The Regulations below apply to new lifts. Some of them are common to both new and in-service lifts. This is not a comprehensive list of all the legislation that applies to lifts but is an indication of the complexity of the law.
- Lifts Regulations 1997
- The Construction (Design & Management) Regulations 2007
- Disability Discrimination Act 1995
- Provide performance criteria for vertical transportation systems and advise design team or client as necessary.
- Determine in conjunction with performance criteria the load, speed, capacity and number of lifts together with budget costs.
- Assist design team in providing preliminary information such as electrical loads and structural loading.
- Prepare the technical specification based upon performance criteria for issue to a selected list of contractors.
- Provide tender analysis report, with both technical and commercial appraisal of tenders with recommendations and approval in conjunction with design team.
- Check contractors working drawings, which would be co-ordinated with architectural finishes.
- Witness test the completed installation to ensure compliance with technical specification, detail-snagging list for completion by contractor and carry out final hand over to clients representative.
