| AdminHistory | As part of the expansion of Livingston town centre in Phase II, a number of discount-style warehouse units were planned.
The provision of leisure facilities in Livingston was complicated by the complex financial arrangements and division of responsibilities between the Corporation and the district and regional councils. The Corporation was never able to fully fund and build a leisure centre, but in the 1980s it did build The Forum (opened 1986) which was both a conference centre and an indoor sports arena and, as part of the same development (but in a seperate building), an Ice Rink was also constructed. |
| ScopeandContent | 8 files comprising 2 engineering and 6 architects' files relating to construction of retail warehousing and The Forum conference and sports arena.
1-2. 1 engineering and 1 architects' file on retail warehousing.
3-8. 1 engineering and 5 architects files on the construction and fitting out of Livingston Sports Arena (The Forum and adjacent ice rink), 1985-1992.
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.
For the building of projects overseen by the Corporation, Architects' files 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. |