The original shopping centre was built in the 1970s, in 2008 sees a whole new concept for the now 30-year-old centre, the new addon to give the illusion and overall feel of being outside but yet still being indoors. To achieve this they built a very high glass roof to cover a very widened pathway which felt like a shopping precinct with grey slate like tiles to finish off the effect.

The new development is also home to Livingston's winter garden - which offers comfortable seating and catering in a leafy garden environment providing an ideal break from the busy shopping areas.

Built as a new town, Livingston does not have a traditional High Street and so in effect,  The Centre is the town's high street shopping district and this was reinforced with the Elements Square development, which was built with the modern day shopper in mind and features double height glass shop fronts, terracotta and zinc walls and granite flooring - materials traditionally used in outdoor developments - to help give the feeling of shopping on the high street indoors, enabling customers to meet, relax and eat, whatever the weather.

With any car park, the transition from tickets to ticketless can be challenging for the car park users. The S&B installation team worked very closely with the on-site team providing extensive training and guidance throughout and after the installation. Users of the car park now enjoy a frictionless system speeding up considerably the entry and exit from the car park.

Regular meetings with the dedicated project manager ensured all installation deadlines were met and even exceeded in some places, the transition was seamless and The Centre Livingston now accommodates one of the most advanced parking systems in the UK.

Through Scheidt & Bachman’s digital products, The Centre Livingston are understanding who is visiting their car parks and where they are travelling from. Marketing opportunities and incentives can be offered to registered users of their ‘white labelled’ web-based portal.

Scheidt & Bachmann has the experience and knowledge to design and deliver key, bespoke and measurable parking solutions for challenging and demanding environments. The Centre Livingston will continue to grow at a rapid pace over the coming years and during this time they will have the peace of mind that as they evolve their UK footprint so do Scheidt & Bachmann’s solution offering