Lift maintenance management involves the optimisation of maintenance activities to ensure they are reliable, safe to operate and compliant with statutory requirements. If you’re not a vertical transportation expert, this can be a daunting prospect whether you’re responsible for a single lift or a national portfolio of properties. But this isn’t a task that your business must take on alone. We’ve onboarded many clients or refreshed our relationships as client requirements have developed. Many clients have been with us for well over a decade. Partnering with TÜV SÜD’s independent lift consultancy division to help you manage your lift maintenance contracts can offer many benefits such as:
We have specialist knowledge in and experience of the intricacies of all types of vertical transportation systems, the latest industry regulations, and best practices. Our expertise ensures that your portfolio of equipment is maintained to the highest standards to ensure the safety and efficiency of your equipment. We define proactive preventative maintenance requirements and monitor maintenance contractors to check they’re delivering quality and value for money.
Lift technologies have changed significantly over the years, and you may wonder why your 40-year-old lift is still running when their 20-year-old one has failed. Our specialist understanding of your equipment, means we can advise you of your options and the associated risks. This enables you to make decisions based on known issues (such as obsolescence, reliability or potential safety concerns). We can also manage the frequency and duration of planned preventative maintenance (PPM) to suit whilst planning for worst case scenarios until capital expenditure (CAPEX) projects can take place.
Maintenance of the varying types of lift and vertical transportation systems are subject to numerous regulations and safety standards such as LOLER (Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations). As a dedicated vertical transportation consultant, TÜV SÜD’s maintenance management support services can keep you up to date with the latest codes, standards and risk mitigation strategies to help you navigate your obligations as owners of lift equipment. We can help you through the complex landscape of compliance, ensuring that your portfolio of equipment meets mandatory requirements of safety and legal standards, thereby protecting you from potential legal and financial liabilities.
Lift contractors also hold responsibilities to you and the equipment they maintain. We are able to monitor that such obligations are being met and that contract requirements are satisfied. the goal is zero accidents, rather than zero accountability.
By choosing TÜV SÜD, you’ll benefit from impartial advice as we are an independent lift consultancy, and not a lift maintenance company looking to sell lift equipment, products, or services. This means there’s no conflict of interest. We are a totally independent global testing, inspection and certification company, so you can be sure that our goal is to help you achieve the best solution for your situation. To benefit from our impartial advice, please contact us to talk about your projects.
While it may seem like a cost-saving measure to handle maintenance management in-house, specialist expertise can offer you more cost-effective solutions. We have established relationships with maintenance contractors and their suppliers. Our knowledge of spare parts sourcing and availability, specialist tools and innovative equipment can minimise downtime ensuring value of your maintenance premiums and total ownership costs.
We have two large clients via the same facilities management (FM) provider which are both on basic forms of contract. One client manages overall spend internally, whereas we track individual savings on the banking group portfolio. However, both clients rely on our expertise to evaluate quote parts and labour accuracy, giving them the confidence to progress only valid works at reasonable rates. Carrying out maintenance and condition audits allows asset planning to establish life cycle status and high priority units. By combining this with the prescribed quality and frequency of PPM, you can prevent unexpected breakdowns to maximise the availability of your lifts. We can help you minimise the risk of expensive emergency repairs whilst planning longer term remedial works.
As a specialist vertical transportation consultancy, we tailor our services to meet your specific sector needs such as healthcare, education, retail & leisure, housing (including social) or commercial.
The requirements of a 24/7 prestige hotel will vary from those of a commercial property. So, reactive attendance times and preferred maintenance periods can be defined to suit your organisation. For example, one of our London hotel clients prefers to have overnight PPM activities, whilst a commercial property client in the north-east is only accessible during the daytime. We can create customised maintenance contracts that consider the unique requirements of your buildings, the equipment usage patterns, and your budget constraints. This personalised approach ensures that you receive the most efficient and cost-effective maintenance solutions to support your strategic approach.
Managing lift maintenance in-house can be time-consuming and divert resources away from your core operations. By outsourcing this responsibility, you free up your time and internal resources to focus on your primary business objectives. TÜV SÜD’s range of maintenance management support services can be selected to dovetail with your internal personnel, systems, and processes to reduce your administrative workload. This can lead to improved overall operational efficiency and profitability. An example of this being our work for a large retailer, where we took ownership of defect logging on the internal system. We also took over managing downloads from the inspection bodies portal and reviewing and uploading rectification documentation to a separate client’s system.
As a professional lift maintenance management company, we use our expertise to ensure compliance and cost-efficiency. We customise our services and solutions to meet your requirements making us the ideal choice for monitoring the efficient maintenance of your lift systems, and ensuring their safety, reliability, and longevity. It's an investment that pays off in terms of both peace of mind and the long-term performance of your building's vertical transportation equipment.
Lift maintenance management is crucial to ensure the safe operation of lifts and to meet HSE compliance standards. TÜV SÜD, as an independent third party, can ensure maintenance is strategically planned, carefully monitored, and delivered whilst maintaining accurate budgeting.
Find out more about how our lift maintenance management services can save you time and money or contact us to discuss your needs with one of our lift consultants.
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