| Description | The file largely contains correspondence and notes of meetings between Theatre Projects Consultants Ltd and Mole-Richardson (Stage & Studio Engineering) Ltd regarding progress towards completion of their sub-contract. There are also lists and timetables of outstanding work and projected completion dates. The subjects covered are specific to the equipment Mole-Richardson are providing and installing, including the drum revolve (trap mechanism, battery enclosure arrangements, disk to stage locks, support wheel, friction drive), scenery hoists (grid tracks, drive pulleys), dividing and fire doors, safety curtain, stage elevators and smoke outlets, but also include concerns about the quality and pace of their work, defects and the need for remedial repairs, inspections and testing, disagreements over the need for on site supervision of Mole-Richardson employees and whether they are sparing enough manpower, night shifts, whether delays to work will delay the opening of the Theatre and if the equipment can be utilised for the production of Tamburlaine, licencing approval from the Greater London Council (GLC), and the cancellation of a performance in the Lyttelton due to a safety curtain failure. Correspondents include Theatre Projects Consultants Ltd, Mole-Richardson (Stage & Studio Engineering) Ltd, Sir Robert McAlpine & Sons Ltd, Greater London Council (GLC), Flint & Neill Ltd, Flexello Castors & Wheels Ltd, Davis Belfield and Everest. Items include 'Notes on Drum-Stage Door Locks, Interlocks, Notices, Indicator Lights' containing written explanations, tables and diagrams, a provisional test schedule, a table of relays, a 'Report on Drum Revolve, Static Load Test', Crown House Engineering Ltd, a 'report on Olivier Theatre Scenery Hoist Numbering', rough sketches of the horizontal movement of the elevators, a loss of materials claim by Mole-Richardson (Stage & Studio Engineering) Ltd, a sample of 'Declon' Acoustimat foam, a marketing pamphlet for Rocol Anaerobic Adhesives and safety check list forms for daily completion by Mole-Richardson personnel. Original card folder disposed of. 'Moles' was written on the spine. |