Four things every building manager should understand about lift and escalator safety: what to do when someone is stuck in a lift, how escalator emergency stops work, when a lift pit or machine room is a confined space, and why…
Four things every building manager should understand about lift and escalator safety: what to do when someone is stuck in a lift, how escalator emergency stops work, when a lift pit or machine room is a confined space, and why…
Look inside a traction lift and an escalator in 3D, then see when a building needs a lift, a second lift, an escalator, or both.
It confirms the machine matches its registered design. It specifically excludes the building interface under the NCC. The data sheet in the middle is the part worth keeping for the life of the asset.
Most agreements set out the contractor obligations. The owner obligations are the ones that decide arguments later. Here is the full list, and what to check before you sign.
The DBP scheme regulates the interface between the lift and the building, not the lift. If the interface does not change, there is nothing to declare. But the plant regime is a separate question.
An alteration that may affect health or safety has to be registered. Here are the ten parameters that decide it, and the pre-2001 trap that catches older lifts.