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Laboratory Meetings

Director's Meeting: Terms of Reference
1962
Director's Meeting (22 November 1962)
1963
Director's Meeting (15 March 1963) Director's Meeting (16 April 1963 at Liverpool) Director's Meeting (12 June 1963 at Liverpool) Director's Meeting (22 July 1963 at Chilton) Director's Meeting (13 September 1963 at Liverpool) Director's Meeting (14 October 1963 at RL) Director's Meeting (7 November 1963)
1964
Notes for the Chairman Director's Meeting (9 January 1964 at Chilton) Director's Meeting (19 February 1964 at DSIR, London) Director's Meeting (18 March 1964 at Chilton) Director's Meeting (8 April 1964 at DL) Director's Meeting (20 May 1964 at DL) Director's Meeting (17 June 1964 at RL) Director's Meeting (29 July 1964 at DL) Director's Meeting (9 September 1964 at RL) Director's Meeting (17 September 1964) Director's Meeting (1 October 1964 at DL) Director's Meeting (30 October 1964 at RL) Director's Meeting (9 December 1964)
1965
Director's Meeting (14 January 1965) Director's Meeting (11 March 1965) Director's Meeting (7 April 1965)

PPC6(76) The Future High Energy Physics Programme at Nimrod (Discussion paper by Godfrey Stafford, 6 January 1976)

Papers
RLBC/P1 Approval and control of expenditure for capital building schemes (July 1959) RLBC/P3 and NI(GP)(59)36 Rutherford Laboratory non-industrial staff accommodation (14 October 1959) RLBC/P4 and NI(GP)(59)42 Building and auxiliary maintenance services (14 October 1959) RLBC/P5 Proposed extension to Building 412 (1959) RLBC/P6 Alternative access road (1959) RLBC/P7 North car park (8 December 1959) RLBC/P8 Inflammable Store (January 1960) RLBC/P9 Statement of MWOs to 2.2.60 (2 February 1960) RLBC/P10 Boundary fence (2 February 1960) RLBC/P12 Steam supplies (12 February 1960) RLBC/P13 Control Room extension (5 April 1960) RLBC/P14 Orion computer building (1960) RLBC/P15 Heavy Liquid Bubble Chamber Annexe (requirements and estimated cost of 46,000 pounds, 1960) RLBC/P19 Note by TG Pickavance: Laboratory canteen (4 May 1960) RLBC/P20 Rutherford Laboratory Site Services: Additional roads, car parks and fences (28 April 1960) RLBC/P21 Extension to the PLA building (4 May 1960) RLBC/P22 Garages (for site buses, the official car service, general transport of goods and special purpose vehicles, 10 May 1960) RLBC/P23 Minor Works Orders (15 June 1960) RLBC/P28 Street lighting (24 August 1960) RLBC/P31 Minor Works Orders to 25.10.60 (25 October 1960) RLBC/P32 Accommodation for Nimrod operations staff: Extension to Building R2 (4 January 1961) RLBC/P33 Plant Store (undated) RLBC/P36 Temporary Terrapin office accommodation (27 January 1961) RLBC/P43 Rutherford Laboratory Site Services: Medium Voltage Supplies (9 February 1961) RLBC/P44 Building R9 Engineering Workshop: Proposed additional mezzanine floor (22 February 1961) RLBC/P47 Plant Store for the Rutherford Laboratory (War Department is closing Didcot Depot so alternate storage facilities are required to house spares for PLA and Nimrod; estimated cost is 42,000 pounds; approval is sought. [This became R24] 28 March 1961) RLBC/P50 NI/GP/61/21 Centralised water cooling scheme for Buildings R1, R2 and R8 (23 March 1961) RLBC/P51 NI/GP/61/24 Extension to Nimrod Control Room (Proposal for extension costing 14,375 pounds, 30 March 1961) RLBC/P52 NI/GP/61/25 Development of Parasitic Area at Nimrod (Need for a second experimental area with associated beam transport equipment at estimated cost of 334,000 pounds, notes by W Galbraith and TG Pickavance, 5 April 1961) RLBC/P53 NI/GP/61/26 Roofing-in of hard-standing adjacent to the main Experimental Area (Estimated cost 71,500 pounds, 5 April 1961) RLBC/P55 Landscaping of spoil heap at Rutherford Laboratory (options and costs, undated, context indicates April 1961) RLBC/P59 Additional steel flooring for storage space (R24 is to be used for permanent spare plant; two concrete cells are to be installed in the Experimental Area for the storage of day-to-day equipment at an estimated cost of 1,600 pounds (9 August 1961) RLBC/P60 Temporary accommodation for Contract Labour (Proposal for a temporary building from Blacknell Buildings east of R9 at 70 pounds a month, 1 August 1961) RLBC/P61 Services Building (Proposal for accommodation for 70 contract industrials possibly in south-west corner of Roads 4 and 6, 11 August 1961) RLBC/P65 Site Power Distribution (Further capacity required to prevent overloading, lists of kVA loading, September 1961) RLBC/P66 Accommodation requirements for Industrial Chemistry Department staff at NIRNS (Chemical services, analysis of samples at B447 or H10, 4 October 1961) RLBC/P68 Stores unloading bay (Proposal for a covered area adjacent to Stores in R1, 6 October 1961) RLBC/P69 Housing for Collapsible Container (Handling of vapour during emergency disposal of propane or freon from Bubble Chamber, 3 November 1961) RLBC/P70 Minor Works Orders (2 November 1961) RLBC/P71 Minor Works Orders (1 December 1961) RLBC/P72 Proposed extension to Building R18 Ancillary Workshop (Additional office and workshop space for Industrial Chemistry Group, Safety Group, Welfare Office, Transport Group, Groundsman's Store and Metrology Laboratory; includes plan pf two-storey extension, 29 December 1961)

