Keeping your building's vertical transportation systems operating reliably is essential to the flow of people, maintaining value and ensuring user satisfaction.
Like any machinery, lifts require regular planned preventative maintenance to ensure reliable, efficient operation and maximise their life expectancy. We can help ensure your lift maintenance regime is suitable and sufficient to meet the particular demands of your building.
Lifts are typically designed with a life expectancy ranging from 15 to 25 years, but many factors will influence this including the quality of the equipment, installation and maintenance, level, and type of use. Therefore, inevitably buildings usually outlast their lifts, but modernisation can extend their life expectancy.
Some key indications are:
In summary, there are numerous factors each influenced by the specific circumstances of the building and the lift itself. It also needs to be acknowledged that many major lift components are often on a three- or four-month lead time. So, to avoid prolonged downtime it’s vital that you plan ahead and have a clear lift investment strategy which will provide cost certainty and minimise disruption to the building's operations.
To make fully informed decisions, building owners and managers should engage independent lift experts, such as TÜV SÜD, to assess their lifts and provide impartial advice.
To help you decide when the right time is to modernise your lifts, contact our lift consultants who will be happy to advise or find out more about our lift and escalator asset management services. You can also read more about the benefits of lift modernisation on our blog.
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