of River Almond and Artificial Lochs. 09/12/1971 - 09/08/1976
4. Regional Centre. Sports Centre 28/05/1974 - 14/10/1981
5. Regional Sports Centre. 17/12/1975 - 14/10/1981
6. Regional Centre - Trim Course Contract 593207, 12/05/1976 - 11/11/1988
7. Major Sculpture - Almondvale, 31/03/1976 - 13/11/1980
8. Major Sculpture - Almondvale, 04/06/1976 - 12/01/1995
9. Major Sculpture - Almondvale, 16/01/1995 - 20/02/1995
10. Major Sculpture - Almondvale, 23/02/1995 - 27/04/1995
11. Major Sculpture - Almondvale, 27/04/1995 - 12/06/1995
12. Almondvale Major Sculpture, 11/05/1995 - 27/09/1995
13. Almondvale Major Sculpture, 14/09/1995 - 13/02/1996
14. River Almond canoe course Murieston Water. 07/05/1976 - 24/01/1986
15. Miniature Railway, 03/11/1976 - 08/11/1976
16. Proposed Entertainment complex. 29/10/1979 - 20/08/1981
17. Leisure Centre complex, 21/05/1979 - 21/05/1979
18. Almondvale Park Skate Bowl, 01/05/1980 - 31/08/1992
19. Almondvale Park Skate Bowl extension for Model Stock Car Racing Track, 01/09/1991 - 30/09/1996
20. Almondvale Pitch & Putt Course, 18/01/1980 - 06/04/1995
21. Roller Disco - Almondvale. 09/02/1981 - 14/03/1981
22. Almondvale Park (West). 28/05/1982 - 06/09/1982
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. |