Minutes
RLBC/M1 (22 July 1959) RLBC/M2 (12 August 1959) RLBC/M3 (10 September 1959) RLBC/M4 Special meeting (30 September 1959) RLBC/M5 (7 October 1959) RLBC/M6 (3 November 1959) RLBC/M7 (5 November 1959) RLBC/M8 (3 December 1959) RLBC/M9 (9 December 1959) RLBC/M10 Phase II buildings (17 December 1959) RLBC/M11 (7 January 1960) RLBC/M12 (4 February 1960) RLBC/M13 (3 March 1960) RLBC/M14 (8 April 1960) RLBC/M15 (12 May 1960) RLBC/M16 (16 June 1960) RLBC/M17 Special meeting: Cable trench for counting cables (24 June 1960) RLBC/M18 Index of costs has increased from 100 in 1949 to 180 in 1960, storage of lawn mowers, siting of temporary office accommodation (14 July 1960) RLBC/M19 (Includes list of MWO, 11 August 1960) RLBC/M20 Boundary fence not yet installed to be 4-foot 6-inches (8 September 1960) RLBC/M21 Special meeting: New Arcon extension (28 September 1960) RLBC/M22 (6 October 1960) RLBC/M23 Decision to use existing runway as foundation for the main access road; need for property fence 4-foot high (3 November 1960) RLBC/M23b Chain link fencing, chalk spoil landscaping (Possibly a special meeting, 14 November 1960) RLBC/M24 (1 December 1960) RLBC/M25 (16 January 1961) RLBC/M26 Temporary office accommodation, surface water drainage scheme, gas an water mains and the need to excavate through rock, clearance of spoil, R2 extension, heavy duty laboratory block, new office block, electricity proposals, plant store (31 January 1961) RLBC/M27 Medium voltage supplies, mezzanine floor on Engineering Workshop, additional roads, car parks, drains and street lighting, heavy duty laboratory and office block (7 March 1961) RLBC/M28 Car parks and roads, plant store (11 April 1961) RLBC/M29 Acoustics and ventilation of Conference Room, PLA Radiochemical Laboratory and surrounding land, bad parking of cars, fire alarm system, klaxons, cycle shelter (9 May 1961) RLBC/M30 PLA extension, site clearance and flower beds, cycle shelters, acoustics for Lecture Theatre, new computer building is NIRNS responsibility, negotiation with CEGB for two further substations (6 June 1961) RLBC/M31 Fire Committee recommendations, PLA extension, layout of grounds, urgent action on spoil heap as Jellicoe has been kept waiting (11 July 1961) RLBC/M31A Housing for DC Link Board and incorrect charge code, ancillary maintenance building and lack of re-estimation of costs, need to monitor costs (Draft, special meeting, 26 July 1961) RLBC/M32 Proposal for general layout of site grounds, Jellico asked to produce a scheme costing less than 15,000 pounds, CEGB working on design of new substation, misunderstanding over building numbers, temporary accommodation for contract labour, Bowles concerned at lack of progress on site fencing and car parks (15 August 1963) RLBC/M33 Layout of grounds and issues with deep-rooted trees, concrete runway adjacent to Fermi Avenue cannot be used as Contractors Area because of radiation hazard from PLA, costs for ventilation plant in Radiochemical Laboratory have increased significantly over estimate (12 September 1961) RLBC/M34 Accommodation for Industrial Chemistry Staff as R25 is unsuitable; site power distribution; Atlas computer building costs have increased since estimate so 220,000 pounds is now 250,000 pounds, Treasury will not approve this so a meeting to be arranged with Ferranti; layout of grounds including fencing and holes to be dug in concrete for non-resinous trees with parking between; many tenders received have increased by 15 percent over the last six months; tenders for Restaurant were up by 10,000 pounds as external services are much more involved than anticipated, 10 October 1961) RLBC/M35 Accommodation for Industrial Chemistry Staff; site power distribution; PLA extension over budget; huts for maintenance contractors; Atlas computer building costs agreed; vapour receiver building agreed; many changes to Restaurant work (6 November 1961) RLBC/M36 Accommodation for Industrial Chemistry Staff; layout of grounds and the final arrangement of gates; estimate for PLA extension; Atlas computer building and re-examination of costs; clearance of area around R13 and R14 and the siting of car parks; lack of progress on site clearance; equipment in the Restaurant; bus shelters; design of signs on buildings; delays in preliminary designs and estimates causing issues for Chivers who would be compelled to reduce their workforce by Easter 1962; Minor Works Orders budget now spent; future meetings of RLBC will change; Minutes actually number these as M35, 5 December 1961) RLBC/M37 Atlas Computer Building estimates, extension to R18 but concerns over height of building, pruning down of PLA extension, clearance around R13 and R14, layout of grounds, site power distribution, Experimental Area extension, bus shelters, signs to be based on scheme at Winfrith on upper corners of buildings, new estimate for Lecture Theatre, 1 January 1962) RLBC/M38 Extension to R18 requires additional work, estimate for Atlas Computer building R27, site power distribution, resurfacing of roads and issue of ponding, extension to PLA, estimate for extension to R2 including additional costs due to difficult working conditions and discovery of pre-existing services, roads and roundabouts opposite R27, parasitic area extension, experimental area extension, Plant Store; includes note with update from Howlett, 5 February 1962)

See also: Chief Engineer Percy Bowles' correspondence

NIMC-P01 Management Committee for the new Injector for Nimrod (17 January 1973)

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